Questions concerning mental and bodily effects arising from meditation practice. These could be effects extensively documented in canonical texts such as rapture or bliss. However they could fall outside of this or be a particular and idiosyncratic effect experienced by the questioner.
Questions tagged [meditation-effects]
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Why is meditation pleasurable?
It strikes me that it is very fortunate that meditation can be pleasurable. If there was no fairly immediate rewards then surely hardly anyone would make any kind of progress towards enlightenment. It almost like it is designed to have little…
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Is there awareness of impermanence during the formless meditations
Is there awareness of impermanence during the formless meditations?
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Meditation's Effect on Strong Attachment
I have a straightforwards question: does meditation decrease attachments -- e.g. to alcohol or social media -- by increasing willpower, or by other mechanisms? I would think shamatha increases willpower in the long-term, but does it produce some…
user7302
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Intense pins and needles
I tried meditation literally just now...Monday 24 November 21:00 UK time. This is the second time I have ever tried it... literally twice this evening. I have tried before lying down in bed etc to see if I could get out of body experiences but no…
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My body is constantly buzzing
I started meditating 2 weeks ago and I feel like I have been meditating forever. The things that I am doing during meditation are mind blowing. Now I feel electric in body constantly , waves upon waves of buzzing and vibrating. My teeth actually…
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Are dark night problems a common thing? It worries me that if I practice they might happen
Are dark night problems a common thing? It worries me that if I practice they might happen:
http://m.theatlantic.com/health/archive/2014/06/the-dark-knight-of-the-souls/372766
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Feeling intense sensations in my forehead and also my head and body is shaking a lot during meditation
While doing meditation, I am feeling intense sensations on my forehead and after sometime my whole will start shaking and my hands become rigid. Why are these things happening?Whether i am doing the meditation in the wrong way?
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Meditation side effects
Recently I tried to meditate in a moving car. I started seeing shadow like houses or roads with close eyes. It was followed by intense pain in eyes, nausea and dizziness. The headaches and nausea went away once I stopped meditating in the car.
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Feeling insane rushes of energy and pressure in the chest and neck during meditation
I am a graduate of Islamic metaphysics and theology with a focus on mysticism and mystical philosophy. I have kin interest in spirituality in general. Recently I started trying out meditation. In the past I have had experiences of energy building up…
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Odd Effect of Breath Meditation
I tried breathing meditation a few times recently. I have noticed that every time I use the breath as object, I get a headache and I tend to fall asleep. This fails to happen during compassion meditation or walking meditation. I might even say I…
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Qualitative Benefit of Longer Sits
I have recently tried meditating for 15 min at a time, at least once per day. I'm wondering, however, if long sits have a qualitative benefit. In other words, I'm wondering whether longer sits have a benefit other than more of those of shorter…
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