वितर्कविचारानन्दास्मितारूपानुगमात्संप्रज्ञातः
vitarka-vicāra-ānanda-asmitā-rupa-anugamāt-saṁprajñātaḥ
vitarka = observation; awe
vichaara = contemplation; wonder
ananda = bliss
asmitaa= I-am-ness, So Hum
rupa = form
anugamaat = following
samprajnaatah
In his yoga sutras, Patanjali tells us about Saṁprajñātaḥ.
Saṁprajñāta is derived from the verb jñā (to know) with two prefixes sam and pra (both accentuate the meaning of the verb) and the suffix ta. Etymologically this word means ‘very well known’. That is, the knower-known duality is implicit. Contextually this word indicates the presence of the seed, I-ness centered subtle impressions in the mind of the one who is in this state of samādhi. But nirbījasamādhi, the final goal of a yogin, is also known as asaṁprajñātasamādhi. This is one of the many places where the technical meaning is more important than etymology, the latter merely providing a better insight.
saṁprajñātaḥ = conscious awareness
Saṁprajñātaḥ is the form of loving awareness that comes through the four doors of divine perception.
These four doors of divine perception are four way to experience oneness in our daily lives:
- witness the miracle of creation
- contemplate the meaning of life
- experience the bliss of being alive
- know the divinity of existence, including your own
Witnessing, contemplating, experiencing and knowing.
Witnessing, contemplating, experiencing & knowing our inherent and eternal oneness with the divinity that animates & organizes the universe.
In each moment of every day I am either witnessing, contemplating, experiencing the bliss of, or knowing my inherent and eternal oneness with the divinity that animates & organizes the universe.
Saṁprajñātaḥ follows from Vitarka (seeing with loving awareness—the eyes of God—to admire the divinity in all of creation)
Vicāra (thinking with loving awareness—the mind of God—to contemplate Why are we here? Where did we come from? and What is our purpose? and understand our inherent and eternal oneness with the divinity that animates & organizes the universe)
Ānanda (feeling with loving awareness—the love of God—to experience the bliss of existence in a divine universe)
Asmitā (knowing with loving awareness—the faith of God—that we are inherently and eternally one with the divinity that animates & organizes the universe)

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