hi all have been doing dm now for nearly 5 days its started now to be a routine twice daily it really feels right now balance my spiritual progress. the one problem im having is the mind not wanting to play ball every sound i hear my mind wants to react i can feel it trying to get irratated and that brings on anxiety any reason it can find to stop the meditation what im tending to do is not react i just stay put i continue to repeat the mantra sound which seems constantly through the meditation ignoring the minds games, when i get up from meditation the body is relaxed though. allthough sometimes there are small moments when i forget myself most of the time i feel very alert and aware my hearing tends to get more sensitive. nisargajay
Keep up at it. The more you concentrate the easier it will become. Any practice is difficult until you get used to it. Before you know it will become one of your favourite activities and you won't have to wrestle with yourself anymore.
Its ok to let the mind wander, just continue sitting and bring it back to the mantra now and again.
the one problem im having is the mind not wanting to play ball every sound i hear my mind wants to react i can feel it trying to get irratated and that brings on anxiety any reason it can find to stop the meditation
allthough sometimes there are small moments when i forget myself most of the time i feel very alert and aware my hearing tends to get more sensitive. nisargajay
This sounds very similar to the way my meditations started out. It was as if slight noises in the building were amplified, as if my hearing was indeed more sensitive. For example a door opening or closing would bring me hurtling back to reality with a jolt, usually accompanied with feelings of resentment toward whoever made the noise for wrecking my peace! But like Chiron says, this is not a bad thing. Don't be frustrated if something distracts you.
It's great that you've adopted the twice daily routine, with enough time I am sure you'll find yourself less and less affected by external stimuli when you're meditating.
thanks for your answers the meditations have become easier ive just kept the focus. what i have noticed is every session is completely different some sessions like this morning i ended up sleeping for four hours after other sessions i feel ok i am more aware now how powerfull this meditation is and that the nervous system needs to do its work so how ever i feel i just let it be. something else that i noticed today is the vibration from the mantra increasing the energy in the body to a point it felt like it exploded out of the body it started as a feeling of anxiety in the heart then a lump in the throat then pressure in the head then bang little things keep happening feel a bit stupid writing this because i havent been meditating long. doing some research the last week im pretty sure now i do have active kundalini i think thats why things intensify in meditation maybe peace nisargajay
deep meditation book arrived yesterday having read through it makes sense of the experiences ive had and has given me a much better understanding generally so all good thanks nisargajay definately worth reading answers questions and is explained extremely well without going over the top which i liked.
mind says no
Posted - May 17 2010 : 05:02:26 AM
