[Wagner]

Originally Posted by The Necromancer

However, now that I know this, the true test of that love will be the ability to surrender to it. To give in and accept this as who you are.

This is excellent advice, Tom Howard. You do not "get" samadhi. You make yourself an open throne for samadhi to sit in when the conditions are right.

Hold nothing back [...]If physical urges come, let it happen. If thoughts come, let them pass with love and into love.

Don't worry about what you are doing or whatever is happening at the time. If you see beautiful things, have visions, experience bliss...let it happen but don't dwell on it either, just keep going back to that love you feel. Don't let the whole concept of 'Samadhi' hold you back from experiencing it.

Yes. ignore all visions. No matter how beautiful. They are but the flirting before the Union. Train your mind everyday. This is important, it works in tangent to how the brain works. By doing regular practice you are strengthening the neural networks which facilitate and habituate meditation. Try to keep the senses reined in. Try to keep the things of your daily life from making strong impressions in your mind. You want your mental medium to be sattvic, to be calm (but not sleepy). Constantly tell yourself that you are pure consciousness. Tell yourself that all is perfect. See everything you do as an action of God manifesting through you. This will lighten Abhyasa. This will enflame Bhakti. Make every moment of your awareness a sacrament unto God Almighty who is in you and is you and is forever.