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“Insight follows the aggregate
of deliberation on the gross,
to reflection on the subtle,
resulting in a feeling of happiness,
culminating in a sense of oneness.”
– Paul Harvey on Yoga Sūtra Chapter One verse 17

“In Sūtra 1.33 Patañjali offers four Bhāvana as reflections on our relationships with others.
We can also suggest they are listed in a progressively linked order.
Here, the question is:
Are they are presented in an order from gross to subtle, or is it vice versa?
In other words, looking at Upekṣā as the subtlest and most difficult to cultivate.
Or, are they are presented in an order from subtle to gross?
In other words, looking at Maitrī as the subtlest and most difficult to cultivate.”
– Paul Harvey on Yoga Sūtra Chapter One verse 33

“There are stages to this coming together.
The first stage in meditational unity
is deliberation on a gross object,
intermixed with words, purpose,
knowledge and imagination around
the object. This is called Savitarkā,
or unrefined gross deliberation.”
– Paul Harvey on Yoga Sūtra Chapter One verse 42

“The next stage in meditational unity is
to refine the deliberation on a gross object.
This arises when the memory is purified, and
is as if empty of its own content, so that only
the true nature of the gross object shines forth.
This is called Nirvitarka or refined gross deliberation.”
– Paul Harvey on Yoga Sūtra Chapter One verse 43

“This state of being allows flawless perception.
What the person sees cannot be error.
What they say cannot be disproved.
Nothing is excluded from their perception,
be it gross or subtle, simple or complicated.”
– T Krishnamacharya on Yoga Sūtra Chapter One verse 48

“The order is important
– from gross to subtle,
we need one to appreciate the next.”
– TKV Desikachar on Yoga Sūtra Chapter Two verse 1

“In meditation,
one must make the transition
from the gross, that which has form
and which can be seen by the mind,
to the subtle, the formless.”
– TKV Desikachar Madras December 19th 1988