Peace and Rich's blessings. I am Michael B. Beck with the host the Take Back Your Mind podcast Life Question of the week.

As you know, individuals have the opportunity to email and to ask a question and every week we seek to answer the question today.

Leonardo is saying and asking,

I've been meditating for over a year and a half.

My meditation practice consists of a six-phase or mantra meditation,

a visualization, or simply focusing on my breath.

I've had many beautiful sensations and emotions come up, but sometimes I wonder if the

meditations are working. What are the signs that I'm connected, especially when emotions seem

more subtle? Also, when I've meditated focusing on love and compassion or visualizing my future,

I find myself crying.

I surmise that it is simply something that needs to be released and healed, but what do you make of that?

And sometimes when I visualize, I can clearly see the future.

Other times, I only receive words.

This the nature of visualization? Please help me better understand these

experiences. Thank you. Deonardo, first of all, let me say I'm thankful, grateful that you wrote,

and I'm very glad that you have a practice of meditation. You've been doing it now for a year

and a half, so you are a

beginner, and that's beautiful, because we always want to maintain our beginning mind anyway,

so just stay with the fact that you are a beginner even after you cross the five-year, 10-year, 15-year,

20-year threshold. Always maintain the feeling tone of being a beginner where meditation

is concerned. I appreciate what you're doing. You have a six-phase mantra meditation, visualization,

you focus on the breath. And you say, what are the signs that I'm connected, especially when

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