Maharishi teaches that God is realized first on the level of Being;
Then on the level of feeling;
Next on the level of thinking;
And finally on the level of the senses.
Here in the world, we have the consciousness of the relative field:
The consciousness of waking, dreaming or sleeping.
God is not realized with consciousness of the relative field.
God is hidden or covered by all the activity here in the world;
And by all the thoughts of your mind.
God is first realized in the Transcendent, on the level of Being, as Universal God.
When you have a Meditation Practice that transcends the relative field,
Then Universal God is realized as the Pure Consciousness of Being in the Transcendent.
Universal God unfolds ItSelf to ItSelf by ItSelf.
It is the Consciousness of Divine Being That is your Self.
In time, with regular and repeated transcending in your Meditation Practice, God realization on the level of Divine Being is permanent.
Two states of Consciousness are held simultaneously:
God realization alongside your consciousness of the relative field.
You live Universal God here in the world.
This is the first stage of Enlightenment:
Cosmic Consciousness.
God realization continues to evolve as Consciousness evolves.
Now God is realized on the level of feeling;
On the level of the feelings of love and devotion :
Devotion to and love of your Personal God.
Now the relationship with God is personal.
Your Personal God might be Krishna,
Or Buddha, or Christ, or Maharishi, or any other fully realized human being.
The development of your relationship with your Personal God is on the level of feelings.
Then God is realized on the level of thinking.
You know your Personal God to be everything and everywhere in the world;
To be everything and everywhere in Creation.
All of your thinking is based on knowing your Personal God is manifest in all of Creation.
And finally, God is realized on the level of the senses.
Your Personal God made manifest here in the world is enjoyed by all your senses.
All of your perceptions are waves of joy as you perceive your Personal God manifesting as Creation.
This is God Consciousness.