Yoga does not only pertain to physical well being but its main objective is to transcend the three states of consciousness which all human beings experience and attain the fourth state of consciousness called the Turiya and Turiyateet i.e. super consciousness. These five states correspond to Siva's activity, that is, His power of action; Siva's Lordship which is His of Knowledge; the third is Siva's power of will; the fourth is His labour which contains all the cycles of creation and destruction and, the fifth is the rest Siva enjoys in His own nature, which is His power of consciousness. The first three states belong to the sphere of trans migratory existence. The fourth and fifth, on the other hand, are higher, supra mundane or transcendental states of consciousness in which the yogi enjoys bliss by penetrating into the universal consciousness of the Self, through which he ultimately becomes liberate (Jivanmukta). The state beyond the fourth is the state of awareness which Paramansiva Himself enjoys when duality has entirely disappeared and everything is realized to be one with consciousness. The fourth is the state of awareness of the yogi who, catching hold of the pure subjectivity flowing through the lower three states, is still actively elininatiing his sense of duality. While the former is the supreme subject as 'I' consciousness (aham), the latter is the pure awareness of 'I-ness' of the subject which encompasses the lower states, giving them life and joining them together. As such, the fourth state is the reflective awareness of one's own nature shining in all three states at one with them.
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