Yoga Sutra III- 6 - TASYA BHUMISU VINIYOGAH - It is practice is to be accomplished in stages.There is no commentary on this sutra from Swami Satchidananda.
However, there is a commentary from "How to Know God - The Yoga Aphorisms of Patanjali" translated and commented on by Swami Prabhavananda and Christopher Isherwood. They tell us that "Patanjali warns us not to go too fast. It is no use of attempting meditation before we have mastered concentration. It is no use trying to concentrate upon subtle objects until we are able to concentrate upon gross ones. Any attempt to take a short cut to knowledge of this kind is exceedingly dangerous." An example is given of having psychic experiences under the influence of drugs. It is pointed out that we cannot get lasting spiritual benefits in this way and that " a relapse of complete agnoticism "despair usually follows .
Another example of "the Vishnu Purana, one of the Hindu scriptures, teaches the practice of meditation by stages, beginning with the worship of God with form and culminating in the realization of oneness of Atma and Brahma..."
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