Where attention is, there you feel thoughts are.

Question: For the past two days, while sitting in meditation recollecting the Buddha, the recitation would previously disappear before my eyes and I could no longer recite it. Starting yesterday, I feel this thought disappearing below my navel. If this continues, will it lead to deviation?

Answer: This is merely a matter of attention. Wherever your attention is, that is where you feel the thought to be. When the mind is focused on the dantian, the qi reaches the dantian; when the body's qi channels are unobstructed and the mind is pure, it is easy for thoughts not to arise. So there will be no deviation.