Should I think about nothing when I meditate?

No! Meditation is not about thinking about nothing! It’s about focusing on your breath. Think only about breathing. The point of meditation is to learn how to control your thoughts, specifically in being able to realize that your are choosing your current train of thought, and that you can switch it at any time.

Why do I cry while meditating?

Crying during meditation is often a manifestation of unresolved and suppressed emotions in our subconscious. When your mind is free of thought, you are able to take a good look into yourself. It gives you a chance to examine yourself, your emotions, let them out and gives you a chance to heal.

Can meditation just be thinking?

Small Mind describes the thinking mind—our intellectual mind, the aspect of mind that we are perhaps most familiar. So back to the main point: when meditating, we are not engaged in thinking. That does not mean the mind will be empty—thoughts will still appear—but we are not looking to engage with these thoughts.

What does it feel like to go deep in meditation?

It’s more of a gradual loss of awareness. Like falling asleep, going deep in meditation is so subtle that you won’t know you’re going deep until you’re not even there any more. So it’s best not to try to figure out if you’re deep in meditation while you’re meditating, or you may ruin the experience of it.

How do you know if you’re meditating correctly?

Another key indicator that you dove deep in meditation is if you noticed that more time was passing than what you could account for. In other words, you meditated for 20 minutes, but it only felt like 10 minutes—and for those unaccounted-for 10 minutes, you don’t remember thinking much of anything. 4. Your entire body relaxed.

How long should I sit to meditate?

You may need to sit for an extended period of time – 20 minutes, 45 minutes, or beyond an hour. But they will start to fizzle out. Since you are exploring meditation, I’m going to assume you want to reach some goal, like mental peace & calm, deep spiritual awareness, etc.

Are You bigger than meditation?

Given what you are, you will continue doing what you are, even when you are ‘meditating’. Your act of meditation will be as per what you are, because you are the one who decided to meditate. Meditation is your decision, so you are bigger than meditation. Even in the act of meditation, you will continue to be.