SpiritAwave

If you are taking Kriya yoga as Patanjali's then dhāraṇā can be somehow equated to Mahamudra's śamatha and dhyana to vipassanā. Though Mahamudra is a tantric teaching and much more than simply one-pointedness and meditation. Kriya yoga aims samadhi while Mahamudra aims nirvikalpa samadhi.

The highest teaching of Shiva Sutras that is encouraged by the ancient teachers to begin first and if you can not cope with it go to lower ones is Śāmbhavopāya. The first sutra is "Caitanyamātmā" meaning "The essence of the self is pure consciousness". The second sutra "Jñānaṁ bandhaḥ" is "Conceptual knowledge is the bondage to realize this". This high-level teaching tells that you are God but uses different names for it thru out the scriptures aiming for you not clinging on a name which is also a concept. Shiva, Anuttara, Hrdaye, Bhairava just examples. God is nothing in the sense of no-thing. It is not a thing. Neither a material substance nor an intellectual concept...