FAQ on Meditation 025
Please explain why we feel sleepy when we reach a calm and peaceful state.
You feel sleepy because a state of concentration and a peaceful state of mind when you are sleepy, are very similar. For some people it is very hard to distinguish one from the other. But I suggest firstly that you take care in adjusting your sitting posture so that your back is straight and secondly that you breath in-and-out more often just to release the excessive carbon dioxide from your blood. Repeat 'Samma-Araham' at a faster rate and think of the brightness more at the centre of the crystal ball.
You feel sleepy because a state of concentration and a peaceful state of mind when you are sleepy, are very similar. For some people it is very hard to distinguish one from the other. But I suggest firstly that you take care in adjusting your sitting posture so that your back is straight and secondly that you breath in-and-out more often just to release the excessive carbon dioxide from your blood. Repeat 'Samma-Araham' at a faster rate and think of the brightness more at the centre of the crystal ball.