Samadhi is one's natural state. It is the undercurrent in all the three states of waking, dreaming and sleeping. The Self is not in these states, but these states are in the Self. If we get samadhi in our waking state, that will persist in deep sleep also. The distinction between consciousness and unconsciousness belongs to the realm of mind, which is transcended by the state of the real SeIf.
Q: So one should always be trying to reach samadhi?
"Sages say that the state of equilibrium which is devoid of the ego alone is 'mouna-samadhi' [the samadhi of silence], the pinnacle of knowledge. Until one attains 'mouna-samadhi', the state in which one is the ego-less reality, seek only the annihilation of `I' as your aim.
~RAMANA MAHARSHI
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