Re: Byproducts of Meditation
Namaste!
I would echo what others have already said. Though not necessarily pleasant or easy, this is actually one of the greatest benefits of a serious meditation practice. And yes, it will eventually pass, particularly if you take on these "poisons" and address them as Eastern Mind has suggested.
I would additionally recommend seeking to discern a life lesson from each of these experiences. If a similar incident were to occur today, how would you handle it differently, with your deeper knowledge and the heightened wisdom and compassion that you have derived from your practice? I do not know if this will be helpful to you, but I sometimes imagine my present self going back in time to particularly unpleasant periods of my earlier life and resolving certain situations and responding to people with my current knowledge and maturity. Though it is only a mental exercise, I sometimes find that it transforms the experience, almost as if I had actually time traveled and changed the original incident.
There are other things, though, that may still be particularly painful, and we must humbly accept that we cannot yet explain them (nor should we try), but must, rather, patiently continue with our meditation practice, in the knowledge that the answers will eventually come.
Surrender it all at the lotus feet of the Lord and you will find your sense of inner peace and serenity increasing, and the negative feelings subsiding or blowing away like clouds on the breeze of the divine grace.
"One who makes a habit of prayer and meditation will easily overcome all difficulties and remain calm and unruffled in the midst of the trials of life." (Holy Mother Sarada Devi)
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