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No background music. Great! Just good information. Please continue with the low tech approach!

Dude, I dig the low pro video. If I see any meditation vids with like galaxies swirling around or Marvel characters, I just immediately turn it off. Good info here, thank you!

I love your videos. Might I suggest a free-standing dry-erase board.....it will SAVE your arm. PEACE & BLESSINGS. 🌿☘🍀🌱

Your eyes really reflect so much purity.

I,m from the Canary Islands, even though it,s not ny mother tongue I really connect with you. I love the clarity of your words, your speech is so simple and direct and I find this video very hepful. Thank you so much!

I started meditating over 10 years ago, and I totally agree with what you’re saying. The more I sat in silence, focusing inwards, the more clarity I had in relation to reality, and I realised the illusion of the self, the ego character that the mind creates and believes as“real” doesn’t actually exist here and now, but only in thoughts. I also gravitated to the teachings of Advaita Vedanta, Buddism and eastern philosophy, seeing what they point to is the experiences I had. The more I meditated, the clearer it became. My now wife was concerned I was going to become a monk and go live in a cave 😂 Information about everything just seemed to flow when attention was placed on it, human psychology also became obvious. Thanks for the video.

Thanks for the "raw" video. It's very refreshing to just see people being people sharing things to help others. 🕊❤🌈🙏

The universe answered me. Ive been able to reach higher planes, for a while without much training. And ever since then I've been able to achieve it less and less and it's because I've never been taught how to meditate and I've been saying lately after every meditation, that I wish someone could teach me how to spiritually meditate properly. So it's great that these videos showed up in my recommended.

A few years I did a meditation where I set my gaze forward and slightly upward while doing hamsa breathing. After a while, I closed my eyes and began to see streaks of white-silver pulsating light. When I focused upon them they began to pulsate erratically before eventually exploding then all I could see was white light. When it cleared, I experienced being pure disembodied consciousness. I was in an all white room and when I focused my attention below me I saw a woman sitting crossed legged on the floor looking up at me smiling. (I was floating near the ceiling) Her skin was literally the color white as was her hair. She had very bright crystal blue eyes and was wearing red lipstick. Startled me so badly my physical body jumped which ended the experience. This was back in 2020 and I haven’t been able to recreate it ever since. I’m glad to have stumbled across your video. This was really helpful.

Meditating since six! That's incredible! I wonder what you felt like compared to your peers throughout your life.

that card was genius, I had to click just for the card

Ha ha ..i think ive tried all those techniques in one week. 😮. Thanks for the advice. Makes sense!

New subbie! Love the content! ❤

Hey Ben, Could you please make a detailed video on “Stages of Meditation”. I’ve always been interested and just want to know where I stand lol. Thanks.

How handsome is this guy? 😍 I struggle with meditation…always have done. I find guided meditations nicer, they help me not to think.

Thank you for sharing. I had no proper teacher to teach me meditation. All I did was watching KZfaq videos that anyone talked about it. But somehow I did 7 chakra meditation for more than 3 months in 2022. Then one night I had a dream saying the kundalini energy reached the crown 👑 chakra. I laughed myself when woke up. Thought must be my brain thinking too much. But truely I noticed that I see stuffs from air during meditation in a week time. It was amazing experience from just practicing one single technique. Of course I don’t watch any news, also eating healthy food. 😊❤

Extremely profound.

Time and space are functions of ones conceptual scheme, consciousness is the fundamental reality

I’ve only been meditating for thirteen years so in the world of all that is, I’m a newby. I’m loving your information.

I’ve devoted some serious time to my meditation practice over the last year to figure out how to get beyond the veil. I went from 1.5hr- 2 hrs getting into samadhi to now under 10mins. I will echo these points, very good stuff! Two extra ones I would say. 1. Set an intention going in. 2. Laying down with some sensory deprivation, Using like weighted blanket and weighted eye mask

Thank you!

Thank you.

Excellent explanation! Thank you!

awesome man! also I agree 100% with the over-production trend

Very clear and concise, thank you!

Super helpful. Thank you.

Thank you. I appreciate you.

Thank you for your help Ben!

Incredibly helpful thank you

Great points bro !! Thanks !!!

This guy touches on very important aspects of meditation, few people talk about. Having accessed higher planes, I can always tell who else has accessed them by the way they talk about meditation. Great video, will be sure to share with people who I am trying to help on the path.

Thank you so much! You've made me realize what I've been doing incorrectly. I appreciate the information.

I’m so glad I found you on my feed ❤ thank you for making it simple best 13 min clarification on meditation. Thank you 🙏

Thanks Ben, that’s real clear advice. Although I’ve tried the candle technique, I prefer other methods with my eyes closed (eg concentrating on breathing) as it helps me to forget about the material world and my physical body. Each to their own though!

Thanks

Tratak improve focus and also help in activating ajna chakra but candle gazing is not suggested without guru but u can do with a point or an object

Very helpful instructions. Thank you. I really want to get back into meditating. I meditated off and on which isn't right. I need to find the right time so that I'm not disturbed.

I love your little levitating person drawing. 🥹

What's a higher plane look like? What do you do when you get there?

Thank you, I needed this a year ago. I have since found this out for myself but just to thank you, I needed the assurance that my technique was actually the answer I achieved. The higher you go, the closer you get to God. It's an awes inspiring process which changed my life and cured my terrible cptsd. My process ended in kundalini awakening. I am forever grateful to the powers that lead me to my answers and your process is spot on. ✨

I know alott of different onces TM and Vipassana are my goo too After going to rishikesh and learnin TM i did another super super deep dive on TM and figured out how to use the mantra and i can go deeeeeep!!!!!!! Vipassana is when i need to be present and stuff …. Im okay with it but the TM goes super inside!

