Q. What is the difference between the state of samadhi and the awakening of kundalini energies?

M. When the kundalini is awakened, you may be or you may not be in samadhi, and when you are in samadhi your kundalini may be or may not be awakened. You see, kundalini is a kind of psychic energy. It takes care of the body. It's like what we call in Chinese "Chi". When you awaken that "Chi" you'll have vital power, the body is strong, your mind is strong, but samadhi offers you wisdom. Your body might be very weak, very sick, but you are in samadhi, you have wisdom. So that's the difference between samadhi and kundalini.

Q. Dear Master, is it right that we have to be at or beyond the second level of spiritual practice to have a samadhi experience?

M. No, no. It's not true. It's just that deeper or shallower samadhi. If you see the light or hear the sound, that means you're already in samadhi. It's just a little bit not very deep. And sometimes you're in very deep samadhi, and you sit there and only aware of the inside, and sometimes aware of both, inside and outside.

Q. How many kinds of Samadhi levels are there?

M. Wow... Many, many. There are many levels of consciousness, hence also many levels of samadhi. But the last one is the non-Samadhi Samadhi. It means you carry on working in the world just like an ordinary person, but at the same time, you are always in Samadhi, and that doesn't smell, (Master and all laugh) doesn't give out any odor that you can smell, the person is in Samadhi. That is the highest Samadhi.

Q. Have you experienced death? Do you remember a death experience?

M. Well, I can every day! I die and I come back.

Q. Can I do that?

M. You can, and I will teach you how. I think that it was Saint Paul who said, "I die daily." When you are in Samadhi, you can sever the ties with this world for a few hours and then reconnect again. You come back because it isn't time to go. We must come back and finish our job again.

Q. Why do you want to die so many times?

M. I don't want to die. I just have to die in order to live.

Q. To what extent does thinking bother the samadhi state?

M. [Master laughs] If you still have thought, then there is no samadhi. Samadhi has no thought.