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188 RAJA YOGAPrarabdha and the Samskaras of inhibition. This is the highestYoga which brings Kaivalya.Videhas and Prakriti-layas are born again in this world. Althoughthe mind in Prakriti-layas has become similar to thePrakriti, yet they come back when the limit has been reached.As on the cessation of the rainy season, the body of the frog isassimilated to the earth and comes back to life again on cominginto contact with rain water so does the mind of thePrakriti-laya. lt is only the full-blown Yogi, who has reached thehighest Asamprajnata Samadhi and in whom all theSamskaras are fried, will not be born again.8. lnstructions on Samadhi1. Samadhi is not like a stone-like inert state as many foolishpersons imagine. When the self is bound down to its empiricalaccidents,its activities are notfully exercised, and when thelimitations of the empirical existence are transcended the universallifeis identified and you have enrichment of the self. Youwill have a rich inner life. You will have an expanded cosmic lifeand supra-cosmic life too.2. lntuition is a spiritualAnubhava. lt is direct perception orimmediate knowledge through Samadhi. Professor Bergsen ofFrance preaches about intuition to make the people understandthat there is another higher source of knowledge than intellect.ln intuition there is no reasoriing process at all. It isPratyaksha. lntuition transcends reason but does not contradictit. lntellect takes a man to the door of intuition and returnsback. lntuition is Divya Drishti. lt is Jnana-Chakshu. Spiritualflashes and glimpses of Truth come through intuition. lnspiration,revelation, spiritual insight come through intuition.3. A sudden stroke of mystic illumination puts an end to allthe empirica! existence altogether and the very idea or remembranceof such a thing as this world absolutely leaves the self.4. Samadhi is of two kinds viz., Jada Samadhi andChaitanya Samadhi. A Hatha Yogi, through the practice ofKhechari Mudra, can shut himself in a box which is buried underneaththe ground for months and years. There is no supersensualknowledge in this kind of Samadhi. ln Chaitanya