Methods for Treating Neurasthenia

Method for treating neurasthenia: When sitting in meditation or when quieting down, very slowly recite the Heart Sutra or the Medicine Buddha mantra, reciting while visualizing—visualize the Buddha's light shining upon the head, especially the back of the head; the Buddha's light is golden in color, continuously flowing into the head or the back of the head; then visualize the black or gray karmic obstruction energy being expelled again and again from the crown of the head. Practice until your sleep improves, and when you can no longer visualize any black energy, there is no need to continue visualizing. The better your meditative concentration (samādhi), the more effective it is; for those with relatively good meditative concentration, this method is very effective, and at the same time it can also strengthen meditative concentration, allowing one to attain concentration very quickly. You may visualize the golden Buddha's light entering from the crown of the head in any direction—from all directions is fine, both direct and oblique angles are fine. The stronger your meditative concentration, the wider the scope of your visualization, and this can also rapidly enhance meditative concentration. You can imagine it yourself and visualize in whatever way is convenient. Diseases in other parts of the body can also be treated by visualizing according to this method. You may also visualize on behalf of others, but you will have to bear their karma for them.