meditative states
Patanjali Yoga Sutras - Knowledge Sheet 14
"Vitarka vicharanandasmitaroopanugamatsampragnataha"
In the state of conscious awareness or sampragnata samadhi, special logic is accompanied by the appearances of, or experience of meditation in which all experiences and thoughts exist, accompanied by bliss and the experience of just I am. - Patanjali Yoga Sutra
2. Thoughts that do not disturb you, but simply hover around in your consciousness and you are aware of that. You are in samdhi; you are in an equanimous state. At the same time there are thoughts hovering. It is part of meditation. Smells, sights, visions, tastes and sounds which come as an experience when you meditate is called vichrnugama samdhi. This is the second type of samdhi or awareness. A meditative state in which you are with some experiences, thoughts, ideas, fleeting feelings hovering around. The third type is anandnugama, the blissful state. Have you noticed that after you do Sudarshan Kriya or any breathing exercise you are in a different space? When you sing bhajans you are in a different space of samdhi. The mind is still elevated, the consciousness is still elevated. But it is in ecstasy. Samadhi in ecstasy is anandnugama samdhi. This is also a meditative state in which you are in ecstasy. The fourth meditative state is asmitnugama samadhi. This is really the deep experience of meditation where in you do not know anything. Just the awareness you are. Just you know you are, but you do not know who you are, where you are. Nothing else is known. Just I am present. Just this experience is the fourth state of samdhi or meditative experience.