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Meditation question and answer index

1. I often find that the quality of my meditation goes up and down...

2. Is there any way I can get back to the heart?

3. When I was meditating I felt really tense... What should I do in a case like that?

4. I find your meditations very hard for me...why does this happen?

5. Very often when I am concentrating on my heart centre during meditation, I find that my breathing is very heavy and distracting.

6. When I get upset with someone who does something to me, I can't meditate the way I want to. How can I overcome this?

7. How can I tell if I am meditating too much?

8. When I meditate I lose energy and get tired. Is it because I meditate too much?

9. Is there anything I can do to always have a good meditation?

10. Should you also make an effort ...?

11. Sometimes during my morning meditation, I fall into a doze...is this a bad thing?

12. Sometimes it seems like I spend my whole time trying to keep myself awake and I don't really meditate.

13. How can I keep myself from falling asleep after about five minutes of meditation?

14. How can we energise ourselves so that we don't fall asleep?

15. When I try to meditate, there is something that holds me back.

16. I don't think that I am pulling, but still I get a headache when I meditate in the morning.

17. I feel a pressure in my forehead when I meditate. What causes this and how can I stop it?

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First-hand experiences of meditation and spirituality.

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In the Right Place, At the Right Time

Eshana Gadjanski Novi Sad, Serbia

'I could find out myself, but it was so much easier asking your soul'

Mridanga Spencer Ipswich, United Kingdom

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Prachar Stegemann Canberra, Australia

My inner calling

Purnakama Rajna Winnipeg, Canada

The connection between Sri Chinmoy's music and my soul

Kamalakanta Nieves New York, United States

Breaking the world record for the longest game of hopscotch

Pipasa Glass & Jamini Young Seattle, United States

I was just so transported by the atmosphere

Pulak Viscardi New York, United States

The day I saw my Guru's Third Eye

Vidura Groulx Montreal, Canada

I see infinitely more than I say

Agraha Levine Seattle, United States

A Divine Phone Call

Jogyata Dallas Auckland, New Zealand

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