Forums IMPORTANT: PLEASE READ Spring Forest Qigong snippets of sleep and dreams during meditation

Hi,

Once before I posted about my eyes tearing during the active exercise. Thanks for the responses. My eyes still tear, and I get through the exercises well.

Now meditation. I have meditated occassionally, and this week I will be able to meditate daily.

Yesterday and today, during small universe, not only were my eyes tearing, I was yawning and at times quickly falling asleep and immediately going into dreams.

What is this? Should I endure until it passes, or is there something I can do about it?

The only thing I could suggest in regards to not falling asleep during meditation is to not fully close your eyes. Keep the smallest line open. Begin by slowly closing your eyes till they come close to closing. Only allow the smallest amount of light in. If you close them too fast your eyes will twitch too much. So do this slowly.


Hope this helps.



JEFF

Hi Spiral,
There is nothing to endure. You make your physical alignments, merge with the universe, you call on your Master's energy. From there, whatever the experience, it is within the blessing of the practice. You can trust your experience, to be within the support of the spiritual energy you call upon, and all experience,,, relative to where you are at in your current state of being.

The dream thing is fine. Sleep is not an error or side track to find yourself on. Nothing negative in this at all. Yawning can be a physical side effect of releasing. Whenever you come to a state of self awareness in your meditation, upon waking, or after a few dreams, just return to the focus of the meditation, as seamlessly as you can. No self judgement of the process or self. It is easy to do that.
Know that your active and inactive have a direct relationship with each other, and they are part of a transformational process that supports transformational growth and healing. You may gain in your active, what will help you in your inactive, and vice versa. Develop your relationship with your master's energy. It can be a substantial working relationship. If you have a concern, leave it in your master's energies hands, so to speak, and relax into whatever your meditation experience is. Be consistant with your practice.
love,
gallen

I used to fall asleep when I meditated. My teacher told me that I was just getting used to a different state of consciousness, a state that I normally associated with sleep. True enough after a while I was able to the stay in state but not sleep.