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This talk / Q&A was originally posted on Ven. Yuttadhammo Bhikkhu’s YouTube Channel. To watch it on YouTube kindly click here.
00:00 Welcome
07:04 Should we note all sensations of the body (e.g. “feeling”), or can a more-accurate label such as e.g. “dense”, “lightness”, “vibrating”, “tingling”, “earth element” -- labels relating to the elements -- be used?
07:51 You pointed out pros of feeling helpless/hopeless. What is the difference from this and feeling authorized to not do our duties, be lazy, passive, victimised because we are not in control of anything?
14:33 How important is it to be mindful of the fear of death during meditation?
15:13 While meditating I feel like my spirit will leave the body and I'll die. What to do about this?
16:52 How many months or years of intensive, dedicated practice in a monastery are necessary to go all the way up to Nibbana? I'm at a period of my life where I can afford to take time for meditation.
18:37 Can eating processed foods, like sausage, once in a while, prevent us from being successful in desire-abstinence and hence meditating? I mean abstaining from desires like masturbation, which can be a sin?
21:53 Is it possible to become addicted to meditation?
23:22 What can we note while driving?
24:55 How can I maintain mindfulness throughout the day? My mindfulness is drained through the day and as I get tired; I go more on "autopilot" and do/say stuff I later realize were not my true feelings.
26:06 Today while I meditated by the park, I noticed certain visual distortions, as if the ground was wavy, breathing. How do you note this... “seeing”? Why does this happen?
28:16 If the sensation of “touching” is larger, more diffuse than the size of a coin, is that ok? Should we try to feel only the coin? If so, is that - reducing to the coin - something that comes with practice?
29:29 Do you offer any meditation courses that are more reflective and answer deep-seated or subconscious issues within us?
31:31 During the sitting practice, I almost always can't return to the breath. I note what is happening, although it’s unclear, but the returning from the sensations to the breath doesn't seem to work. May I have some advice?
32:45 During meditation, I note my thoughts, but will I ever stop having thoughts at some point, if I practice enough?
34:17 I have a body full of deep knots due to past trauma. Meditation is starting to clear that. Does Nibbana require that the body gets completely free of those inner knots, or it is independent of that?
36:28 Whenever I note a thought and come back to the breath, the thought sticks around for a long time, and I have a hard time focusing on the breath. How do I deal with it?
37:13 Some days I keep getting lost in my thoughts while meditating. Am I doing something wrong? Are those "bad" meditation days preventable? Any suggestions as to what to do during those bad days?
39:38 When our mind doesn't want to do something, should we negotiate with it or force it like there is no other way?
40:38 After meditating for about 12-20 minutes - particularly sitting meditation - I get a headache, and I discontinue meditation after that. After that, the headache remains for some time. Is it because I am new?
42:00 Any advice for worries about losing identity and ambition (as we are practicing)?
43:00 For how long a day would you recommend lay working people to meditate?
43:38 Can my noting be fairly rapid, such as: rising... thinking... falling... if the thinking ceases right away?
44:29 During noting, when should we be descriptive instead of general: e.g. "guilt" vs. "distraction" or "thought?"
45:18 When I meditate I feel a sensation on the forehead. but when I notice it gets stronger and does not go away. Any tips?
46:14 Does sex or masturbation before meditation disturb the meditation?
48:27 Can we meditate more than an hour at once?
49:29 Can journaling help with meditation and being mindful during the day? Would you recommend one to write about his feelings, thoughts and emotions?
50:29 Is noting one thing after another (just once) noting too quick? Should we at least note a thing three times before noting something else so we see what we note more clearly?
51:38 How does compassion fit in the meditation? If meditation is just observing everything including thoughts, is that compassion thinking about people and thinking how they all suffer?
54:21 How do we note? “I am seeing”? Or the act of “seeing?” I am asking because I have to translate it to my language.
54:58 When meditating, should I be focusing on my problems and insecurities, or whatever appears in the mind?
55:49 Would you recommend celibacy for serious lay meditators?
56:15 If we have pain and thoughts at the same time how do we decide what to note first? Should we note both like "pain, thinking, pain, thinking..." or note just one thing until it goes away?
