Yogi: I faint when I’m anxious because I suffer from epilepsy. I’m using meditation to reduce my anxiety. How may I solve this problem more effectively?
Sayadaw: When you’re content with however you’re practicing, it brings ease of mind. You don’t want your practice to be another cause of anxiety or striving.
The key is to appreciate that you’re practicing so that it helps the mind to want to keep practicing.
If I appreciate that doing A is enough, then A will lead to B, and B is enough. If the practice falls back to A, A is still enough.
It is always enough and that brings ease in practicing because the mind is not thinking it should be something else.
You want to become okay with the anxiety so that you’re not trying to get rid of the anxiety. Once the mind thinks that becoming okay means that you won’t have anxiety, then you’ll be afraid that anxiety will come. Instead, think that you can be okay even if it arises because you can be aware of it.
Remember that this is an exercise that you’re doing; even if there is fear of the anxiety coming, recognize that also.
Be happy that you recognize something; that’s important.