Frequently Asked Questions

Each time you meditate you draw powerful healing, life supporting energies to heal you - mentally, physically and emotionally - allowing your soul to unfold. Through this process recovery from any illness or condition is accelerated. What's more important is that the benefits of meditation cumulatively prevent illness.

Conditions such as eczema and asthma respond very quickly to the benefits of meditation. The greater relaxation experienced by the mind reflects into the physical body and this has great benefits. We have known many cases where improvement in the condition comes either immediately or within 3-6 months of practice, either eliminating the condition or keeping it under control.

Definitely! That's one of the great enjoyments of Unfoldment through meditation - wonderful relaxation. The mind finds the ability to still itself, and this stillness reflects into the conscious level of the mind which will then reflect into the physical - bringing physical relaxation tool. The combination of these processes gives you that great relaxed feeling all day long!

Most meditators would agree that there is an overall improvement in health. The deep rest and relaxation experienced by the body and central nervous system during Meditation is very beneficial in any illness. Most health problems, particularly psychosomatic illnesses respond very well to these practices. Powerful healing energies are drawn to you during Meditation.

Some people do have these experiences but this does not negate from people who do not. These are not the ultimate goal of Meditation; we are all individuals and therefore will have our own unique experience. Some people have lots of experiences and some people do not. The best possible experiences are the changes and opportunities that will happen in your time outside of meditation bringing happiness and self fulfilment.

Conditions such as eczema and asthma respond very quickly to the benefits of meditation. The greater relaxation experienced by the mind reflects into the physical body and this has great benefits. We have known many cases where improvement in the condition comes either immediately or within 3-6 months of practice, either eliminating the condition or keeping it under control.

Definitely! That's one of the great enjoyments of Unfoldment through meditation - wonderful relaxation. The mind finds the ability to still itself, and this stillness reflects into the conscious level of the mind which will then reflect into the physical - bringing physical relaxation tool. The combination of these processes gives you that great relaxed feeling all day long!

Each time you meditate you draw powerful healing, life supporting energies to heal you - mentally, physically and emotionally - allowing your soul to unfold. Through this process recovery from any illness or condition is accelerated. What's more important is that the benefits of mediation cumulatively prevent illness.

The ability to concentrate without concentration is an art easily achieved through meditating. The concentration of mental energies allows for a greater focus and one-pointedness of mind: a totally focused person is a totally relaxed person.

This common condition interferes with our ability to function with ease and enjoyment. These tensions are easily overcome as we start to go within ourselves and iron out some of the inner tensions that reflect from the subconscious into the conscious mind. Then we enjoy a much more peaceful, calm existence and are not plagued with nervous tension in all that we do.

When tension and fear combine and those senses are heightened this culminates in what we know as a "panic attack". As you benefit from greater relaxation and greater inner strength, those attacks will become less and eventually non-existent. This process depends on the individual, but our experience of such cases confirms a quick positive outcome.

Stress is the greatest Dis-Ease of the mind in our modern times. Meditation naturally alleviates stress, getting to the root cause of the stress. Exercise and other forms of stress management programmes will temporarily alleviate stress, but are not powerful enough to reach the root cause of the problems. Every time we meditate we draw energies to heal us, mentally, physically and emotionally. Therefore, Meditation resolves the cause of our stress in a unique way, allowing us to gather inner strength, coupled with conscious effort in daily living, as we positively sort out the stress points in our lives.

Yes - most definitely! The speed of progress is only accelerated by the willingness of the individual to flow with the changes that come into our lives, Meditation gives us inner strength but we still need to act in a conscious way in our daily life to improve our personal circumstances, our challenges and problems, our environment and our relationships with other people If we combine regularity in meditation with conscious effort in daily living then our progress will be greatly accelerated and we will immediately feel the benefits.

Loneliness is a global problem today. Meditating allows you to feel better connected to the brotherhood of mankind.  We gain more confidence as we unfold and become less self-conscious. This allows us to socially interact with greater ease. The benefits are endless and clearly visible over a period of time.

