| If you do meditation you will sooner or later feel bad. | | | | the situation and reaction. This is an example of |
| You can not avoid it. Many people have the incorrect | | | | suffering due to fear of "deadly" things, but can be |
| concept that people who are in to meditation, yoga | | | | implied to smaller fears that affect you in a less |
| and all that, are walking around on pink fluffy clouds, | | | | drastic way. Just pay attention to your thoughts and |
| have a heart of gold and aren't affected by the | | | | reactions and try to see that it is very non logical. |
| problems of the world. It couldn't get further from | | | | Then you just sit through your own reactions, |
| the truth! | | | | learning how you react. The next time the same |
| Suffering equals progress | | | | thing happens, you have all ready seen it and will not |
| What happens to people who meditate is that they | | | | be as scared. Do this time after time and you will get |
| bring up repressed emotions, memories and fears. If | | | | through it very effectively. |
| they keep on doing meditation in a successful way | | | | Once you start seeing this, you will handle all |
| they will experience this suffering quite intensely. At | | | | suffering in a more detached, relaxed way. You will |
| this point many meditators think that they are failing | | | | begin applying the same wisdom to all things in your |
| because they have this wrong concept that | | | | life. You will become more brave, more happy and |
| everything will just be flowers and rainbows once | | | | strong, thanks to what meditation has taught you. |
| they start doing meditation. In fact, a good sign that | | | | The truth shall set you free |
| you are successful in meditation is that you start | | | | So you see, there is nothing wrong with suffering. |
| feeling bad every now and then. This is because of | | | | You are not failing. You are succeeding. You are given |
| an inner healing process that while working on a | | | | a big chance to break through. The trick is sticking to |
| particular fear, trauma, memory etc, will bring all the | | | | the path, to the meditation. You can decrease the |
| feelings associated with it to the surface. It is | | | | time spent on meditation if you find it too much. It |
| important to remember that this is not dangerous. It | | | | will then feel better and the inner clearing will take a |
| means progress is being made. | | | | little longer, but not feel as bad. |
| Breaking through fears | | | | So if you have the concept that meditation is for |
| One by one these energy blockages will be cleared | | | | escaping things, you are very wrong. Meditation is for |
| out. They can be small and they can be big. The | | | | facing the truth, no matter what the truth is, about |
| bigger ones often seem to have to do with the fear | | | | yourself or the world. Isn't it said that "The truth shall |
| of death, going insane or deadly ill in some way. It is | | | | set your free"? |
| VERY important to remember that you are not. It is | | | | Of course, there's a lot of joy in meditation too. Lots |
| more likely that what you are experiencing in these | | | | of moments of bliss and all that. You will become a |
| tougher cases are the fear of one of those things. | | | | better person if you stick to it. You will become free, |
| You will start thinking that probably something I | | | | happy for no reason and a joy just being around. |
| wrong with you, maybe because your heart starts | | | | The things you can experience, and how your life can |
| beating harder for no reason. Once you get scared | | | | improve is impossible to describe in words. But |
| you will feel the body reacting and think that you are | | | | believe me, it's worth every moment of suffering. |
| really going insane or dying for example, but you are | | | | But then again, ask yourself these questions: Who is |
| not. It's the fear of it you are feeling. The fear | | | | suffering? Me? Who am I? I am not the body. I am |
| activates the fight-and-flight function in your body, | | | | not my thoughts. I am not my emotions. Suffering is |
| that you mistake as being you or your body breaking | | | | experienced within the mind and emotions, powered |
| down or going in to a heart attack for instance. | | | | by the thoughts. If I am none of these things in |
| What is happening is that the body gets ready to | | | | which suffering is taking place, then who is suffering? |
| basically fight for it's own survival, but to no use! It's | | | | Good luck! |
| all triggered by your fear and wrong interpretation of | | | | |