Steps to cosmic consciousness

Swami Omkarananda enumerates a number of steps: (1) Inner purity and transformation which help manifest higher powers of consciousness; (2) Training of physical, mental and emotional capacities to yield higher experiences, a wider and larger field; (3) Illumination of the mind with spiritual truths; (4) Purifying of nature so that higher powers function unimpeded; (5) Generating a constant sense of God's presence; (6) Conditioning one's life to disciplines which have helped great philosophers; (7) Silencing the mind and senses; (8) Reflection on the nature of God as presented by those who have experience of God; (9) Looking at one's self in relation to the infinite; (10) Constant generation of the feeling that God is always with us; (11) Remaining in objectless consciousness.