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There is no harm in dividing the period of meditation in two shifts, that is, morning and evening, instead of sitting for two and a half hours uninterruptedly. It is also good to establish a regular schedule and stick to it. In fact, in the beginning it is more or less necessary. But one should gradually and eventually try to meditate for at least two and a half hours in one sitting.
_{Maharaj Charan Singh, Light on Sant Mat}

The first part of the journey is the most difficult and takes a comparatively long time. When the consciousness has been completely withdrawn from the body, the limbs and the entire body below the eyes will be the same as dead. It is actually a process of dying while living. One is unconscious only without but completely conscious within, whereas before this, one is conscious without and unconscious within. This condition of the body is only temporary, and when the consciousness returns at the close of the meditation period, you will again be as living and as active as before – even stronger.
_{Maharaj Charan Singh, Light on Sant Mat}

So long as mind is our master, it will keep us in the wheel of birth and death. When we are its master, it will be our most faithful ally. Therefore, its control is imperative, and the object of human birth is to control it and thereby get off the wheel of life and death.
_{Maharaj Sawan Singh, Spiritual Gems}