04-15-2014, 10:39 AM
(04-15-2014, 06:13 AM)Fang Wrote: I think I may have posted this before but what the hey.i love this post
The very first time I meditated a couple years back now I was immediately struck with a "visionary experience". I was in a void of pure white all except a vortex of what I could only describe as "black liquid electricity" (lol what a term). I was dragged into and consumed by this vortex by some force of attraction and then opened my eyes and was back in my bedroom. In this experience I was "there" in the sense that I was not seeing this with my minds eye but seemed to be fully sensually involved (of course though it did happen in mind).
It was fairly wild stuff, especially for the first go around and really not something I wish to happen again lol. I don't really meditate much these days, haven't in months and personally I enjoy not doing it. Personally I prefer "dreamwork" for learning of self as it gives you a look in the mirror while you're naked (I mean that in a non narcissist manner).
Though it hasn't really been explicitly stated otherwise in this thread I will just offer an unsolicited personal view that meditative visions (or any supposed trans-molecular experience that is apparently a by product of the practice) are not a reason to meditate. There is no reason to meditate, if you do it to get something ("cool") out of it then maybe you should meditate on that
i also enjoy not (formally) meditating. i do it very little. i feel like meditating is something u can't really get around doing anyway. i feel like i'm always meditating...especially when i'm just staring off into space. i'll often get a "WHAT are u looking at so intently?" & i reply w/ "SPACE" or "MY THOUGHTS"
just mentioned this in another thread but here's where it belongs so i'll mention it here too. the main reason i don't meditate much is bc it causes me to see these star-like thingys & i'm not keen on seeing things that i feel rn't supposed to be there. i prefer getting visions when i'm dreaming
another thing, when meditating i can't help but imagine there's an infinite amount of space between my eyes & my eyelids & being able to see this "infinite amount of space" & feeling like i am that infinite space kinda overwhelms me