While meditating, various experiences manifests from time to time. An aspirant may notice a light appearing in the center of the forehead, or small fiery balls moving about before the mind`s eye. Sometimes various animate sounds may be heard more clearly. Occasionally beings or objects from the astral world manifest. There may even be brief sensations of bliss. When these extraordinary experiences of meditation occur, one should not be frightened. These experiences should not mean that Samadhi has been attained simply because some lights and a little rising above body consciousness have been seen. During deep meditation, the aspirant forgets the external world first. Afterwards he or she forgets the body. The idea of time disappears. He hears no sounds and is unaware of his surroundings. The feeling of rising up is a sign of going above body consciousness. In the beginning this feeling will last for only a minute. It is accompanied by a peculiar sensation of bliss. As the meditation deepens, body consciousness is lost. The loss of sensation usually occurs first in the legs, then the spinal column, back, trunk and hands. When this happens, the head feels suspended in air, and mental consciousness reigns supreme.

If there is a disinclination for work and a desire for meditation only, in that case one should lead a life of complete seclusion. One can live on a diet of milk and fruits. There will be rapid spiritual progress. When the meditative mood vanishes, work should be taken up again. Thus by gradual practice, the mind will be molded. In time the awareness of ego gradually vanishes, and reasoning and reflection cease. A higher type of indescribable peace descends. However, it takes a long time to transcend the body completely. It is also difficult to merge with the object of meditation or to receive a true spiritual experience. Samadhi, which is known as the super conscious state, is the highest goal to be attained through meditation. This cannot be achieved merely through a little practice. To attain the ultimate state of merging with the Divine, one must also observe celibacy and strict dietary restrictions. The person should have purity of heart and be completely devoted to God.

After prolonged and steady meditation, Cosmic Consciousness is first experienced as a glimpse, and then becomes natural and permanent in realized souls. Therefore, when there is a flash of illumination, one should not be frightened. It will be a new experience of intense joy. It is a glimpse of Truth, a new platform but not the whole experience. One should keep ascending until the final goal is reached. Similarly, different minds are comfortable with different kinds of meditation. As the various techniques and approaches work differently for each person, one should experiment with a variety of methods, and then stay with the one that seems most comfortable. It cannot be stated too strongly that all of the systems arrive at the same destination. It can also be difficult to say that which method is the easiest among Raja, Mantra, Kindling, Janna or Bhatia Yoga. Each has its own problems and temptations.

In Raja Yoga there is the danger of identifying with one`s purity, and building up egoism because of pride in one`s mental control. In Hath Yoga one may spend years awakening the Kundalini. By the time it happens, a few spiritual powers will have manifested, and one may be sidetracked. Despite asserting and identify with Brahman, Janna Yogis tend to be attached to the intellectual sheath. When a Bhatia Yogi surrenders to the Lord, he will encounter severe tests to see if his surrender is complete. Whatever the means, terminology and techniques employed, the basic concepts are the same. But the methods often overlap with each other. There are no sharp lines of definition or fundamentally distinct concepts. All Yogis culminate in the merging with the Absolute. The state of Cosmic Consciousness is sublime beyond description. The mind is most inadequate to grasp and describe if it inspires awe, joy, and freedom from pain, sorrow and fear. It bestows enlightenment, and places the experiences on a new plane of existence. One experiences a sense of universality, and bareness of eternal life. This is not merely conviction. It is an actual experience of knowledge. Although this knowledge is an inherent natural faculty, training and discipline are necessary to awaken it. Because of ignorance, it is non-functioning in the Majority of people.

The Absolute can be experienced by all through regular practice of meditation with a pure heart. Abstract reasoning and study of books do not suffice. Direct experience is the source for this higher intuitional knowledge, or divine wisdom. The experience is super conscious and transcendental. Senses, mind, emotions and intellect are at perfect rest. It is not the imaginary reverie of a visionary dreamer, nor is it a hypnotic trance. It is absolute truth, cognized through the spiritual intuitional eye. In this phase the little ego melts, and the differentiating mind vanishes. All barriers, sense of duality, differences, separateness and distinctions disappear. There is no time or space, only eternity is there. The experience has the feeling that he has obtained all his desires and that there is nothing more to be known. He feels perfect awareness of the super conscious plane of knowledge and intuition and also knows the whole secret of creation.

There is neither darkness nor void. Dualities eventually vanish. There is neither subject nor object. There is neither meditation nor Samadhi. Neither pleasure nor pain can be experienced. There is only perfect peace and absolute bliss and that is advanced meditation.