“Abhinavagupta comments more soberly: The organs of sight, hearing, taste and smell are subtly present in earth and the other elements belonging to lower levels of reality, the highest among them being still within the sphere of maya, whereas touch resides at a higher level of energy as an indescribable, subtle sensation ceaselessly yearned for by the yogi. There is a correspondence between touch, kundalini energy and prana (the breath). To experience true samavesha is to experience ecstasy or bliss (ananda). While bliss is difficult to experience in ordinary life, the Shaivites insist that it underlies everything and is available in every moment. Thus, even in pain, even in adversity, the Shaivite will search for that ananda by means of samavesha. Bliss”