Nirvikalpa samadhi...

It is said that in nirvikalpa samadhi time is brought to a standstill.

Obviously this can only happen when the ego is temporarily paralysed.

Ramana Maharshi used to say that the ego is nothing but a bundle of thoughts and does not exist by itself as a separate entity.

Nirvikalpa, being the thought-free state and involving the suspension of the movement of thought, is therefore the suspension of the movement of time in the ego's consciousness.



-- Notebooks Category 8: The Ego > Chapter 4:
Detaching from The Ego > # 470
Paul Brunton