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Meditation Problems

• We can use Autosuggestion to deal with problems by convincing yourself the negative feelings aren’t there or that it is pleasant
• On the contrary, Buddha wants us to examine it to death, to truly understand such feelings and dissassemble it until it no longer controls us
  • Buddhism recommends to spend time on dealing with unpleasantness, as some pain is unavoidable

Solutions to Problems

Pain

• First get rid of/mitigate pain, and use the rest as an object for meditation
  • Relax muscles of pain and become one with the pain to the point where you are free from the pain
  • By relaxing the body, we work towards also relaxing the mind

Sleeping Legs/Odd Sensations

• Observe it and watch it pass away

Drowsiness

• Find out why you’re drowsy
  • Such awareness will counter drowsiness

Unattentiveness/Lack of COncentration

• Don’t meditate after some stimulating experience (movies)
• Resolve conflicts before meditating

Boredom

• Practicing mindfulness should not be boring
  • If it is, you need to try harder
• Ponder upon the idea of boredom and learn more about it

Fear and Restlesness

• Being overwhelmed by emotions means that we have to keep working on improving our mindfulness
  • Observe without getting involved
    • Helps you learn about the impermanence of such negative states

Trying too hard and discouragement

• We just need to wait for results to come, there is no need to push ourselves or be down on ourselves
  • Pushing through any resistances to meditation helps train our mindfulness

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