Q&A: Meditation

Very often when I am concentrating on my heart centre during meditation, I find that my breathing is very heavy and distracting. In your case, you are straining your eyes while you are meditating....
26 August 2006
Q&A: Meditation

Q&A: Meditation

Sometimes during my morning meditation, I fall into a doze - not a sound sleep, but just a doze. Is this a bad thing? Unfortunately, it is not a good thing. It is not sound sleep, but you are not...
26 August 2006
Q&A: Meditation

Q&A: Meditation

Is there anything I can do to always have a good meditation? It is through gratitude, the gratitude that is inside the heart, not inside the mind, that you can make your meditation excellent. Just...
26 August 2006
Q&A: Meditation

Q&A: Meditation

I feel a pressure in my forehead when I meditate. What causes this and how can I stop it? The reason you feel pressure in your forehead is because you are meditating in the wrong place; you are...
26 August 2006
Q&A: Meditation

Q&A: Meditation

I don't think that I am pulling, but still I get a headache when I meditate in the morning. In your particular case, you are meditating on the wrong thing. You are meditating on divine power, but...
26 August 2006
Q&A: Meditation

Q&A: Meditation

How can I tell if I am meditating too much? If you are meditating too much-that is to say, beyond your capacity-then you will get a kind of tension or pain in the area of the third eye. Also, you...
26 August 2006
Q&A: Meditation

Q&A: Meditation

How can I keep myself from falling asleep after about five minutes of meditation? First of all, before you start meditating please breathe in deeply a few times. With each breath, try to feel that a...
26 August 2006
Q&A: Meditation

Q&A: Meditation

If we feel tired when we sit down to meditate, how can we energise ourselves so that we don't fall asleep? When you feel that you are tired, exhausted, please take several deep breaths quietly and...
26 August 2006
Q&A: Meditation

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...
26 August 2006
Meditation question and answer index

Do not be discouraged

Please do not be disturbed if you cannot meditate well in the beginning. Even in the ordinary life, God alone knows how many years one must practise in order to become very good at something. If an...
26 August 2006
Do not be discouraged

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