Self-Realization and Other Awakenings

That is, you as body/mind will have disappeared,
and only the “external” world as perceived will exist,
and you will become that. This is called Nirvakalpa
samadhi. There is only Oneness here; one
consciousness, one world and you are that.
Everything is me in this world. You identify with
everything in the external world. You know by direct
seeing, direct feeling, that everything in the world is
you because your body and mind do not exist anymore.
Your mind is not thinking, and you are no longer aware
of your body. You see your identity with every THING in
the world which moments before were apparently
external to you. When the ‘you’ disappears, ‘YOU’
becomes much larger, embracing everything as your
identity.
But this is not awakening. The state is temporary,
but it does show you that consciousness is Oneness,
that it is the mind that creates the separation between
the apparent you when you are not in samadhi, and
the external world which is ‘YOU’ when the self-
awareness of being a little person confined to a body
disappears. Then there is only one consciousness, at
least on the surface, identification with the world as
seen by the senses, but we have yet to penetrate the
many levels lower into consciousness, heading for the
deepest level of consciousness, and then beyond. This