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The hour of meditation question and answer index

1. During your meditation if you feel really inspired, I can you increase the length of time that you meditate?

2. How can anyone find time to meditate in the course of a busy day?

3.: How long should I meditate? Is fifteen minutes enough, or should I try to meditate longer?

4. If I meditate too little, I don't have spiritual energy throughout the day. If I meditate too long, I can't maintain my aspiration.

5.: Why would the body revolt?

6. I try to meditate for fifteen minutes a day, but I find that it takes me almost this much time to actually settle down into meditation. What would you suggest?

7. I try to meditate for fifteen minutes a day, but I find that it takes me almost this much time to actually settle down into meditation. What would you suggest?

8. Today I couldn't meditate in the morning, but I was able to meditate later in the day. Why was that?

9. I am a housewife with small children. What advice do you have for me?

10. Sometimes when I am meditating, I feel peace and light all around me. Then someone calls me from the kitchen or some other place, and I have to stop my meditation. Then I feel frustrated.

11. When we've been in school all day with unaspiring people and we're in an undivine mood, how can we get rid of this mood in order to meditate well?

12. Very often I feel full of love and joy before I fall asleep, and I may remain awake without any conscious thoughts except gratitude. But I am worried about getting up in the morning...

13. Is there a certain hour in the morning that is most conducive to meditation?

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14. Should we try to get up spontaneously to meditate or should we set an alarm?

15. Is it bad to go back to sleep after meditating in the morning?

16. If you stayed up very late ... is it better to sleep longer and meditate after your accustomed time?

17. If you set a time for your meditation and are able to get up earlier, should you still keep your original time?

18. For a six o'clock meditation, will we do better if we get up at five and are up for a full hour before meditating?...

19. If we tend to feel sleepy, is it all right to exercise before our morning meditation?

20. What should we do if we miss our appointed hour for meditation?...

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Pradeep Hoogakker The Hague, Netherlands

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Pipasa Glass & Jamini Young Seattle, United States

A Flame in my Heart

Adesh Widmer Zurich, Switzerland

My love of spiritual poetry

Manatita Hutchinson London, United Kingdom

Check your Front Tire

Arpan De Angelo New York, United States

The first time we met our Guru

Kaivalya, Devashishu and Sahadeva Torpy London, England

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Mahiyan Savage San Diego, United States

Listen to the inner voice

Vidura Groulx Montreal, Canada

The spiritual life is normal to me

Shankara Smith London, United Kingdom

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