There are various phases of the meditative process. Most people experience them in varying degrees. Some people become very worried about these experiences. Therefore it is important to discuss them.
The one experience people worry about is the sensation of their body relaxing. Sometimes people have been so tense for so many years they have forgotten what it is like to feel even slightly relaxed. As their bodies begin to let go of the tension, people become anxious and interpret the sensations as a sign that their worst fears are about to come true. They don’t.
The first stage of meditation can be difficult for beginners. Our thoughts are not used to being ignored and they continually break through and demand attention. As long as we can accept this as normal and let go of them without becoming frustrated, we can move into the second stage of meditation.
As we enter the second stage of meditation we feel the quiet settle over us. Our breathing begins to slow down. Our thoughts are still rising and falling, but our attention is now much more focused on our technique. Everything moves into the background as our quietness grows.
We enter the third stage. Our breathing slows down even further and our body becomes deeply relaxed. We may feel as if we are as light as a feather, or we may feel a comfortable heaviness. We become aware that the continuous stream of thoughts has broken. They now rise slowly and separate from each other. Individually, they quietly rise and fall without us becoming distracted by them. We find our word or mantra becomes distorted. This is what is supposed to happen. Some of us may see brilliant white, black or other swirls of colour. We can use them to take ourselves deeper. Our thoughts drift in and out, slowly and quietly.
We then enter the full meditative state in which there is perfect quietness, an absence of thought, feeling or emotions. Unlike the stages of deep sleep, this state of consciousness is very dynamic. There is full awareness of ‘nothing’, but in that ‘nothing’ is an awareness of ‘every-thing’. In this state there is no technique and no thoughts or feelings-just an all-pervasive quiet. Yet we are aware of everything and in full control. When we think ‘this is wonderful’ the quiet is broken by that thought, but we can return to the quiet simply by returning to our technique.
This is meditation.
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Sleep problems vary in cause, duration, and ages they affect. Still, they fall into categories with typical characteristics and have variations on the basic themes. Some children have only one type of problem. Others demonstrate several types at the same time. For still others, the type of problem might be related to the child’s development and will change as he groves and faces new experiences. Knowing where your child fits will help you describe the specific behaviors that are causing problems and give you clues as to how to respond.
Frequent Waking
Elizabeth is nine months old and I haven’t gotten a full night’s sleep since she was born.
Frequent waking is a problem when a child wakes more than you expect for her developmental level—or more than you can tolerate. This may be once or several times a night.She might never have developed the pattern of sleeping for a long stretch or never learned to get back to sleep after normal nighttime arousals. The problem might be related to difficulty getting to sleep alone. She may have learned to need and expect help from her parents to get back to sleep. Or ne night waking might be stimulated by illness, dreaming, or developmenl disequilibrium. In those cases, she may need to re-learn getting herself back sleep for a long stretch.
Waking for Feeding
I give him a bottle and he goes right back to sleep, but I wonder if he real needs it. Some infants simply sleep through the expected feeding time, others continue waking long after what seems developmentally appropriate. This chi never learns the pattern of sleeping a long stretch. He requires food to satisfy “learned hunger” or requires sucking and comforting to get back to sleep.
Difficulty Getting to Sleep
After the third glass of water, I’m ready to scream! She is afraid of the monsters in her closet. This problem can affect all ages. Bedtime is drawn out and battles get worse and worse. Parents cajole, threaten, and bribe, and then they wonder how things got so out of control. There can be many reasons for this, including fears separation anxiety, and simply not having learned the skill of getting to sleeep on one’s own.
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When diarrhoea starts during or soon after a course of antibiotics, it usually means that the antibiotics have killed all the useful bacteria which are normally in our bowel. When this happens, other harmful bacteria can take over. Stopping the responsible antibiotics and eating yoghurt (a source of useful bacteria) may be enough to get the bowel back to normal.
Diarrhoea due to malabsorption can often be corrected by a special diet and medications to help the bowel break down and absorb fats. If the malabsorption is due to blockage of the tubes running from the liver or pancreas to the bowel, it may be possible to correct this surgically. Just because it is possible does not necessarily mean it is best. Check the likely costs and benefits carefully.
Whether or not the cause of your diarrhoea is being tackled, you should take something to control it in the meantime. Anti-diarrhoea drugs work by slowing down the bowel muscle ^nd/or making the motions more solid. Chemical names of some good ones include kaolin, pectin, codeine phosphate, aluminium hydroxide, loperamide hydrochloride and diphenoxylate hydrochloride. It should be possible to improve diarrhoea greatly within less than a day with these drugs. If anti-diarrhoea treatment is not offered to you while the cause of your diarrhoea is being looked for or treated, ask for it.
It is important to make sure that you don’t get dehydrated while you have diarrhoea. If it is severe or accompanied by nausea and vomiting, you might need intravenous fluids until it is brought under control.
If you have malabsorption, you could become deficient in certain vitamins (such as vitamins A, D and K) and minerals (such as calcium). Make sure your doctor checks these. You may need to take extra of some things, either by mouth or in injection form.
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