Questions

The question collection — 27 records, with answer states.

id	answer state	question	page
can-i-sit-in-bed	answered	Is it okay to meditate sitting in bed? I sit cross-legged on my bed with pillows for support — or sometimes lying down because it feels more relaxed.	/questions/can-i-sit-in-bed/
can-meditation-cure-illness	answered	Can meditation cure illness — the Daoist and Buddhist sitting practices in particular?	/questions/can-meditation-cure-illness/
can-sitting-go-wrong	investigating	Can quiet sitting go wrong? What is 'fire deviation and demon entrance' (走火入魔), and should I be afraid of it?	/questions/can-sitting-go-wrong/
combine-zuowang-mindfulness	answered	Can I practice zuowang (or jingzuo) and mindfulness meditation together, or should I pick one?	/questions/combine-zuowang-mindfulness/
cunsi-or-zuowang	answered	Daoist meditation seems to have two opposite methods — filling the mind with inner images (cunsi) and emptying it entirely (zuowang). Which one should I practice?	/questions/cunsi-or-zuowang/
do-i-need-a-teacher	answered	Do I need a teacher to practice sitting meditation, or can I learn from books and forums? Is self-study without a teacher safe, or is it — as one forum claim puts it — 'demonic practice'?	/questions/do-i-need-a-teacher/
does-daoism-believe-in-a-creator	answered	Does the Daoist tradition believe in a creator — a god or driver who made or runs the world?	/questions/does-daoism-believe-in-a-creator/
does-diet-matter	answered	Do I need to change my diet to practice? Do Daoist traditions require vegetarianism, fasting, or giving up certain foods before or during sitting meditation?	/questions/does-diet-matter/
does-practice-need-faith	answered	Do I need to believe in anything — Dao, qi, deities, a cosmology — for the sitting practice to work?	/questions/does-practice-need-faith/
falling-asleep-during-meditation	answered	Why do I keep falling asleep during meditation, and does it mean meditation doesn't suit me?	/questions/falling-asleep-during-meditation/
how-long-should-i-sit	answered	How long should a sitting session be? Is there a classical minimum or maximum?	/questions/how-long-should-i-sit/
how-long-until-results	answered	How long until I see results from sitting practice? Days? Months? Years?	/questions/how-long-until-results/
i-feel-nothing-when-i-sit	answered	I sit and feel nothing. No warmth, no tingling, no peace — just quiet boredom. Am I doing it wrong?	/questions/i-feel-nothing-when-i-sit/
is-one-style-enough	answered	Should I stick to one meditation method, or is it better to practice several styles at once — mindfulness here, breath work there, visualization somewhere else — and switch between them? The archive's teacher seems to warn against exactly this.	/questions/is-one-style-enough/
is-sitting-religious	answered	Is sitting meditation religious? Do I have to be a Daoist or Buddhist — or believe anything — to practice zuowang, jingzuo, or the breathing methods?	/questions/is-sitting-religious/
must-i-sit-cross-legged	answered	Do I have to sit in full lotus (cross-legged) for meditation to 'count'? My legs hurt badly when I try.	/questions/must-i-sit-cross-legged/
qi-belief-necessary	open	Do I need to believe in qi to benefit from Daoist sitting practices?	/questions/qi-belief-necessary/
should-i-meditate-when-sick	answered	Should I keep up my sitting practice when I'm sick? The classical texts claim these practices heal — and some teachers say medical rules don't apply to practitioners.	/questions/should-i-meditate-when-sick/
should-i-use-timers	answered	Should I use a timer when I sit? Some people say set an alarm; others say sit open-ended.	/questions/should-i-use-timers/
warmth-tingling-when-sitting	answered	When I sit, I sometimes feel warmth spreading, or tingling and small movements. Is this normal, and should I do anything about it?	/questions/warmth-tingling-when-sitting/
what-counts-as-progress	answered	How do I know if my practice is progressing? Am I advancing toward something, or just sitting?	/questions/what-counts-as-progress/
what-is-stillness	answered	What is 'stillness' (静 jing) in the Daoist sense — just being quiet, or something more?	/questions/what-is-stillness/
why-am-i-so-sleepy	answered	Every time I sit down to meditate I get drowsy — sometimes I actually fall asleep. Am I doing it wrong? Is this a sign that meditation isn't for me, or that I'm too tense?	/questions/why-am-i-so-sleepy/
why-do-i-keep-quitting	answered	I keep starting a sitting practice and stopping after a few days or weeks. I feel like I lack discipline. Why do I keep quitting, and how do I actually stick with it?	/questions/why-do-i-keep-quitting/
why-do-i-see-lights	answered	During sitting I sometimes see light, colors, or images. Is this progress? The archive's teacher seems to both name it and dismiss it, and this site's problem page says not to chase it — but what does it actually mean?	/questions/why-do-i-see-lights/
zuowang-safety-without-teacher	open	Can I practice Daoist sitting (zuowang / jingzuo) without a teacher?	/questions/zuowang-safety-without-teacher/
zuowang-vs-jingzuo	answered	What is the difference between zuowang and jingzuo?	/questions/zuowang-vs-jingzuo/

Discipline

A question is answered only when the sources settle the terminology or the record; questions where empirical literature is missing stay open (or investigating when adjacent evidence exists) with the absence stated explicitly — never closed by assertion.