> > According to Patanjali, Ishvara is the inner controller,
> > higher than even the subtlest relative.
> >
Billy wrote:
> In some circles Ishvara represents Brahman and his consort
> Prakriti, wherein is found his immanent nature Brahma, the
> son, the Creative intelligence behind and controlling the
> Gunas/Prakriti.
>
There's no mention in Patanjali's Yoga Sutras of Ishvara "and
his consort" - that idea came much later with the rise of the
tantric sects during the Gupta Age. The Yoga of Patanjali is
based on the Sankhya or radical dualism - there's no shakti
in it and no impersonal God, which if you think about it, is
a contradiction in terms.
