Meditation - The Key to Consciousness
Having the right master and practicing meditation is essential. Even a glimpse of joy or deep feeling while meditating is enough. The Nithyananda Spurana Program (NSP) is a gift from me to this world. I make you work on the seven layers of the energy body during this program. You will get a glimpse of the higher consciousness at least in one layer.
Many people come and tell me about their experiences of intense joy during the Life Bliss Program (LBP) that is the precursor to the NSP. They say they have never experienced such joy or bliss in their lives. Even a glimpse of joy or bliss will make you understand that it is possible, even without the body. That will act as a torch or a guide throughout your life especially at the time of death. A continuous practice of meditation will be a path-finder and will definitely help you at the time of death.
One glimpse is enough to change your mental setup. It can change your entire life. So instead of asking how long one should meditate, it is better to ask how intensely one should meditate!
As Emerson, the American essayist and poet says, 'It is not the length of life, but the depth of life.'
If we have just one glimpse of consciousness and awareness and if we maintain it with a simple meditation technique, it is enough to penetrate the seven layers. If our meditation has given us a conscious experience, we don't have to remember it. At the time of death, our whole life will be relived before us. It will be just like a fast rewind. Within a few minutes, our entire life's incidents will be flashed before us. If the glimpse has been deep and intense, it will help us at this time. Its intensity will surpass the pain which we will be going through.
If we have been meditating for thirty years and still have not had even one glimpse, something is wrong. According to me, one year is too much if you are with me, to have a glimpse of consciousness.
Until we get a glimpse, we have to keep our eyes closed and do the meditation. Once you have the glimpse, there is no need to sit down, close your eyes and meditate, since every moment you will be joyous. Eating, sleeping, walking, sitting, you will be in continuous joy. With eyes open, you can see God.