In English
Only when the senses are brought under control and when there is a state of , we reach the highest state of realisation. It is possible for us to realise the nature of the , or the great sky, in the state known as . means arresting the activity of all the senses and assuming supreme control over them. Then the consciousness is not lost in the body or in any part of the body, but it is entirely devoted to that higher or transcendental state. The is called akasa because it has an element of or inertness in it.