PART – 1
Today let us consider the state of unconsciousness and Brahmanubhuti.
Somebody has become unconscious or gone into a coma either because of health reasons or because possibly he met with an accident, an injury to the head or maybe fitted, a nervous system disorder somebody goes into the unconscious. In unconsciousness, there is no awareness of the other, or awareness of the self. There is no inside or outside. Is it not a non-dual state? Is it not similar to Brahmanubhava?
It has some resemblance to Brahmanubhava, but it is not the same as Brahmanubhava or Brahmanubhuti or realization. It is non-dual, but there is no awareness and also there is ignorance. Ignorance is not gone. The self-ignorance, ignorance related to Self, or ignorance related to the world has not gone at all. So, it is a state of ignorance. Coming out of a coma, still, he will be ignorant. And in the state of coma, sometimes it looks similar to deep sleep. In deep sleep, the person who is sleeping will be peaceful, he will have some regular breathing, whereas in a coma it can be irregular breathing.
PART- 2
Also in the unconscious state, there is irregular breathing. Sometimes, in an unconscious state, the face can be distorted, indicating that there is some pain or suffering. Whereas, a person who is sleeping, will have a peaceful state, peaceful experience. In other words, the coma or unconscious state, even though it looks similar to deep sleep, even though it looks similar to Brahmanubhuti, it is not common. It is not the same. Coma will not lead you to liberation or enlightenment. It is a state of unawareness. Coma may also look almost like death. Sometimes, breathing may stop, breathing may become weak. In either case, it is not a state of awareness, and ignorance is not gone and because of that, it is not the same as Brahmanubhuti. Nobody should confuse, state of coma, or state of unconsciousness as a state of Brahmanubhuti.
PART – 3
Sometimes, what happens is, there are yogis or meditation practitioners and through certain yogic or meditation practices they are able to press certain nerve points. They put pressure on the nervous points, points in the brain, or some part of the body. This will lead to a state of Samadhi, which we call ‘Jada Samadhi’. Jada Samadhi is also similar to a state of coma. There is no awareness or jnana or no wisdom after you come out of that. So, nobody should confuse either Jada samadhi or coma to be a state of Brahmanubhuti or direct experience. It is said that, in jadasamadhi, some yogi is able to stop his breath, heartbeat, and stay there for a long time.
PART – 4
There is one example: There was a monk who was meditating. He asked his disciple to get one glass of water. The disciple ran to some nearby place to get one glass of water. In the meantime, this monk enters into Samadhi and there was a flood in the river. So, the monk was buried in the sand. After a couple of days, people were trying to dig there and find this monk, who was in a state of Samadhi. Heartbeat was stopped, pulse was stopped, and he was almost in a death like a state. They revived him and immediately after reviving, the first thing he asked was ‘where is my glass of water?’ So, what happens is, there is not much wisdom, in such a state or either coma or Jada Samadhi. So, coma, unconsciousness, jadasamadhi, all these things are not Brahmanubhuti, even though they appear to be like that.