Hi Ben, my meditation has recently changed a lot. I started 3 months ago and one day, I began moving in these gentle movements. Totally involuntary. The movements never jerk me. They are so beautiful. My body feels like a ribbon being pulled through water. And my mind is almost entirely clear. Are these Kriyas? Higher connection to spirit? Opening chakras? Whatever it is, they start just a few seconds into meditation and they feel very good.

Namaste 🙏🏽 I am grateful that the ancient wisdom of India and Hinduism (yoga and meditation) is appreciated and adapted all over the world...

Thanks for the direct concise simple explanation. How long to do, for example, a candle gazing session? ❤

Thank you for this video. These pointers are truly helpful. I feel I am dead still, yet I keep coming back to body consciousness. Does external sounds and all cause a problem? There are no silent places in the world today. Awareness just keeps coming back to the body or stomach movement or feel like it’s going somewhere and then realising that I’m going somewhere .. and the happiness of attaining a leve also brings me back into the live moment. It was easier to get out of body consciousness in the early days of meditation. But I feel that as I Have gained knowledge over the years, it’s not fresh anymore. Thanks to you I’m going to get back to basics 🙏🏼🌺

How often and what times would you recommend meditating?

Amazing

Hi Ben, i just had a meditation experience a few hours ago. Body feeling numb but vibrating, seeing flame shapes and blue lights. I was a little scared in the beginning. I literally turned on KZfaq and you showed up in my algorithm? 🙏😊 You have a new student.

Ben, thank you for that concise overview. I struggle with keeping a single point of focus. I try to concentrate on breathing, yet I seem to get bored or drift into thought. I'm trying very soft meditative music and usually have better luck focusing on the rhythmic flow of it. You did not mention music, but what do you think about it as a focus? I also have some Solfeggio tracks I can play. What is your thoughts on that area?

Hey Ben. Thanks for the very good summary. My questios are regarding losing body awareness: I often get distracted as im doing regular posture checks and correct myself. Is it sthg to let go or is the posture getting better by the time by itself? 2nd one..when you loose body awareness how do you prevent falling from sitting position or do you practice this lying?

I have noticed a shift when I keep my eye’s still , I wear an eye mask to still the compulsion of focus , would you say this is the same as candle gazing

Q to Ben hoping for A. Q= When I meditate I see lots of shapes usually black and white faces, situations and landscapes sometimes with little bit some base color´s at te edge´s. Can I access higher planes focusing at those visions or should I try to wipe them of and just keep focusing my steady breathing?

Well done. I have to ask...six years old? I thought I was jumping the gun a little trying to teach my kids at five! I must ask by what family dynamic was this possible for you? Also, I would like to offer to the listeners who are presently learning single point focus; for Trataka (explained in detail in the Hatha Yoga Pradipika) I have found it easier to use an incense stick in a dark room for gazing. This way when the candle flame jumps, moves or changes (it will, always) it is not so jarring as you approach the hypnagogic state. Most incense sticks will burn for around 45 minutes - a good timer for the practice. As the ash falls from the stick, the cherry will glow a bit brighter for a few seconds but that is nothing compared to a flame suddenly changing intensity. I personally do not use Trataka anymore but I have and do still teach it. Thanks for having this channel. It gives good teachings without all the trappings and jargon of the monastic classes. Some are into the monk style; for others its a big turnoff. Are you of the Vajrayana by chance?

What are your thoughts on focusing on a candle and then meditating and following the glowing shadow left by the candle ? I've noticed this is something that might have a secret to it. I've seen subliminal references to it in videogames and media 🧐

What about Self-inquiry??

Any thoughts on Vipassana meditation in relation to the topic in this video?

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What does it feel like to have a 'Super Conscience Mind' while having a Single Pointed Focus?

What would be the purpose of accessing higher planes? I have heard of individuals who take classes in the astral form or reach out to guides for knowledge. But what is the benefit of accessing higher planes? Thanks in advance for any input that you may be able to provide.

Why are you trying tp access other planes? What can you do with that access?

Ben, I've been meditating for a while now and I've started to hear the om sound and I get very distracted by it and also a little bit scared, i know i should go past it and that's what I'm working on on my meditations now but I would like to know if you have heard it in your meditations and how have you dealt with it? Thank you :)

Im not certain it functions like that. Simillar to school being out for summer or maybeveven a long weekend. I found when i stumbled into gematria there was some kind of vision of how the #6 is a weird combination

Would listening to birds or focusing my attention towards the birds sub tonalities be considered a Single Point Meditation? Also, what does it mean when you consistently see a certain color during meditation? Thank you

The first thing I notice when I'm going deeper into a meditation are voices that aren't mine. Is this normal? Does anyone else have this experience?

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Haerth is middle. We should target to our hearts, not higher.

My hair grow back if i meditate?

Good. but samathi has a glass ceiling.

So basically when you have you have stopped getting gains from one style of meditation, it's time to change, try a different one.

Oh I am so happy for you! GOD JUST DIED IN MY WORLD! Lied and broke my heart one too many times ! Satan his now the best option!

Have never heard about candle gazing. Interesting. Thank you and thank you for making the video as simple as possible.

Again what i call forms of awarness training