What Is a Good Way to Approach Meditation?
Nayaswami Mukti
Question from Deepak Singh: What things I have to keep in mind, before and after meditation ? And is their any specific time to meditate or I can meditate whenever I want ?
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New to Meditation Questions
Nayaswami Mukti
Question from K Sreedhar: I have started meditation like two weeks ago. I meditate for 20 minutes daily in the evening. I observe different colors appearing like waves, no particular pattern. Mainly I see deep purple, dark blue , olive green. But i see them for a minute or two. Secondly I am still not able to focus/concentrate fully. and lastly whenever i am…
Dizziness and Numbness During Meditation
Nayaswami Mukti
Question from Buddha: Often after meditating I feel dizzy. I mean I feel lightheaded and everything around me feels like it is spinning around. Also sometimes I can’t feel the body I live in. It’s an experience like my body has become very light like a feather, and also I can’t feel my hands and legs. It just seems that my body is…
Negative Experience During Meditation
Nayaswami Mukti
Question from Mrinal: Namaste Sir/Mam, I have been practicing meditation since a month. The steps I have been following are: lying on bed, slowing down breath, suggesting my body to relax, counting backwards 20-1, and I feel falling into deeper level of mind. One day I mentally started chanting ‘OM’, soon the sound pervaded my whole self, and I apparently started falling into…
Overcoming Loneliness and Sadness
Nayaswami Mukti
Question from Petals: Hello….i am over emotional in nature….i cry a lot, even on small things….extremely over sensitive.also…i dont have any loving caring relationshios in my life…i m completely lonely…i dont have good bond with my family members.i dont like them.and on top of that i somehow end up being with people who backstab me…or dont like me. I dont feel like doing…
Yogananda’s Recommendations for Eating Nuts
Nayaswami Mukti
Question from anupam krishna das: I noticed Yogananda recommended eating nuts many times. Was there a particular amount he suggested? Thank you, om
Feeling Bad About Another’s Suffering
Nayaswami Mukti
Question from Preksha: How to not let empathy make you excessively concerned about others? Deeply thankful for the last answer. There is this one person who hasn’t been kind to me in the past and I’ve forgiven and moved on. There are times when i see her suffer through loneliness and I can’t help feeling bad for her, because even though she didn’t…
How Do I Stick With a Path?
Nayaswami Mukti
Question from Siddharth Patel: Pranam!!! I am a 22 year old seeker after truth started walking spiritual path 3 years back. But on my path, I don’t have physical Guru nor someone in my environment who can guide me on the path of spirituality. So the problem I face is I don’t stick to one path only, I keep on changing my spiritual precepter…
Overcoming Attachment to a Person
Nayaswami Mukti
Question from Preksha: How do we overcome attachment to a person we can’t avoid seeing everyday, and the hurt of being ignored, that they’ll never reciprocate the way we feel. How do we remain unruffled and centred on God and Guru ?
Right Attitude to Help Our Loved Ones
Nayaswami Mukti
Question from APS: Dear Divine Family, Thank you for your effort, time and kind love towards others. My question is: What is the right spiritual attitude to follow when your loved ones doesn’t seem to do what you have to suggest, seeing them suffer later on, brings so much sadness. Could we have done better, could we have said more, are the feelings…
