It is just like awakening from the dream. The first thing you need is the intention, the idea that you should wake up. So now you need to have the intense idea to wake up. Understand, the intensity with which you work towards wealth, relations etc., if you just turn a little towards enlightenment, you will awaken. Intensely decide, I will wake up from this life that I call life. Create an intense will or prayer. When you create a will and direct it towards you, it is called a will. When you create a will and direct it towards the Divine, it is called a prayer. Intensity is a strong intention to wake up, the strong intention for fulfillment, for living enlightenment, for eternal bliss.

The only gap between you and enlightenment is intensity. How to get Intensity Remember how intensely and anxiously you run behind things that give you joy. Suppose I tell now that whoever prays intensely will get a ten million dollar prize, you will show the intensity of your life, is it not? Just because you think there is some product that will fulfill you, you are intense. With money you know it is going to add something to your life. In the same way, enlightenment is also going to add something to your life. In order to have intensity towards enlightenment, you can start by creating intensity towards things that you have experienced a desire towards. For example, if you desire health or wealth, be intense about that.

That yearning will become integrated and will get directed to the unknown, to enlightenment. Not only that, your unfulfilled desires can be simply burnt with the intensity. Whatever you experience as fulfillment, yearn for that. The intense yearning is enough, it will evaporate you. And the fulfillment you experience will be many times more than the fulfillment you may have ever experienced before. Meditation techniques to be intense This is a very powerful technique from the Shiva Sutras*. The aphorism or sutra says, Die into the infinite void where you are no more Moving beyond the senses into Shiva Consciousness This technique is called the Shanmukhi Mudra*. As it will be difficult to maintain this posture for a long time, you may sit on the ground and support your hands on a chair to maintain comfort.

You can put a chair in front of you and turn it facing towards your side to support your hand. Alternatively, you may sit in a chair and support your hands using the chair in front of you. By supporting your hands on a chair, you will avoid shoulder ache.