Hello Folks,

I did a session of Fire Kasina practice for half an hour yesterday and few questions popped up in my mind while doing it.
I practice by staring at the candle flame and notice the movement of the flame, colour of the inner and outer layer of the flame and its characteristics.After sometime,I close my eyes and try to look at the after burn and a yellowish red grain of light appears and I try to concentrate on it and repeat again by looking at the flame.

My questions are as follows:-

1)Few articles on Fire Kasina tells us to recreate(imagine) the flame by closing our eyes and concentrate on it. Should I do that?

2)If my eyes start to water by looking at the flame, should I move my hand to wipe it?

3)How do I map my Jhanas based on the red grain that appears when I close my eyes?

4)How do I deal with questions and thoughts that arise in my mind while concentrating on the red grain?

5)While trying to concentrate, my eye lids start to move sometimes and the red grain disappears? How do I overcome this.


PS:- I want to do Fire Kasina practice as done by Daniel Ingram. So please guide me on Fire Kasina as close as possible to his practice.