Samadhi
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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
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.
Edgar Mitchell
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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
Samadhi
…the exterior world. The body is in a trancelike state, but the consciousness is fully perceptive of its blissful experience within. Apollo 14 astronaut Edgar Mitchell, founder of the Institute of Noetic Sciences, has compared the experience of seeing the earth from space, also known as the overview effect, to savikalpa…
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