Patanjali's yoga sutras

भवप्रत्ययोविदेहप्रकृतिलयानाम्

bhava-pratyayo videha-prakr̥ti-layānām

bhava = all things

pratyaya = experience 

videha = freed from physical bonds

prakrti= nature, essence

layaanaam = dissolved into 

In the last sutra, Patanjali talked about Virāma (विराम) Pratyaya (प्रत्यय) which can be translated as “the experience of cessation.” The purification of constant practice where we focus our minds on oneness through thoughts of awe, bliss, love and faith, allows us to slough off the problematic residues of experience. We experience the cessation of guilt, shame, anger and bitterness.

In this sutra, Patanjali talks about about Bhāva Prataya which can be translated as “the-everything-at-once experience.”

Bhāva (भाव) refers to “all things”.—In contrasting tranquility (śānti) with haṭhapāka, the commentator, Jayaratha, describes tranquility as a “process of pleasant combustion” (madhurapākakrama). When the Guru has been propitiated, the “tranquil” methods of initiation (dīkṣā-sādhana) and devotion to a religious practice (anuṣṭhāniṣṭhatā) will bring about transcendence (atyaya) at the time of death. However, haṭhapāka is a sudden and violent process that burns up all things (bhāva) in the fire of intelligence.

Patanjali describes Bhāva Prataya as Videha (विदेह) freedom from physical bonds.

And he also describes it as prakr̥ti-layānām, dissolving into “the original or natural form or condition of anything, original or primary substance” which is oneness with the loving awareness that animates and organizes the universe.

So keep practicing. Witness the miracle of creation. Contemplate the nature of existence. Feel the the bliss of being alive. Have faith that we are inherently and eternally one with the loving awareness that animates & organizes the universe. 

Interesting things start to happen when we do this. We get a rest from the negative thoughts and emotions that build up as residues of our past experiences. It might be a slow process of purification, or all of that guilt, shame, anger and bitterness might just burn up all at once leaving us suddenly free. One way or another, with constant practice, we eventually dissolve into our original, natural form, which is oneness.