Samyama

The central process of yoga - [dharana]

(concentration), [dhyana]

(meditation) and [samadhi]

(contemplation) - eventually leading to liberation beyond object, power and knowledge. The process is a continuous sinking into the centre of one's consciousness and mastery of this process leads to knowledge and to super-physical powers or [siddhis]

. By performing samyama or total concentration on a subject, total knowledge of that subject is revealed - for example, performing samyama on the sun brings knowledge of the solar system; performing samyama of a sound brings knowledge of its meaning (whatever language, even of animals). Finally, samyama on the process of time leads to [vivekajam jnanam]

, awareness of ultimate reality.