Methods of Visualization

[anagogy]

I tried meditating recently with an intent on practicing visualization. I was actively attempting to hold a simple shape with a simple color. It was progressing normally until I experienced a moment when i think i lost consciousness for a good 10 seconds and literally saw a vision of a bear cub's face really close to my face, an experience something like Hypnagogia. Its like i lost consciousness but didn't at the same time since I was semi aware of it I caught myself right away and snapped out of it. Is this similar to what you are describing anagogy? Pretty strange thing and not sure what to make of it.

Yes, that is very similar to what I'm describing. If you can learn to hold onto that hypnagogic state for long periods of time it is a very cool and powerful state of consciousness. It's basically like allowing your third eye to "open", and then with a bit of practice you can stabilize it and direct the images, but at first you sort of just have to let them create themselves, and then you can very subtly take control of the images and direct them. You can use this state of consciousness to enter a lucid dream from full waking consciousness, or initiate an astral projection experience or even remote view. It's tricky to maintain your conscious awareness in this state, and it is also a great time to do affirmations and reprogram your subconscious mind.