Sri Aurobindo

Letters of Sri Aurobindo

Volume 3. 1936-37

Fragment ID: 18505

1936-37

By “trance in a waking state” I meant that in order to enter the trance I have to pass through a state of sleep. But some people do not need this step – they simply sit and plunge into trance.

That does not explain the phrase. Many people pass through sleep to trance.