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.