Meditation

[vf4u6r733jq0-Ap2/7g]

I was sitting in silent meditation this evening and got into a very relaxed and silent state and suddnenly had a feeling. I had to fart. What to do? I broke my mental silence briefly to contemplate this. I decided to go ahead and let it rip and then I would resume. Only I didn't seem to be able to resume because, I thought about what just happened and I burst into laughter. I kept trying to go back to silence but it wasn't happening because then I wondered, did I do the right thing? Of course I did I didn't participate in dualism by fighting it. I then had more laughter. Okay I will resume now. But then I wondered what the gurus or ancient sages would have advised and I started laughing more. How come no spiritual texts address this problem I thought about this and laughed more. I finally went ahead and just accepted this as a good and well needed laughing session. Before I posted this I ran a search on the forum for "fart" and had a few more laughs. I am tired now from all this laughter and I think I shall retire for the evening hoping I will not be awakened by farting.

[Xanth]

If you have to fart, then fart.
Then bring your attention back to what you're doing.

[vf4u6r733jq0-Ap2/7g]

Yes, Thank you. So just be aware of the fart and not let it enter mind. I will try this farting awareness technique.

[astraladdict]

Umn... that's one unique experience you had there... Fart is gas, as we all know, gas expands. So if you hold in gas than you'll keep blowing up like a balloon till yuh POP. Anyways, learn to be able to get BACK on concentration, and to stay concentrated. Fart when you gotta fart.  The only time when we can say "Fart" more than once in a sentence without being a troll! ahahahaha \_(O_0)_/ what jew looking at?

~astraladdict

[blis]

Farting awareness technique. LOL

Become the fart.

[Kestrel]

Farting awareness technique. LOL

Become the fart.

Sorry,this was so funny

[vf4u6r733jq0-Ap2/7g]

It works quite well. By just being aware of the fart, it seems to gently make its own way rather than me violently forcing it out. I guess I am finally learning to just let go.

[CFTraveler]

Farting aware technique it is. 

[Chaos Mage]

LOL!

Yes, I've experienced this as well.  Burping, farting, coughing, seems like every time I sit down to meditate I nearly crap my pants.  But really, I think it's the natural process of the physical body relaxing, and it's 'processes' shifting into a gear to the point where, after all the burping and farting is complete, it is actually complete, and you can meditate and enter the Sun or some such, whatever might happen.