Glossary Welcome antipodal atom Bach, Johann Sebastian bandwidth Big Bang Theory Buddha Buddhism catalyst cell Church cross-pollinate Dervish Deuter Earth Ekagrata electron epiphanic extrapolate fractal hadith hologram Khan, Hazrat Inayat Khan, Pir Vilayat Inayat Khan, Pir Zia Kirlian photography light year magnetic field maya molecule Mosque n-dimensional Nirvana Nirvitarka peri-personal perspicacity Pir o Murshid quintessence Reincarnation retina Samadhi Satipathana Shabistari, Mahmood stalwart Synagogue transducer Vichara Vitarka wave interference Vitarka           Go back Vitarka or savitarka describes the nature of consciousness in the first stage of samprajnata-samadhi. Vitarka is occasionally translated as “argumentative” or “deliberation,” presumably describing the tendency of consciousness to dialogue, so to speak, with the object of its meditation. At this stage the meditator’s mind is fully identified with the object of meditation in such a way that the object is grasped in its “essential wholeness,” including: the object itself, the notion, and the word. In this state the meditator grasps not only the object’s wholeness, but also the object’s life as it extends through time. Mujahid