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Yoga Sutra 1.2
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योगश्चित्तवृत्तिनिरोधः ॥२॥
yogaś-citta-vṛtti-nirodhaḥ ॥2॥
yogah:yoga; citta:thoughts, consciousness; vṛtti:thought wave or mental modifications; nirodhaḥ:to control, blocking
- To block the mental modifications is yoga.
To control your awareness, or be in a higher consciousness level is yoga.
Chitta or consciousness has three stages:
- the sense or objective consciousness,
- the subjective or astral consciousness, and
- the unconsciousness or mental state of dormant potentiality
References
- Four Chapters on Freedom by Swami Satyananda Saraswati, published in 1976.