Through meditation we make contact with our inner self and resolve the conflicts of the mind. Through this process we come into contact with the joy that lies within and begin experiencing this more and more each day. Through Unfoldment we even eventually go beyond Joy to where we experience Bliss. Joy is still a quality of the mind and we must transcend this to experience unconditional divine bliss!

When we have removed all the surface tensions, we then start to experience the deeper levels of the mind beyond the subconscious towards the superconscious level of ourselves. At the deeper levels of ourselves we find the superconscious self.  Through meditation, this infinite reservoir is now within our reach. We draw from this area and infuse those powerful energies into the other layers of the mind. Love is the essence of this area and it is this energy that infuses itself in every aspect of our being, This process we call the Unfoldment of the Heart. These energies become the guiding force in our life, sublimating the ego self.

A mixture of tension and excitation are the root causes of intolerance. As inner tensions are soothed away and virtues like patience and perseverance surface from the depths of our being, they fundamentally change us for the better. We become much more tolerant and embrace the virtue of patience.

Meditators benefit from greater concentration of mind, increased intelligence and mental endurance. When combined with conscious effort in daily living, these qualities guarantee a more successful career path so, interpersonal relationships in the workplace improve greatly.

Confidence is all about self-esteem. Meditation gives us the ability to introspect and gather the strength to make conscious changes in your personality. When you feel stronger you naturally have more confidence, when you have confidence there is nothing you cannot achieve if you put your mind to it!

Meditation requires no change in lifestyle. We do not ask you to change your lifestyle in anyway apart from actually doing the practices prescribed. You of yourself will make the necessary changes in your life of things that are no longer conducive for your peace and happiness.

The confusion in your life is a reflection of turmoil within. As you find self integration through personally prescribed techniques you will resolve many of your problems from the inner strength gained by Meditating. As positive changes take place within they reflect into your daily life bringing peace and harmony.

Meditation, like the Serenity Prayer, will give you the courage to change the things that need to be changed, the strength to accept the things that cannot, and the insight to distinguish between the two. Problems in your life are a reflection of unresolved matters within you. As soon as you become more centred within yourself through meditation you will begin to view these problems in a new light. This process produces greater inner strength allowing you to truly face yourself, your environment and problems with a clearer, more focused mind. From this new standpoint you can make the necessary changes in your life for greater happiness and self fulfilment.

Some people do have these experiences but this does not negate from people who do not. These are not the ultimate goal of Meditation; we are all individuals and therefore will have our own unique experience. Some people have lots of experiences and some people do not. The best possible experiences are the changes and opportunities that will happen in your time outside of meditation bringing happiness and self fulfilment.

The purpose of Meditation is to realise Divinity.  For FISU meditators this process is accelerated by the powerful personal practices prescribed for each individual. When you are ready - Realisation will dawn but the hard part, where our effort is required, is in the preparation. Meditation is a tool for that preparation!

Simple – in Prayer you speak to God or your chosen deity, and in meditation God, or your chosen Deity, speaks to you.  This means that you are communicating at the deepest level of yourself where you are in contact with that omnipresent force.

Yes, regardless of your motives for learning to meditate it is an effective system which will lead you towards the light within – the light of the Divine.

The scriptures say "Know thy Self". Where these words fail us is they do not tell us HOW! Through diving deep within ourselves, through personally prescribed Meditation, an unveiling of the patterning deep within the mind occurs and gives us an actualisation of who we are. Slowly we attain a sense of knowingness about ourselves, a sense of freedom and we find we can act rather than react, understand rather than reject and to love rather than cling. From this knowingness all is revealed in a wonderful natural process of self discovery.

You do not need to have a belief - just keep an open mind.

FISU is a nonreligious, nondenominational organisation Our teachings embrace all religions, philosophies and understandings There is no conflict with your own personal religion or belief