Yoga Sutra III - 8 TAD API BAHIRANGAM NIRBIJASYA - Even these three external to the seedless samadhi.Swami Satchidananda - "When these three are compared with the preceding five steps, they are more internal. But when they are compared with nirbija samadhi, they become external and gross."
From "How to Know God - The Yoga Aphorisms of Patanjali" translated and commented on by Swami Prabhavananda and Christopher Isherwood:
" The practice of samyama leads to the lower samadhi. But the 'seedless' samadhi (nirvikalpa) demands a further and even more intense spiritual effort. (YS I-51) We are told that the nearly everything form this point on is Patanjali recapuitulation what has been given in the previous sutras.
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"...the whole organism has to be strengthened in order that it may be able to undergo the tremendous experiences that await it. "
This sounds so exciting! don't you just love the whole process of awakening, and knowing that there is no end to the evolution of our consciousness.
Greetings Anne! Love your enthusiam. I agree to the process of awakening. By the way the quote you para-phrased was from the previous sutra Samyama - Internal Limbs of Yoga YS III - 7 . It's all good and all connected. (:-)
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