THE PATH OF LIBERATION
The path of liberation behind him already has many paths, steps, curves, all kinds of soil, paths of psychic or supernatural powers of human consciousness, paths of higher powers of spirit and soul.
It is rare that spiritual literature deals with such a profound transformation of human consciousness and soul and its supernatural powers as ancient Indian texts. The oldest preserved spiritual texts are the Indian Vedas.
Yoga Sutra (sutra – “thread”) is certainly not a religious text, it is a much younger text than the Vedas and in the third chapter speaks of supernatural powers.
The sutras 3.50 to 3.51 speak of omnipotence and intuitive knowledge:
One who at the highest level has recognized the difference between the purest aspect of mind (sattva) and pure consciousness (purusha), and who has risen above the spinning circles of gunas, attains supremacy over all forms of existence and knowledge and the omnipotence of infinite knowledge.
Through separation from the desire to possess these psychic powers, the seed (bija) of evil is destroyed and man attains liberation or isolation (kaivalya).
Liberation is true knowledge and, like any deep knowledge, it isolates but such an isolated person is freed from the darkness of ignorance.