Edgar Dean Mitchell was a United States Navy officer and aviator, test pilot, aeronautical engineer, ufologist, and NASA astronaut. As the Lunar Module Pilot of Apollo 14 in 1971 he spent nine hours w
Mitchell in 1971 during the Apollo 14 mission
Edgar D Mitchell Autograph 1973
Mitchell's doctoral thesis on space vehicle guidance on display at the United States Astronaut Hall of Fame
Mitchell stands with the United States' flag on the Moon, 1971
Samādhi, in the Indian religions, is a state of meditative consciousness. In many such traditions, the cultivation of samādhi through various meditation methods is essential for the attainment of libe
Edgar Mitchell
…the Moon. Mitchell's interests included consciousness and paranormal phenomena. On his way back to Earth during the Apollo 14 flight he had a powerful savikalpa samādhi experience, and he claimed to have conducted private ESP experiments with his friends on Earth. The results of these experiments were published in the…
An image of the Buddha in samadhi from Gal Vihara, Sri Lanka
Statue of a meditating Shiva, Rishikesh
Statue of Shiva in meditation, Coimbatore
Bodhisattva seated in meditation. Afghanistan, 2nd century CE.