Maharishi teaches that it does not matter whether your way of life is as a householder or as a recluse. To gain Higher States of Consciousness, you must do your Meditation Practice. Your way of life, either out in the world or in seclusion in a monastery or on an ashram, should be carried out in a measured and balanced manner. Either way of life will integrate and stabilize the changes in Consciousness that come from your Meditation Practice. We have many different lifetimes as human beings. The purpose of these lives is the evolution to Higher States of Consciousness. […]