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Eyes watering during sitting
Often within the first 5 minutes of a sitting my eyes will water. My emotions at this time are always neutral. At no other time during the day does this occur.
Has anybody else here experienced anything similar? If so, to what do you attribute this?
Has anybody else here experienced anything similar? If so, to what do you attribute this?
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i have no idea why but if you are resting your eyes comfortably and it still happens its might be something that just goes away.
thats what happened for me.
My eyes are closed. The watering is a temporary distraction. Once I wipe my eyes I am able to return to sitting still.
This has only been happening for about the last month. My practice is now a bit longer than 4 years and I don't ever remember it happening previously.
no need to wipe eyes just be mindful about it and continue meditation
sometimes happiness brings tears (water) into eyes
What an opportunity to to rest tranquility in the midst of stuff happening with tender awareness.
During meditation I used to be incredibly disturbed by an itching nose, or watering eyes, or a spasm in my hand, or a numb foot. I have learned however to relieve these minor discomforts without it disturbing my focus. It is almost as if someone else is wiping my eyes or moving my hand to stop the arthritis spasm of whatever. I don't pay much attention to it.
Since I realised that absolute stillness was not essential (useful if you can do it, but not essential), and have learned to accept that physically, sitting for me is hard work, it's gone much better for me.
I am reminded of the story I was told by a Ch'an guy, about Master Sheng-Yen, who had kidney disease for some years before he died. He used to sit in a chair on the dialysis suite while nurses hooked him up to the machines, took blood samples, checked his blood pressure, checked the circulation in his feet etc.
He would often appear to wake up from a doze, obey the nurses instructions, and go back into a doze again. Only he wasn't dozing, he was meditating. But after a few years, he no longer found these intrusions difficult - he could just switch from meditating one second, to interacting with the nurses the next. Master Sheng-Yen admitted that this was a difficult skill to learn, but I find it inspirational that he succeeded. I makes my pathetic excuses ("But I can't meditate - there's too much distraction) sound totally wimpy.
Anyway, sorry to go on. In short, wipe your eyes and carry on. Don't pay attention to it, unless you want to pay attention to it.
IF your heart is OPEN
This occurs when complimentary opposite emotions reach a place of balance.
You are INSPIRED ( in spirit) ( MIDDLE ROAD)
It can happen at anytime....
I actually share process to reach this place of non judgement, non attatchement
transcending duality, to experience the exprience UNITY...
you used the word NEutral...
JC
I think it's ego dying or I am breaking down my old self?
What do you guys think?
Thanks Wilfred!
Perhaps we are close to being enlightened?
The Buddha said to Subhuti, "In a place where there is something that can be distinguished by signs, in that place there is deception. If you can see the signless nature of signs, then you can see the Tathagata."