I think it would be a good idea to switch to morning meditations and see what happens. I really need to create a post or page for this, since I get asked this question over and over again. I thought to myself if I believe it there is a rabbit in that box… as I walked over I thought I don’t really like rabbits what if it bites me… Sure enough it attacked me and I woke up. And if you appreciate the fact that a meditation teacher is spending several hours of his day corresponding with people about their practice (I’ve literally spent six hours responding to comments and emails today), then please feel free to make a donation to our Sit : Love : Give project. (not painful). Please read my comments above and say something… :). The toughest part of meditation by far is the battle for control over your mind. I wouldn’t be concerned about it unless it became a regular occurrence. I try to just watch my breath, and all I end up doing is trying to stop that chattering in my head. Then I drop the counting and spend five minutes in general awareness of the breath; The rising and falling of the stomach and other associated sensations. I eventually was leaning to my left until I felt the pulling subside. Hi Bodhipaksa I always thought I’d never be able to do it because I always felt I was too hyper and wouldn’t be able to concentrate long enough. “There are always ups and downs. What’s the light connected with? I’d suggest that you start your meditation with four or five minutes of simply paying attention, with the eyes closed, to the space and light and sounds around you. You just took away my excuse for exercise though. These are all quite normal. I have read in prior comments about third eyes, etc. I am an infant when it comes to meditation but have been experiencing some very unusual sensations. Thank you for the response. Basically, it all seems to be going well, though of course with lots of ups and downs. Meditation undoubtedly requires willingness, energy, and commitment—but it no longer requires much effort for those who are making progress. I was drawn to the third eye as I used to do a lot of basic chakra meditations and thought it may be beneficial but I don’t think it is (definitely not at this stage). It’s not usual to see lights when meditating. Thanks again. Any sit that you do. These include gaining inner peace and calmness, equanimity, and a deeper sense of purpose. Odd dreams are quite common, especially when beginning meditation or when doing more intensive meditation on retreat. I feel much better than I ever have, but I still feel as if something large is missing. Lately, I have experienced a certain surge of concentration in my mind which results in warmness in my head and sudden fast breathing during my meditation. Sometimes in my limbs its like little valves are opening and closing. On the very first session a week or so ago, I had this sensation that the top of my head was opening up into this sort of expanse of space. Then, at the end of the first time, I saw what I knew was the horizon of the earth from 400 miles up, over the Aegean Sea. That’s great! For the past 9 years, I have been doing Mahamudra meditation in particular, an approach which involves quite a number of different stages (though roughly it breaks down to preliminary practices, shamatha and vipassana, as these are interpreted by this tradition). kenshoway.com is a participant in the Amazon Services LLC Associates Program, an affiliate advertising program designed to provide a means for sites to earn advertising fees by advertising and linking to amazon.com. I agree that following different practices can be both confusing and /or enlightening. i guess, my brain did rewire itself! It was indescribable and quite shocking. Books. Transcendental Meditation and Mindfulness Meditation. Oh one more thing I mess up lights and computers and my phone sometimes I can’t explain it I just do if I get up set everything goes weird and don’t work. I invite them to breath in unison with me, and to exchange energy with me… and “visually” they appear. Having said that, I’m struck by the fact that I can feel sensations connected with the breathing just about everywhere in the body: less so in the head, although perhaps that’s just because I haven’t been looking. You say you “fear” hurting someone and I’m not sure how seriously to take the word fear, but fear’s not a great motivation. My breathing almost went away it seemed and I had a strange sensation between my eyes. It’s different than having vivid dreams…which I see you have already discussed…I am having vivid flashbacks in the waking state. If it’s difficult, that just means it’s working. In this battle, your thoughts, which originate directly from your ego currently have the upper hand. The purpose is to discover your inner wholeness. When the mental environment is quieter, however, the whispers can be detected. I don’t think I want to be here.” And then I awoke.) I have weird feeling in my head chest stomach .like it is humming you know that feeling you get when you hum on your lips. Usually I find that the actual experiences I am remembering were not in the least bit significant at the time, but they come back so vividly, even though they are just fractions of distant memories, like moments that are stored in my brain somewhere. 