What do we call Shamadhi?

Answer from the V.M. Samael Aun Weor.

If we put more sleep than meditation, we will fall into unconsciousness.

If we put more meditation than sleep, we will ruin the mind and the brain.

However, if we know how to harmoniously combine sleep and meditation, we will achieve what is called SHAMADI, ECSTASY.

Samael Aun Weor. The Science of Meditation.

Answer from the magazine "The The wisdom of the Being.".

Eastern wisdom is practiced in the following order: First, ASANA (body posture); Second, PRATYARA (not thinking about anything); Third, DHARANA (concentration on one thing); Fourth, DHYANA (deep meditation); Fifth, SHAMADHI (ecstasy).

It is necessary to place the body in the most comfortable position, this is ASANA; it is essential to put the mind in silence before concentration, this is PRATYARA; It is urgent to know how to fix the mind on one thing only, this is the DHARANA, and thus we come to reflect deeply on the content of the thing itself, this is the DHYANA; through this path we arrive at ECSTASY or SHAMADHÍ.

The Magazine "The Wisdom of Being" 104: "Esoteric Discipline of the Mind."