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Gazing upward in meditation

Nayaswami Anandi

Question from Adam H. Esser: I have read that it’s important to look upward towards the third eye so to speak, Now I have a neuromuscler disease that makes it hard for me to hold my eyes upward without them shaking. Will not being able to hold my eyes upward keep me from acheiving the christ consciosness.

Why can’t I go deep in meditation?

Question from Richa Gupta: I have been practicing Hong-Saw technique and I do meditate regularly around 25-30 min for last 1 year. But so far I am not able to go deepen in my meditation. I always lost in thoughts which take me somewhere else and after some time I become aware again about breathing. So these thoughts really takes me to somewhere else…

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Bad dreams

Nayaswami Savitri

Question from Joseph Cimino: I am a student of Ananda courses online for a few months now, lately I have been dreaming about situations and people from my past that didn’t always turn out right, for about four or five nights now, during the dream and after I awake I feel the exact same sad emotions I felt when they happened physically, after repeating…

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How to contact departed loved ones

Nayaswami Shivani

Question from Neil: Can one visit departed loved ones during Samadhi? (i.e. is it a near death experience)

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Hong Sau Meditation

Nayaswami Anandi

Question from deepak: When I am practising Hang-Sou technique,for first 2 to 3 minutes, my breathe becomes very slow and calm, but as I continue, the breathe becomes restless and I feel as if I need more oxygen, so that it becomes a little bit difficult to concentrate upon the breathe and follow the Hang-sau process. What should I do?

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Does being overweight make meditation and yoga postures more difficult?

Nayaswami Gyandev

Question from CMA: I have been following Yoganandaji’s teachings for over 1 year and want to begin taking the online courses to learn the path of Kriya Yoga. I am overweight and wonder if my weight will be a difficulty for me in meditation if I am unable to do certain postures fully. I hope you will help me with this. Thank you

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A simple meditation technique

Nayaswami Anandi

Question from Sapna: HariAum! 1.How do we raise up the energy from the lower level of the body to the brain when we are in meditation? 2.Is it a good idea to chant any manthras or focus the thoughts on “Bhagvan Krishna” during the early stages of meditation ? Please help me to understand. I am not really familiar with any of the…

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Why does my body move while I’m meditating?

Nayaswami Savitri

Question from Lisa: Hi, What is shaking and head weaving and seeing light in meditation? Sometimes I have this process come over me — in that order. I just want to make sure it’s not a negative response. Thank you so much, Lisa

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Achieving the Breathless State in Meditation

Nayaswami Devarshi

Question from Vinay: Hi, I’ve seen more use of the phrase “Breathless state” in kriya yoga than any other path. Common sense and most obvious experience tells one that oxygen is necessary to sustain life. In breathless state, when one is not drawing any oxygen from outside, how does the body hold on for a sustained longer duration, for an experienced meditator? I’ve…

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Breathing Through the Mouth Versus Nose

Nayaswami Hriman

Question from Shruti Nayak: Hello I have been breathing from my mouth since ages and now when I try to concentrate during my meditation with the breathing techniques, Haung Saw, deep relaxation, tense and relax, etc I feel tired and am unable to concentrate and thereby it affects my meditation. Moreover during the day I am too engrossed in my work to keep a…