vee it is not the amount that counts one can meditate all is life and achieve nothing! what he does while meditating and the result that he achieve while meditating is for him the measure of where he is at! if you ask this question is because you are not there yet! so continue and you will find out!

Measurements are just egotistical gauges to validate our position.

Might I add that I do not meditate for progress, I meditate for the moments that I meditate.

I think it is no different from asking; are the hours spent in the gym proof of physical perfection?

Where the person asking the question is assuming that if one spends enough effort towards physical perfection, then it must result in a crossing of an invisible threshold and into a region of super human ability.

no ,, no matter how well you are connected to higher self,, the work is NEVER done! basically if you want to keep growing a plant outside would it ever stop needing water because it is mature? NO , it will ALWAYS need food for growth just as we do! the way to measure the benefits of your meditation is NOTHING to do with hours, it has to do with the personal growth, the issues in where you develop. none of us can ever use time to measure it,, you will see the growth by others seeing your spiritual and emotional growth! the ones who seem most enlightened will usually be the very 1st to admit that they need work !

love n light,

rob

Meditation is a tool we use to expand our awareness. This expanded awareness is the key to spiritual growth... we cannot change anything if we are unaware of it. We should not meditate to prove anything to anyone, but rather to enhance our own growth which in turn will positively impact how we live our life and treat those we interact with.

You have said variations of the word "proof" twice.

Is this really what you want to know? Is this what you are seeking, Vee?

Spiritual progress is tricky. It is kind of like trying to see your shadow, and measure it. You always need someone else to do it.

We all seek spiritual progress. I think everybody wants that. The only thing I can say is when you no longer care about "making it", but instead, find yourself busy trying to do all the things that God asks of you, you have made some progress.

Do you feel spiritually hungry? Good! That is progress! Do you want to know everything there is to know right now...well, that takes a lifetime. Look at the 12 Steps of the Program of Alcoholics Anonymous. Read them, and try to figure out where you are on that list. That's as close to a measuring stick as I can give to anyone.

Meditation is good. But it is not exactly a by-product of spirituality- it is a way to calm the spirit and mind. Buddhists look for Nirvana, a place of Nothingness and Everything all at once...total lack of ego. I, myself, do not meditate every day. but I do pray. Browse this site, still your mind, take a deep breath, and then think, think, think. Meditation is only a tool.

Good Luck, and Bless You! Love, Jaianniah

the proof may be the way you react in your interventions with other people,
not usually something time in meditation provides.