sutra 1.17

वितर्कविचारानन्दास्मितारूपानुगमात्संप्रज्ञात

vitarka-vicāra-ānanda-asmitā-rupa-anugamāt-saṁprajñātaḥ

vitarka = observation; awe
vichaara = contemplation; wonder
ananda = bliss
asmitaa= I-am-ness, the ego, the judging mind
rupa = form 
anugamaat = following
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:

  1. witness the miracle of creation
  2. contemplate the meaning of life
  3. experience the bliss of being alive
  4. 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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