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What happens to the chakras when a person reaches Samadhi?
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Sri Ramakrishna who is the most important spiritual figure in the last few centuries used to plunge into Samadhi frequently. I have given below a photo taken of him in Samadhi around 1880.
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He has talked about his experience during Samadhi.

MASTER: "Well, some say that my soul, going into samadhi, flies about like a bird in the Mahakasa, the Infinite Space.
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"Once a sadhu of Rishikesh came here. He said: There are five kinds of samadhi. I find you have experienced them all. In these samadhis one feels sensation of Spiritual Current to be like the movement of an ant, a fish, a monkey, a bird, or a serpent.'
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Sometimes the Spiritual Current rises through the spine, crawling like an ant.

"Sometimes, in samadhi, the soul swims joyfully in the ocean of divine ecstasy, like a fish.
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"Sometimes, when I lie down on my side, I feel Spiritual Current pushing me like a monkey & playing with me joyfully. I remain still. That Current, like a monkey, suddenly with one jump reaches the Sahasrara. That is why you see me jump up with a start.
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"Sometimes, again, the Spiritual Current rises like a bird hopping from one branch to another. The place where it rests feels like fire. It may hop from Muladhara to Svadhisthana, from Svadhisthana to the heart, and thus gradually to the head.
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"Sometimes the Spiritual Current moves up like a snake. Going in a zigzag way, at last it reaches the head and I go into samadhi.

"A man's spiritual consciousness is not awakened unless his Kundalini is aroused.
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"Kundalini dwells in Muladhara. Aroused, it passes along Sushumna nerve, goes through centres of Svadhisthana, Manipura, and so on, at last reaches the head. This is called the movement of the Mahavayu, the Spiritual Current. It culminates in samadhi.
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"One's spiritual consciousness is not awakened by the mere reading of books. One should also pray to God. The Kundalini is aroused if the aspirant feels restless for God. To talk of Knowledge from mere study and hearsay! What will that accomplish?
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"Just before my attaining this state of mind, it had been revealed to me how the Kundalini is aroused, how the lotuses of the different centers blossom forth, and how all this culminates in samadhi.
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This is a very secret experience. I saw a boy 22/23 years old, exactly resembling me, enter Sushumna nerve & commune with lotuses, touching them with his tongue. He began with the centre at anus & passed through centres at sexual organ, navel & so on.
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Different lotuses - 4/6/10-petalled & so forth — were drooping. At his touch they stood erect.
When he reached the heart — communed with lotus & touching it with his tongue, 12-petalled lotus, hanging head down, stood erect, opened its petals.
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Then he came to the sixteen-petalled lotus in the throat and the two-petalled lotus in the forehead. And last of all, the thousand-petalled lotus in the head blossomed. Since then I have been in this state."
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Ramakrishna came down to floor, sat near Mahimacharan. M & a few others were near him. Rakhal also was in the room.

MASTER (to Mahima): "For a long time I have wanted to tell you my spiritual experiences, but I could not. I feel like telling you today.
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"You say that by mere sadhana one can attain a state of mind like mine. But it is not so. There is something special here [referring to himself]."

Rakhal, M., and the others became eager to hear what the Master was going to say.
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MASTER: "God talked to me. It was not merely His vision. Yes, He talked to me. Under the banyan-tree I saw Him coming from the Ganges. Then we laughed so much! By way of playing with me He cracked my fingers. Then He talked. Yes, He talked to me.
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"For three days I wept. And He revealed to me what is in the Vedas, the Puranas, the Tantras, and the other scriptures.

"One day He showed me the maya of Mahamaya. A small light inside a room began to grow, and at last it enveloped the whole universe.
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"Further, He revealed to me a huge reservoir of water covered with green scum. The wind moved a little of the scum and immediately the water became visible; but in the twinkling of an eye, scum from all sides came dancing in and again covered the water.
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He revealed to me that the water was like Satchidananda, and the scum like maya. On account of maya, Satchidananda is not seen. Though now and then one may get a glimpse of It, again maya covers It.
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"God reveals the nature of the devotees to me before they arrive. I saw Chaitanya's party singing and dancing near the Panchavati, between the banyan-tree and the bakul-tree. I noticed Balaram there.
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If it weren't for him, who would there be to supply me with sugar candy and such things? (Pointing to M.) And I saw him too.
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"I had seen Keshab before I actually met him — I had seen him & his party in my samadhi. In front of me sat a roomful of men. Keshab looked like a peacock sitting with its tail spread out. The tail meant his followers. I saw a red gem on Keshab's head. #SanatanaDharma #Hinduism

That showed his rajas. He said to disciples, 'Please listen to what he is saying.' I said to Divine Mother: 'Mother, these people hold views of "Englishmen". Why should I talk to them?' Then Mother explained to me that it would be like this in Kaliyug.
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"Keshab and his followers got from here [meaning himself] the names of Hari and the Divine Mother. That is why the Divine Mother took Vijay away from Keshab's party. But Vijay did not join the Adi Samaj. (A sect of the Brahmo Samaj.)
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(Pointing to himself) "There must be something special here. Long ago a young man named Gopal Sen used to visit me. He who dwells in me placed His foot on Gopal's chest.
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Gopal said in an ecstatic mood: 'You will have to wait here a long time. I cannot live any more with worldly people.' He took leave of me. Afterwards I heard that he was dead. Perhaps he was born as Nityagopal.
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"I have had many amazing visions. I had a vision of the Indivisible Satchidananda. Inside It I saw two groups with a fence between them. On one side were Kedar, Chuni, and other devotees who believe in the Personal God.
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On the other side was a luminous space like a heap of red brick-dust. Inside it was seated Narendra immersed in samadhi. Seeing him absorbed in meditation, I called aloud, 'Oh, Narendra!' He opened his eyes a little.
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I came to realize he had been born, in another form, in Simla (part of Kolkata where Narendra was born). I said to Divine Mother, 'Mother, entangle him in maya; else he will give up his body in samadhi.' Kedar peeped in & ran away with a shudder.
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"Therefore I feel that it is the Divine Mother Herself who dwells in this body and plays with the devotees. When I first had my exalted state of mind, my body would radiate light.
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My chest was flushed. I said to Divine Mother: 'Mother, do not reveal Thyself outwardly. Please go inside.' Thats why my complexion is so dull now. If my body were still luminous, people would have tormented me; a crowd would always have thronged here.
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Now there is no outer manifestation. That keeps weeds away. Only genuine devotees will remain with me now. Do you know why I have this illness? It has the same significance.
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Those whose devotion to me has a selfish motive behind it will run away at the sight of my illness.

The Gospel of Sri Ramakrishna, Chapter 44
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