57:12 Where should the noting be in meditation? Should it be a word in my head, or just pure "knowing"?
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 Welcome
07:04 Should we note all sensations of the body (e.g. “feeling”), or can a more-accurate label such as e.g. “dense”, “lightness”, “vibrating”, “tingling”, “earth element” -- labels relating to the elements -- be used?
07:51 You pointed out pros of feeling helpless/hopeless. What is the difference from this and feeling authorized to not do our duties, be lazy, passive, victimised because we are not in control of anything?
14:33 How important is it to be mindful of the fear of death during meditation?
15:13 While meditating I feel like my spirit will leave the body and I'll die. What to do about this?
16:52 How many months or years of intensive, dedicated practice in a monastery are necessary to go all the way up to Nibbana? I'm at a period of my life where I can afford to take time for meditation.
18:37 Can eating processed foods, like sausage, once in a while, prevent us from being successful in desire-abstinence and hence meditating? I mean abstaining from desires like masturbation, which can be a sin?
21:53 Is it possible to become addicted to meditation?
23:22 What can we note while driving?
24:55 How can I maintain mindfulness throughout the day? My mindfulness is drained through the day and as I get tired; I go more on "autopilot" and do/say stuff I later realize were not my true feelings.
26:06 Today while I meditated by the park, I noticed certain visual distortions, as if the ground was wavy, breathing. How do you note this... “seeing”? Why does this happen?
28:16 If the sensation of “touching” is larger, more diffuse than the size of a coin, is that ok? Should we try to feel only the coin? If so, is that - reducing to the coin - something that comes with practice?
29:29 Do you offer any meditation courses that are more reflective and answer deep-seated or subconscious issues within us?
31:31 During the sitting practice, I almost always can't return to the breath. I note what is happening, although it’s unclear, but the returning from the sensations to the breath doesn't seem to work. May I have some advice?
32:45 During meditation, I note my thoughts, but will I ever stop having thoughts at some point, if I practice enough?
34:17 I have a body full of deep knots due to past trauma. Meditation is starting to clear that. Does Nibbana require that the body gets completely free of those inner knots, or it is independent of that?
36:28 Whenever I note a thought and come back to the breath, the thought sticks around for a long time, and I have a hard time focusing on the breath. How do I deal with it?
37:13 Some days I keep getting lost in my thoughts while meditating. Am I doing something wrong? Are those "bad" meditation days preventable? Any suggestions as to what to do during those bad days?
39:38 When our mind doesn't want to do something, should we negotiate with it or force it like there is no other way?
40:38 After meditating for about 12-20 minutes - particularly sitting meditation - I get a headache, and I discontinue meditation after that. After that, the headache remains for some time. Is it because I am new?
42:00 Any advice for worries about losing identity and ambition (as we are practicing)?
43:00 For how long a day would you recommend lay working people to meditate?
43:38 Can my noting be fairly rapid, such as: rising... thinking... falling... if the thinking ceases right away?
44:29 During noting, when should we be descriptive instead of general: e.g. "guilt" vs. "distraction" or "thought?"
45:18 When I meditate I feel a sensation on the forehead. but when I notice it gets stronger and does not go away. Any tips?
46:14 Does sex or masturbation before meditation disturb the meditation?
48:27 Can we meditate more than an hour at once?
49:29 Can journaling help with meditation and being mindful during the day? Would you recommend one to write about his feelings, thoughts and emotions?
50:29 Is noting one thing after another (just once) noting too quick? Should we at least note a thing three times before noting something else so we see what we note more clearly?
51:38 How does compassion fit in the meditation? If meditation is just observing everything including thoughts, is that compassion thinking about people and thinking how they all suffer?
54:21 How do we note? “I am seeing”? Or the act of “seeing?” I am asking because I have to translate it to my language.
54:58 When meditating, should I be focusing on my problems and insecurities, or whatever appears in the mind?
55:49 Would you recommend celibacy for serious lay meditators?
56:15 If we have pain and thoughts at the same time how do we decide what to note first? Should we note both like "pain, thinking, pain, thinking..." or note just one thing until it goes away?
57:12 Where should the noting be in meditation? Should it be a word in my head, or just pure "knowing"?
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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