Yoga Sutra 1.19 from Patanjali’s Yoga Sutras discusses a unique category of beings who attain higher states of consciousness without formal yoga practice. The verse says that certain souls, known as videha (disembodied) or prakriti-laya (merged with nature), reach advanced spiritual states through experiences from past lives. Yoga Sutra 1.19 highlights that their liberation is tempora... https://www.yogkulam.org/blog/yoga-sutra-1-19-bhava-pratyayo-videha-prakrti-layanam