Good Meditation

When learning to meditate seekers often ask “how do we know when we are meditating well?” This is a good question to ask because for a beginner it is difficult to know what to expect. Meditation can lead to profound experiences, for example Hindu scriptures give details about various states of meditation known as Samadhi in which a seeker may lose all sense of personal identity.

However a beginner should not really think about these elevated states. Although everyone has the capacity to attain such states. In practical terms in takes many years if not lifetimes of practise. If we harbour expectations of attaining enlightenment in a very short space of time then our meditation will never be fruitful.

However generally speaking a good meditation is about feeling better, raising your consciousness. We do not rely on others and outer things for happiness, we get an inner joy that comes spontaneously. If you have a good meditation you will have a positive view of life. You will feel better about yourself and also others.