Regulating haste while meditating

Regulating haste while meditating

Haste is created when one is in a hurry to experience the bliss of meditation, which in turn hinders one from reaching meditative bliss


Meditation has been recognized as the most potent spiritual practice benefiting and enhancing ones life dramatically. It is a tool, which attempts to transcend the person to eternity, and the bliss is so much that one perhaps wants to enjoy it forever, blissfully unaware about the duration of the meditative journey.

Each session stands out as the milestone for the next meditative ecstasy and this is fairly addictive. One tends to fall into the trap of overexcitement and haste, resultantly not able to meditate blissfully.



By doing the following prevent haste in meditation

Do not expect
Preconceived notions and ideas about the experiences of meditation from self or others, actually takes one away from it. As one keeps hoping to see and feel what he / she wants to see, it is as good as thinking quietly rather than meditating. Therefore, one needs to be like a child oblivious without expectations, of what one may experience.

Do not compare
Each time one starts meditating one needs to acknowledge it as a unique session and start afresh. The thought of getting into the groove of blissful experience in the past slows down the progress and one gets fixated to an experience thereby loosing the opportunity of new experiences. Hence, avoid comparing.

Auto-suggest that you having all the time in the world
While meditating if one realizes the he / she is falling into the trap of haste of reaching the peak of bliss experienced in the past, start auto-suggesting that “I have all the time in the world”, “I am born only to do this”, “My work in this life is just to meditate”, “I am here to know myself”.

Breathe as slowly as you can
To prevent haste from taking over one should breathe as slowly as one can. Take 5-7 seconds to inhale, take another 5 seconds to hold on to breath and exhale in 5-7 seconds.