"The steps, in order, are described as follows: the control of the senses,
the control of the mind, renunciation, silence, space, time,
posture, the restraining root (mulabandha), the equipoise of the body,
the firmness of vision, the control of vital forces, the withdrawal of the mind,
concentration, self-contemplation and complete absorption"
*these fifteen steps include the eight steps of Patanjali, but with a reorentation of meaning as will be evident from the following.
