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…and I felt, while listening to Shifu, like I was meditating<\/span><\/h3>\n
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I’ve been meditating at home for about a year and a half every day, twice a day, for 20 minutes at a time. I always meditate alone, with no music, and I repeat a specific mantra in silence. I also sit in a chair while meditating. Of course, the experience of meditation at the Temple is quite a different experience, and I think that one of the reasons is that I was able to meditate with other people. Together with the context of the meditation \u2013 seated at an altar, accompanied by music, etc., it takes on a different form: a more, I would say, complete form. You really feel that, energy-wise, you are not alone.<\/div>\n
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The music also helped, because I could feel both the vibration and sometimes, a kind of beckoning from the music, even in the sense of helping me to bring my attention back to the Dantian and my breath.<\/div>\n
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The greatest challenge for me was to find a physical position in which I could be comfortable. Again, when I meditate at home, I am seated in a chair, and not having one was problematic. However, I believe that during our last meditation I began to find a better position. Having a numb feeling in the legs is a troublesome experience because it makes you tense when you should be comfortable.<\/div>\n
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Either way, the second meditation was better than the first one. We meditated for about an hour but it felt like 25 minutes. I was surprised when Shifu ended it, because I thought we were only in the middle of it.
\nAt the beginning of this second meditation, I also had a sensation that I had never felt before. I felt intense emotions, and even cried a little bit. I thought about a certain person and, I don’t know why, I felt that person’s suffering and loneliness so deeply, as if I were actually that very person. Soon after, I tried to bring my thoughts back to the Dantian, and after some time I relaxed.<\/div>\n
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While Li Shifu was reciting the Scriptures, I felt such power in the prayers (should we say Incantations here?). I have more experience with Catholic prayers (I am baptized) and rituals, and I noticed some similarities between them. They seem to summon the attention of higher dimensions and I felt, while listening to Shifu, like I was meditating.<\/div>\n<\/div>\n
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Written by a student from Portugal.<\/div>\n
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