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Jack
United Kingdom
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 Posted - Mar 30 2010 : 2:00:19 PM
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Hi,
Have been a little low on sleep last couple of days.
Got home from work today, did a 5 minute qigong practice (zhan zhuang, standing meditation, no visualisation/movement or anything), then sat down and did 1 minute alternate nostril breathing, 1 minute spinal breathing, 5 minutes meditation, 2 minutes samyama, then rested.. fell asleep for an hour, woke up feeling dizzy, disorientated, spaced out and uncomfortable.
Had a cup of tea and a cigarette, still feeling now as if I am not really here, like part of me is dead. Still a little dizzy.
WTF!! Help? |
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brother neil
USA
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Posted - Mar 30 2010 : 2:50:14 PM
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many teachers, yogani included I believe, suggest not going to sleep after practicing a mantra meditation. so maybe that is what caused it, no big deal.
for me sometimes I feel that way after a nap, or sometimes i feel that way and then take a nap and feel fine after.
best to you
Brother Neil
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Arjuna
USA
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Posted - Mar 31 2010 : 09:43:28 AM
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for the most part, my meditation sessions are without any noticeable phenomena. In other words, I sit twice a day, get up off my cushion, and go about my daily activities. I have been doing the AYP practice of SPB/DM for 8 months. Once in a while, I get a delayed reaction ~3 hours post morning meditation. Symptoms include an uncomfortable feeling that I am losing mental clarity and focus. I am here, but I am not here...I am out of sorts...not my usual sharp self. The first few times that this occurred, it was accomapnied by a rush of fear and anxiety, as though I caused irreversible damage to my psyche. I doscovered that in my case, this phenomena would pass within a day or two, and then I would fell like my old self.
It happened again this past weekend, and I just tend to take notice o fit, and let it happen. In doing this, I greatly reduce the amonut of fear and anxiety that used to accompany it.
In retrospect, I believe that my faer and anxiety is a result of the shattering of my 48 years of defining who and what I am.
I am slowly realziing that I have no idea as to what it i sthat makes up this person I call myself. It is scary and yet comfoting at the same time. What will I eventually realize as the result of doing this practice???? Do I really want to know???? What will replace the old self???? and will I mourn the loss of my former identity???
One thing I realize for myself is that it takes a lot of courage to pursue this path towards Spirituality, an dthe only way that I can fail is if I chicken out. Stay strong, and be brave...I am sure we are not alone. |
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Shanti
USA
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Posted - Mar 31 2010 : 09:45:29 AM
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Hi Jack,
Did a good night's sleep help?
Hope you are feeling better today. 
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