Why daily sadhana? And why lifelong?
Experiencing the Infinite is an infinity of experiences. Infinitely-different experiences.
Surrendering to meditation changes its daily experience. Sometimes slightly, sometimes completely.
All inner experiences are needed. The more, the better.
Savour the condition after meditation.
Too many seekers, even sincere ones, are in a frenetic rush for the next experience, inner or outer. Undigested experiences also cause problems like an unsettled, torpid, or over-driven mind.
Savour systematically [1]. First pay attention to the condition, with or without words. Then, expand or enliven the condition by sharing it. Then, digest or assimilate it, until it is steeping subconsciously. [2]
Alternately turning one's attention outward and inward and outward again, supports the transition from a deeply absorbing meditation to the usual workday state. Or, try to pay attention - without the least strain - to both the inside and outside simultaneously.
Ultimately, one's inner, non-physical, layers should be able to switch to their most subtle or most gross states easily and quickly. At a subtler stage, there should be general, ongoing awareness, of everything. Daaji uses the phrase"360-degree awareness".
Your inner layers are not infinite. Experiencing the Infinite within completely needs an infinite number of experiences. Put differently, the spiritual journey is infinite.
NOTES
[1] like coffee tasters - How professionals taste coffee
[2] Daaji's AEIOU exercise, expressed differently
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