4 years ago. Sometimes normal sensations can be perceived in an exaggerated way — as if the mind is taking a magnifying glass to them. it is really scarry and i really hope it will go away and i could come back to my lfe as it was. They’ll pass. Now I may have missed the target by a mile, because you haven’t really said anything about what you do in your practice, but I had a need to write the above, and I suspect that it may be applicable to you — especially the lakkhana of dukkha, where you need to learn to rest deeply in your experience even when it’s unpleasant and chaotic. 3: During meditation i get flashes of images,(not all the time, can be White light, to a red circle) but i cant recall it back, the only way i can describe it is a car journey and you are looking out the window when you see something then its gone, Strangest thing i have seen is a foot, a mans foot. and then I am aware of a medallion that looks like it is made of stone with low and high relief with a face on it. Instead, try paying attention to the breathing higher in the body — up in the upper chest and head. I’d suggest that you do find some instruction and stay in touch with a teacher as best you can. I suddenly felt a heat and my body became sweat and i felt that i’m running out of breath.. Is this normal or i’m doing the wrong practice? Earlier I was so anxious I need to be “inside” the thoughts. People who are prone to this kind of samapatti are also prone — and this is good news! Calmness?” I ‘d said previously to pay attention to those things instead, but what I meant is to notice what else is going on in the body and mind as well as and connected to the light. So just caught in a real catch 22. I find it relaxing and I’m noticing that straight into the meditation my breathing becomes shallow and it is the only thing I ‘feel’ ie, I do not feel any part of my body when I’m in this state. Yesterday I decided to try meditation without any guidance, just silence. There’s nothing wrong with experiencing discomfort, and there can be many reasons for that to happen. I try to relax the eye, but it always ends up paining as I automatically start concentrating and that creates stress to the eyes. 4) After a two month break, the meditation started slow, but then the visions started again; instead of visions from far away, they were of mundane things, but out of time. Interestingly, my meditation does seem to be deepening through all of this; there is generally a lot of clarity and stillness, as well as a certain kind of intensity. Sometime my body shakes during meditation. I’d really need to see how you sit, what you’re sitting on, where there’s tension in the body, etc. Does it signify we are on right track and we should continue? You can choose not to respond habitually, but instead to choose a more appropriate and creative response. Or in other words, is this a good sign? I never accepted being angry with Him because I felt it was wrong but whether it’s wrong or not the anger IS there. The thing is, do you find them helpful? PLEEEAASE HELP!!!! Feelings of calmness. The next morning I went to meditate in my chair, and remembered the meditation from the night before. This is all very exciting to me. Hi! The only thing I disagree with you on is time speeding up during meditation… one of my favorite things about meditation is that ten minutes feels like an hour to me… it lets me remember that at twenty years old I have all the time in the world to sit back and sort my problems out and to live. Following on from your earlier suggestions I have chosen to take my awareness away from the abdomen and into the head (I have opted for the third eye region). True signs of progress in meditation. I was taught to count to ten and start over again which I’m able to do. I couldn’t get it off me it was aching feeling. But I am not sure whehter I am progressing well. I haven’t shared since I began, so it was nice to recount, but feel free to disprove the message if you think it’s a bit long winded. Today while meditating, I experienced something very unusual. You will eventually find ways of dealing with them. I cannot help but wonder, could this be in connection with the chakras? Noticing you have choices. These involve being completely absorbed by an intense yellow vibrating light, qualitatively ecstatic or electric. I have even been surrounded by black and I imagined a room and it appeared than I thought of a bread box it appeared. I couldn’t even get close to a meditative state, I wanted to see them and was forcing the issue. These kinds of experiences (samapattis) are fairly common in relative beginners, and they tend to arise when the mind is starting to settle down. So just keep meditating, and have confidence that the process will lead you further from suffering in the long term. 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