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Originally Posted by JustASimpleGuy
Here's my take on it and no disrespect intended. Please take it in the spirit given.
Let go of whatever concepts or expectations you have as a goal or fruit of your practice. Just practice for the sake of the practice in its strictest and purest sense and it will bear fruits you're not necessarily looking for or expecting.
I currently sit for 20 minutes in the morning and another 20 in the evening with the intention to work back up to 30 minutes. I just started mixing in loving-kindness for 15 minutes mid-day. That's it and the benefits are incredible, especially combined with a new spiritual understand of the real intention of the practice as set down within the ancient texts of India.
I'm being totally honest when I say the mind state I experience within deep meditation is a constant now, 24x7, and even that pales in comparison to the understanding and identification with what I am as opposed to who I thought I was for the better part of 61 years.
Oh, and one other minor point. The past week or so I'm only needing 5 or 6 hours sleep and I feel more refreshed than before when getting 8 or 9 hours sleep.
And from a practical perspective instead of sitting in a state of Samadhi for hours it's only 20 minutes and then I enjoy that state awake and experiencing life.
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No problem, I understand
I am really happy for you, how many people reach this age and became aware that there's something that they missed their entire lives? Not many, you are really blessed! I can say the same thing about myself, I am only 24, most people at my age are focused on other things, I am blessed too!
I know that 20-30 minutes is "enough" but I love to meditate!
I also experience this continuous state of meditation, but it's only the beginning of it.I know about that "energy" boost, I felt it too.
This experiences that I had are amazing but they are not my end goal, so to say, my final goal is to meet the Creator.I know that people say that you should just meditate but even Buddha had a reason when he started to meditate, you enter that deep peace because you know with every single atom of your being that there is where all the peace is found and you want that peace but not like you desire something, it's something else, something that I can't put it in words..
When I meditate I know that the Creator is calling me to be with Him in that peace, I just know.