- Savitarka
Here the object is seen with Dhyana with eyes open. One considers the thing and recalls its name, meaning, and ideas about it. - Nirvitarka
Here the object is seen in Dhyana with eyes open. But the words from the mind like name, meaning, and ideas are not there. So this is observing without thoughts and a higher Dhyana result.
- Savichar
Here a mental object is seen with eyes closed with the accompaniment of thoughts in the form of name, meaning, and ideas about the mental object. - Nirvichara
Again mental object is observed with higher concentration and now seen without thoughts और words being recalled. - Sananda
This is the experience of bliss where the conscious mind has gone deeper and looked at the Universal mind. Here one cannot distinguish between an object and a subject. - Asmita
The conscious mind goes further deep and experiences one’s own self called swarupa or I am ness Till here the mind is present and memories are formed. But in this 6th stage, the mind is about to disappear. - Nirbija
There is no mind now. Therefore no perception of the world is possible. There is no time. State of pure consciousness. State of Moksha.
Meditation or dhyana is just a step in the process of cognition. We do cognize. While you are reading this you are reading with dhyana or full attention. Then only you can see the alphabet and words. This is Samadhi. You are gaining knowledge from inside the text this is Pragya. This knowledge gives you power over others who hv not read this that is Siddhi.
