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Tips for Staying Awake During Meditation

Nayaswami Diksha

Question from Meena: Hello, I would like to ask if there are any tips you can suggest to keep myself awake during morning meditation. In my case, I wake up, cleanse my face and mouth in the morning, sit to meditate but at times feel so drowsy that I’ve to shorten the meditation or at times i fall asleep while meditating. I feel…

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Meditation Symbols and Their Meaning

Nayaswami Savitri

Question from Joseph: Greetings of joy! ive been seeing a lot of astral symbols and I don’t always know the meaning. ive learned the meaning of some and im eager to know more. these astral symbols appear before my awareness bright with a similarity close to caricatures on a monopoly board. I know these symbols are meant to guide me and affirm whats…

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I Saw an Oval Shadow in Meditation

Nayaswami Savitri

Question from S: hello today I was trying to meditate (it must be the 4th or 5th time I try to do it in my life) and something intrigued me: during the meditation I saw an oval shadow and thought of the word ‘oblongata’. I googled it afterwards and saw what it was. I heard about it once but never thought of it…

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I’m Seeing Strange Images and Sounds in Meditation, What Do They Mean?

Nayaswami Parvati

Question from Marcelo: In recent weeks I have had my concentration shattered during meditation. Many images and sounds appear in my mind. The strange thing is that they are extremely clear and detailed as if I was seeing and hearing physically. Several times during the meditation I have to bring my attention back and avoid these “lucid dreams”. My meditation used to be…

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Ears Feeling Hot During Meditation

Nayaswami Hriman

Question from Sumukh Hegde: hello. I’ve got anxiety disorder, on meds. I’ve noticed when in meditation, sometimes intense unpleasant heat is generated in parts esp near ears. harder I try to concentrate hotter it gets. Ive noticed it is associated with an unfocussed mind. Medically they call this psychosomatic symptoms. But when strongly focused on my Guru, it dissapears. Is this me unable to…

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What You Are Experiencing Is the Astral Body

Joseph (Puru) Selbie

Question from ruchit: during my spiritual practice i.e when i do my spiritual work i suddenly feel cold sensation on my whole body it’s like not too much cold but when it occurs all of my hairs on my hands stands up i.e become erect and also it starts from lower to upper body it ends at top of my head i.e above…

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Finding Inner Calmness Through Meditation

Nayaswami Savitri

Question from Emma S: I have been meditating for about 6 months now and I love love it. However, I have not told anyone and am afraid to because a lot of people make fun of meditation. Also, I have a really hard time meditating on my own without a guided mediation. I can’t get myself to calm down or my mind to shut…

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Lights and Electric Sensations, Symptoms of Kundalini Rising in the Spine

Nayaswami Seva

Question from ruchit: thing is when i meditate first thing i experience is when i am calm and close eyes i notice some colors floating around me such as purple,red and white and sometime it feel like i suddenly got shot i.e travelling into white light what is it?? also sometime when i finish meditating i feel electrical sensations on some body part…

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Meditating Instead of Sleeping Could Cause Problems

Nayaswami Hriman

Question from ruchit: i’m meditating at night and concentrating on god within myself and i don’t sleep so will this not getting sleep affect me in any way??also sometime i feel tingling sensation on my forehead point like getting pulled or some ants moving on that point what is it?