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Originally Posted by RedFall
I was practicing what I call active meditation. When your doing an activity without thinking about anything but fully enjoying every action and sensation your experiencing. In this case I was listening to some really relaxing music that always spoke to me. After I finished and took out my earbuds, (and just started traditional meditation), I felt some strong warm electric pulse throughout my entire body. It faded as soon as it came but now I am left with a very strong but very pleasant pressure soley in the back of my forehead. Is this good or bad?
I have read elsewheres that it is indicative of 'incorrect meditation' where I meditated with my mind instead of my heart. Which brings up another question, how does one meditate with his heart?
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The methodology you describe seems reasonable, and I interpret this as some music that brought mind body to a relaxed composure followed by a formal meditation session.
As a general rule, we generally consider sensation to be 'passing' and hence do not crave after or avoid what may arise in the experience. That leaves the mind to observe with a gentle curiosity, fee from expectations, desires and aversions.
What you describe by the electric feeling seems to be associated with motion being freed up in what was previously a solid, and indeed, the more subtle aspects of the body involve motion, as opposed to the more commonly sensed hard solid physicality. As practice continues it is likely that meditators will feel movement throughout the body in the form of tingles, waves, swirls, rushes, vibrations or what have you.
Being left with forehead pressure can be regarded as a positive sign, and it's very common among meditators -
I don't know how you practice, but there are no incorrect and correct practices. In my case I was trained in the Buddhist Vipassana tradition, which they claim is correct. In the actual experience, though, the formality of the practice is a guideline and as person continues the practice, they continue to refine it, and kinda 'freestyle it' as they feel their way along.
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