Since the reality underlying all objects is contained in the Divine Mind and the object
of Samyama in Sabija Samadhi is to know this reality it follows that what the Yogi
does in Samyama is to sink into his own consciousness until he reaches the level of
Divine Mind in which the reality of the object is to be found. The ‘seed’ on which
Samyama is performed merely determines the line along which consciousness has to
sink. This may be illustrated by the following diagram:
Fig. 5A, B, C are different objects which can serve as ‘seeds’ of Sabija Samadhi. A’, B’, C’
are respectively the realities of these objects which can be found in the Divine Mind
through Samyama. O is the Centre of Divine Consciousness. It will be seen that in
every case the essential process is the same, namely, proceeding from the periphery
along a radius to the centre until the intervening circle is reached. But different objects
which are represented by different points on the outer circle make it necessary to pro-
ceed along different radii to the centre. In proceeding in this manner consciousness
automatically touches the reality of the particular object when it reaches the level of
the Divine Mind. So the ‘seed’ merely determines the direction along which con-
sciousness has to sink in order to reach the corresponding reality in the Divine Mind. It
does not make any difference as far as the essential process of Samyama is concerned
but merely guides the consciousness to the reality which is the object of the search.
In Nirbija Samadhi the aim of the Yogi is the Centre of Divine Consciousness
represented by O in the diagram. In reaching the point O he must proceed along a ra-
dius and must cross the intervening states of consciousness. That is why Nirbija
Samadhi can come only after Sabija Samadhi when all the stages of Samprajnata
Samadhi have been crossed.