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Meditation Q&A, Aug 22, 2020
This talk / Q&A was originally posted on Ven. Yuttadhammo Bhikkhu’s YouTube Channel. To watch it on YouTube kindly click here.
00:00 Start
06:42 I can get to the point of meditation of no thoughts, but I cannot get deep into it. How can I make my meditation deeper?
09:50 Sometimes I fall asleep during meditation. How do I overcome it?
12:34 I am interested in doing an all night meditation session for the first time. Do you recommend taking a light amount of caffeine for energy?
13:09 How does one remain mindful while dreaming? Thank you!
14:40 When I don't have much clarity I would tend to use notings like "useless", “unable”, "hopeless", because they describe how I feel, even if it is very humiliating. Any comment or tips?
17:27 I'm staying for two weeks in a monastery for the first time starting next week. How do I get most benefits from this time without getting lazy and sidetracked? Any advice? 8 precepts? Sleep quota?
19:43 Whenever I learn something, even if it is insignificant, thoughts related to it keep repeating inside my mind. Especially when I am asleep. How should I go about these repetitive thoughts?
21:37 My mind would remember a lover during my meditation. Even though I am continuously noting “thinking, thinking” for months, I still miss her deeply. Should I change the noting?
23:01 While sati is remembrance and we say the word after it happened, I notice while meditating I am noting before I do, as in intention guiding the action. How to reconcile noting before?
25:56 Can we balance Bodhicitta or compassion (for others) and a practice for self awareness?
28:56 Is it helpful to interrupt one's meditation - to investigate questions that arise about oneself/one's habits during meditation or is better to note "thinking distracted"?
30:48 Is it helpful to note a lack of a certain emotion when I'm meditating - for example I note "peaceful, calm" at the same time as having a sense of "no-anger, no jealousy". Is this helpful for one's practice?
32:01 Can you do walking meditation with your eyes closed?
32:32 I live with housemates who can sometimes be very loud and messy. This can sometimes be a distraction for me. Can you give any advice to block out this distraction to me?
34:49 How does one properly move between walking meditation and sitting meditation. Are there key movements to note?
36:28 What is the difference between emotion and feeling? Is it beneficial to differentiate emotions from feeling when being mindful?
39:53 Can mindfulness become like second nature and be there 24/7 (apart from when we sleep) or will we always have to remind ourselves to be mindful and to meditate?
40:37 How do we know if you have had a good meditation? What are we trying to achieve control of the thoughts or the stillness of the mind?
43:48 During the “rising, falling, sitting, touching” meditation, I feel that after some time I note the "sitting”, my bottom starts to tense. Should I switch postures after some time?
44:41 The more that I meditate, the more I seem to be in solitude. I am aware of this, but it seems to disturb my family members. How do I explain to them that nothing is wrong?
49:20 Is it more beneficial to meditate indoors or outdoors?
50:26 How to motivate yourself to meditate every day? The mind always finds excuses.
51:16 When I meditate I use headphones so that external sounds cannot distract me.. Is this okay to practice in this way?
52:57 Sometimes the breath has a rhythm and the mind has another one, how should we find a rhythm? Should it change according to something like the breath rhythm slowing or going faster?
54:29 Does "wishing" have a power? Is it a useful tool? when we wish someone well, like saying "may you be good, may you succeed," is this a useless delusion or at that moment something is actually happening?
57:18 I work in a chaotic environment (i.e. an emergency room) how do I incorporate mindfulness in this highly distractible environment? Is it better to let go of this goal and focus on my practice at home?
59:23 Inner labels - too slow to note everything in experience, switching between sensations and imagining the abdomen so fast, it almost seems like they are simultaneous. I can't mentally say labels so fast.
1:00:20 I see goodness brings just some refined pleasure and a lot of suffering. How to give up attaching to being a good person?
1:01:33 Sadhu...
Our podcasts: https://podcast.sirimangalo.org/
How To Meditate Booklet: https://htm.sirimangalo.org/
Our Meditation Community and At-Home Meditation Course signup page: https://meditation.sirimangalo.org/
Our Website: https://www.sirimangalo.org/
Supporting This Work: https://www.sirimangalo.org/support
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By Yuttadhammo BhikkhuThis talk / Q&A was originally posted on Ven. Yuttadhammo Bhikkhu’s YouTube Channel. To watch it on YouTube kindly click here.
