<p>Now is the time to take lay Buddhist wows. Try to keep them.<br>
If you can, your "concentration" will develop gradually.</p>

<p>If you success to keep them, then try to take advance steps.  </p>

<p>The order is as follows,
FAITH (Saddhā)  GIVING (Dāna)   VIRTUE (Sīla)   MIND (Bhāvanā)  WISDOM (Paññā)
refer <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Householder_%28Buddhism%29" rel="nofollow">House Holder Buddhism</a>.</p>

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2015-08-22T16:34:00.440Z
2015-08-22T16:34:00.440Z
Shrawaka
<p>I'd suggest that no-one can predict what comes next for someone in meditation. Perhaps there is 'stuff' that has yet to arise into consciousness, but if there is, there's no point trying to 'predict' what it is. That would just be unhelpful speculation.</p>

<p>I'd say, if you stick with sensing what is in your physical experience in a kindly way, if there's something there, it'll make itself known. In the meantime, just enjoy the practice :-)</p>

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2015-08-20T20:32:57.103Z
2015-08-20T20:32:57.103Z
Malcolm Holmes
<p>Approaching yr68, I have committed my share of unwholesome conduct over the years, the typical errors of middle-class youth and adulthood in this USofA. I've been practicing sitting meditation for close to two years, and am most comfortable with Theravada vipassana  concepts and practices, though I have not taken lay Buddhist vows. I generally sit "with the breath" for one hour most every day, some days see two sessions. I have not yet realized "access concentration". I am perplexed that I never have feelings of remorse or shame or guilt over past deeds arise during sitting, and only rarely have I experienced strong feelings of gratitude or happiness. Might I assume that it is only a matter of time before "the stuff hits the fan" and I find myself overwhelmed with "remorse or shame or guilt" during sitting meditation?</p>

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Is it only a matter of time before expected feelings of "remorse or shame or guilt" surface during meditation?
# Is it only a matter of time before expected feelings of "remorse or shame or guilt" surface during meditation?

(Asked by: username_0 on 2015-08-20)

Approaching yr68, I have committed my share of unwholesome conduct over the years, the typical errors of middle-class youth and adulthood in this USofA. I've been practicing sitting meditation for close to two years, and am most comfortable with Theravada vipassana concepts and practices, though I have not taken lay Buddhist vows. I generally sit "with the breath" for one hour most every day, some days see two sessions. I have not yet realized "access concentration". I am perplexed that I never have feelings of remorse or shame or guilt over past deeds arise during sitting, and only rarely have I experienced strong feelings of gratitude or happiness. Might I assume that it is only a matter of time before "the stuff hits the fan" and I find myself overwhelmed with "remorse or shame or guilt" during sitting meditation?

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### Answer by username_2 on 2015-08-20. Score: 4

I'd suggest that no-one can predict what comes next for someone in meditation. Perhaps there is 'stuff' that has yet to arise into consciousness, but if there is, there's no point trying to 'predict' what it is. That would just be unhelpful speculation.

I'd say, if you stick with sensing what is in your physical experience in a kindly way, if there's something there, it'll make itself known. In the meantime, just enjoy the practice :-)


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### Answer by username_1 on 2015-08-22. Score: 0

Now is the time to take lay Buddhist wows. Try to keep them.  
If you can, your "concentration" will develop gradually.

If you success to keep them, then try to take advance steps.

The order is as follows,
FAITH (Saddhā) GIVING (Dāna) VIRTUE (Sīla) MIND (Bhāvanā) WISDOM (Paññā)
refer [House Holder Buddhism](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Householder_%28Buddhism%29).


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