Comment to 'Mood Swings'
Comment to Mood Swings
  • Thanks for sharing. Thoughts in the psyche during meditation is normal as you develop your practice, especially if you are meditating during normal waking hours since you will have to deal with the incoming thoughts from others. To reduce this occurrence, make sure to practice aggressively, and be internally focused with increased attentiveness. You should not sit to meditate until you feel that you have saturated the subtle body with fresh energy—tiring the physical body with the breath infusion and postures should help to accomplish this. Generally, the thoughts will also arise during pranayama practice—I find that increasing the aggression with the breathing and deliberately focusing on blasting these thoughts with fresh energy helps to lift me to higher states that remain when I sit to meditate. Also, do not associate with these thoughts—be unattached and do your best to not mix with them—Madhva’s instruction to retreat to the back of the head works for me. Keep up the good work!

    • Thank you for the pointers. Confronting the psyche can be both challenging and daunting. So I appreciate the advice. 

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        Emphasizing this paragraph, the rest of the advise is equally sound and helpful.

        Generally, the thoughts will also arise during pranayama practice—I find that increasing the aggression with the breathing and deliberately focusing on blasting these thoughts with fresh energy helps to lift me to higher states that remain when I sit to meditate.

        However, this demands due attention during the breath infusion, which especially in this context is a prelude (or sort of part 1/2) to the meditation.