00:00 Start
06:42 I can get to the point of meditation of no thoughts, but I cannot get deep into it. How can I make my meditation deeper?
09:50 Sometimes I fall asleep during meditation. How do I overcome it?
12:34 I am interested in doing an all night meditation session for the first time. Do you recommend taking a light amount of caffeine for energy?
13:09 How does one remain mindful while dreaming? Thank you!
14:40 When I don't have much clarity I would tend to use notings like "useless", “unable”, "hopeless", because they describe how I feel, even if it is very humiliating. Any comment or tips?
17:27 I'm staying for two weeks in a monastery for the first time starting next week. How do I get most benefits from this time without getting lazy and sidetracked? Any advice? 8 precepts? Sleep quota?
19:43 Whenever I learn something, even if it is insignificant, thoughts related to it keep repeating inside my mind. Especially when I am asleep. How should I go about these repetitive thoughts?
21:37 My mind would remember a lover during my meditation. Even though I am continuously noting “thinking, thinking” for months, I still miss her deeply. Should I change the noting?
23:01 While sati is remembrance and we say the word after it happened, I notice while meditating I am noting before I do, as in intention guiding the action. How to reconcile noting before?
25:56 Can we balance Bodhicitta or compassion (for others) and a practice for self awareness?
28:56 Is it helpful to interrupt one's meditation - to investigate questions that arise about oneself/one's habits during meditation or is better to note "thinking distracted"?
30:48 Is it helpful to note a lack of a certain emotion when I'm meditating - for example I note "peaceful, calm" at the same time as having a sense of "no-anger, no jealousy". Is this helpful for one's practice?
32:01 Can you do walking meditation with your eyes closed?
32:32 I live with housemates who can sometimes be very loud and messy. This can sometimes be a distraction for me. Can you give any advice to block out this distraction to me?
34:49 How does one properly move between walking meditation and sitting meditation. Are there key movements to note?
36:28 What is the difference between emotion and feeling? Is it beneficial to differentiate emotions from feeling when being mindful?
39:53 Can mindfulness become like second nature and be there 24/7 (apart from when we sleep) or will we always have to remind ourselves to be mindful and to meditate?
40:37 How do we know if you have had a good meditation? What are we trying to achieve control of the thoughts or the stillness of the mind?
43:48 During the “rising, falling, sitting, touching” meditation, I feel that after some time I note the "sitting”, my bottom starts to tense. Should I switch postures after some time?
44:41 The more that I meditate, the more I seem to be in solitude. I am aware of this, but it seems to disturb my family members. How do I explain to them that nothing is wrong?
49:20 Is it more beneficial to meditate indoors or outdoors?
50:26 How to motivate yourself to meditate every day? The mind always finds excuses.
51:16 When I meditate I use headphones so that external sounds cannot distract me.. Is this okay to practice in this way?
52:57 Sometimes the breath has a rhythm and the mind has another one, how should we find a rhythm? Should it change according to something like the breath rhythm slowing or going faster?
54:29 Does "wishing" have a power? Is it a useful tool? when we wish someone well, like saying "may you be good, may you succeed," is this a useless delusion or at that moment something is actually happening?
57:18 I work in a chaotic environment (i.e. an emergency room) how do I incorporate mindfulness in this highly distractible environment? Is it better to let go of this goal and focus on my practice at home?
59:23 Inner labels - too slow to note everything in experience, switching between sensations and imagining the abdomen so fast, it almost seems like they are simultaneous. I can't mentally say labels so fast.
1:00:20 I see goodness brings just some refined pleasure and a lot of suffering. How to give up attaching to being a good person?
1:01:33 Sadhu...
Our podcasts: https://podcast.sirimangalo.org/
How To Meditate Booklet: https://htm.sirimangalo.org/
Our Meditation Community and At-Home Meditation Course signup page: https://meditation.sirimangalo.org/
Our Website: https://www.sirimangalo.org/
Supporting This Work: https://www.sirimangalo.org/support
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