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Should You Meditate When You Are Sick?

Nayaswami Pranaba

Question from João Luís: When you get a cold and you don’t feel very well, can you still meditate? Do you have any hints on what to do when you’re not in a perfect health for meditation?

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How to Remain Calm When People Challenge You

Nayaswami Diksha

Question from Tanzing: Hello. What makes a person very emotional, attached, sensitive? How to overcome being very sensitive. How to deal with people who are rude in tone or insensitive to you…at times I just get hurt and don’t know how to respond. What is life teaching me through this? Regards, Tanzing

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Astral Breath

Nayaswami Hriman

Question from Rajeev Jayaram: The Gita says the exhaled breath is offered into the inhaled breath. And this is Kriya I believe. So my question is using our body when we inhale we are breathing out in the Astral spine and when we exhale using our body, we breath in through the astral spine, which means we are linking the astral and the material…

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Sitting Position for Meditation

Nayaswami Gyandev

Question from Shanmukh: Namaste guruji.I want to ask 2 questions about my meditation practice. 1.I’m practicing meditation from 8 months twice a day.My question is about my pose,I’m sitting cross legged with clasped fingers.Suddenly i felt that is pose is correct or I’m doing wrong please reccomend me the right pose. 2.Meanwhile in the practice I’m seeing numbers of bright dots in the…

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Can Headaches Be a Sign of Rising Kundalini?

Nayaswami Hriman

Question from Sreeni: I have been in meditation for more than 6 years, when I was started meditation , I used to drink alcohol , I was a smoker & used to eat non veg. Gradullay I quite everythIng, now I am a pure veg still practing meditation.Now recently I am getting pressure behind my head, head ache very frequently , body been…

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How to Develop Concentration

Nayaswami Pranaba

Question from Vishwanath: I am not able to concentrate on anything. There is always something happening in my mind i.e. self-talk. I am not able to have sound sleep. If I close my eyes then some visuals start and self-talk also. I am tired now. If I am sitting idle, my mind always jumps from one thought to another thought. It’s like reading…

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My Spirituality vs. My Career

Nayaswami Gyandev

Question from Aishwarya: Hi. I’d please like to know how one on the spiritual path should approach career ambitions. Also I’ve been practising Hong Sau for about five months although not everyday. Even when I really want to meditate something does prevent it. Lately I’ve been feeling the urge to cry for no reason. Could this be because I miss meditation and energization…

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A Beautiful Tree Appears in My Meditations

Nayaswami Savitri

Question from Gavin Melton: I’m having trouble understanding what my meditations mean. Almost every time I meditate I see the same tree, but always in a different place, and it’s never the focal point of what I’m seeing. But it’s in every single one. It’s the most beautiful tree I’ve ever seen, every limb is perfectly shaped and curved. It’s almost like a bonsai…

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How Can I Control a Compulsion to Swallow in Meditation?

Tyagi Jayadev

Question from Chris: I am new to meditation. I struggle with the feeling of needing to swallow almost every second and almost immediately upon closing my eyes. It causes great anxiety to the point that I spend almost all of my time trying to control the urge and “need” to swallow. HELP, it is SO distracting!!!

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Patience and Kindness

Nayaswami Hriman

Question from Ray: Hello! I have a neighbor who is very loud and disturbs my peace. I can’t enter or leave the house without her talking to me, yelling things and being intrusive, although I’ve set boundaries. I’ve told her to keep it down, but she does not get it. It is very annoying. Since I live directly next to her, I can’t…