Staying the Path: When Meditation Feels Like a Struggle

Take Back Your Mind

Michael B. Beckwith

Religion & Spirituality, Spirituality

5 • 697 Ratings

🗓️ 17 May 2024

⏱️ 9 minutes

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Today’s question comes from Ann who has become deeply discouraged with her 12-year meditation practice because she feels she hasn’t reached higher states of consciousness or the divine downloads she’s heard about.

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0:00.0	Peace and Rich's blessings. I am Michael B. Back with and welcome to Take Back Your Mind, Life Question of the Week.
0:41.4	Obviously, take back your mind means your mind has been provoked, seduced, and intimidated into believing certain things.
0:50.5	And many of the things you believe and perceptions you have and opinions you have may not even be yours.
0:57.5	You may have just inherited from somebody or through malicious hypnotism implanted in your mind.
1:06.8	It's time to take back your mind.
1:09.0	This is why we have this program.
1:13.6	This is why you have spiritual practices. So somebody's time to take back your mind. This is why we have this program. This is why you have spiritual practices. So if somebody's going to program your mind, it might as well be you.
1:17.6	So this is the life question of the week.
1:21.6	And ask this.
1:24.6	I've been meditating off and on since 1985, and for the past 12 years, I've meditated daily.
1:34.3	I listen to guided meditations and have attended advanced meditation retreats and intensive
1:39.7	mindfulness silent retreats. While I feel calm during the meditations, I have not reached
1:45.9	higher states of consciousness or have had the overflowing love and the beautiful
1:50.5	downloads that some people describe. As a result, I've become discouraged with meditation
1:56.7	and am finding it difficult to do. This upsets me on a deep level.
2:02.7	When am I missing?
2:04.5	And what can you share that may help me
2:06.0	and others who feel discouraged?
2:08.0	I appreciate your help.
2:10.2	It's a good question.
2:12.7	A couple of things here.
2:15.9	In your meditative practice,
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