Frequently Asked Questions About Douglas's Meditation Method

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How do I know that what I see is coming from my intuition and not merely my imagination?

What is the difference between meditation and visualization?

When I meditate, I keep waiting for something big to happen. Why doesn’t it happen?

Why do I see strange faces when I meditate?

Where does the information come from when I meditate?

I want to see clearly. I’ve been meditating for a long time. What am I missing?

In meditation, how do I visit higher beings such as spiritual masters or angels?

Recently I experienced a dull headache just behind my forehead after doing your meditation CD. What am I doing wrong?

I am having difficulty entering into deep states of meditation. What should I do?

Whenever I try to meditate, I end up falling asleep. What am I doing wrong?

I am having trouble moving from Level 3 to Level 4. I feel like I have some kind of block. What should I do?

Recently I was meditating and soon after I had an unusual feeling that developed into a dull headache behind the centre of my forehead. The unusual thing is that it persisted all through the evening and I couldn't get to sleep all night long. What happened?

Is there a proper way to phrase questions when you go into meditation? Sometimes how we phrase things can have more than one meaning, so how do we be more clear with our questions?

I'm one of those people who can't be hypnotized, and I don't think I can meditate either. I'd like to buy your meditation CD but I don't think it will work for me either. Is meditation just something I can't do?

I have ordered your Method of Meditation, levels 1, 2 and 3. I am currently working on level 2. It's difficult to gauge progress, so my question is: How do I know when to move on to the next meditation level?

Is it wrong to be a spiritual person and still want to make a lot of money?

I would like some advice about curing my fear of bad things to come.

Whenever I hear news about terrorist acts such as the recent attack in India, I am gripped by a paralyzing fear. What should I do?

I've always thought meditation was supposed to be done sitting up with a straight spine, but recently I noticed that you lay down when you do deep trance meditation. Why ?

Christianity is the only mainstream religion that does not meditate. Whenever I mention meditation to a person that goes to a Protestant church, they commonly reply with something close to "that's evil and is the devil's work." How do I help the close-minded achieve a higher understanding of the God they pray to without diverting them or changing their religious views?

Douglas I received your meditation CD recently and started your technique right away. Yesterday and today I was not able to visualize the colors (suggested), but unlike the previous times I clearly saw the 2 symbols coming together. Both days I have felt so relaxed and after a week of practice, it's now easy to relax, easy to put the symbols in place, and finally I was able to control the image by turning into a red shape and using a type of telekinesis to control it. But the most interesting of all is that I heard my name called twice in about an hour. It was so real at that time, and not as if I imagined it. I even turned around…. but no one was there. What happened?

Recently I watched a television program showing several students of meditation demonstrating their technique of sitting on individual cushions in front of a blank wall with eyes closed in the stillness of a very quiet room. Their intention seemed to be to empty their minds and presumably overcome the distractions of sitting in an uncomfortable position with a group of people in silence. One of the students remarked, “It takes a long time to learn how to meditate." Several meditation classes seem to teach this type of technique. Is this really meditation?

From time to time, I seem to have premonitions of accidents or events. I dreamed that I was going to have an accident and land in the hospital for a time, and it happened! All I could think about was my wife and child being left with no means of support. I landed in a hospital in Basrah, Iraq with massive burns to my face, legs and arms. It was a frightening experience, to say the least. Luckily my burns were from steam and more scalding but I became infected in the hospital from poor hygiene and treatment. Having second sight is not a thing to be scoffed at.

When I meditate, as you have taught I see the colour blue, but at your intuitive development seminar you spoke of the colour red. Does this have any significance as to the different colour? I also noticed when I meditated at your seminar and with the group I belong to it was easier and more relaxing than when I am alone. Does this mean that the combined group feeling and auras make the difference?