Thank you for your reply! :anjali: I think my experience is more like joy transforming into over excitement. Though I'm confused about ignoring this and keep the attention on the breath (that in my case is became short..) or direct the attention on this sensation.. For exemple here: http://www.dhamm...

Here I'm back again, it's been some time since my last post... I'd like to ask for suggestions about my practice: When practicing anapanasati, after some time, I start to experience what I describe like joyful feelings. These are physically manifested with pressure in the heart and something like wa...

Hello everyone! If find it difficult to maintain good posture when meditating.. When I start my practice, sitting on a chair, I can relax all my body while maintaining an erect and elengoated spine. Then I get absorbed in the breathing process, and lose contact with the body, but when sometimes my a...

Hello everyone! Progressing in my practice of anapanasati, I now often reach a point where the experience of breathing gives me very pleasant sensations. Then what frequently appens is that pops up an image of a dear one (usally my brother), than rise some thought like "how can let him experien...

Great I'll try the mantra suggestion and also the guided meditations (there are a lot of files on that page!)
There is no sangha near the place where I live and have no possibility to move at present, so it's great to have found a place to ask questions and exchange opinions

Thank you

Hello everyone I'm new to the forum! I'm starting practicing jhana meditation following the book Mindfullness, bliss and beyond by Ajhan Brahm and Focused and Fearless by Shaila Catherine and have some beginner's question. I've noticed some kind of mental activity (it's not a sentence/thought) like ...