I hadn’t meditated in a while so I thought I’d try it again. Back in high school I meditated around 2 hours every day, and I experienced some very interesting things, but by senior year I didn’t really have time to do so anymore, so I stopped.
Anyways last night I was meditating and after some time I began to see things (eyes closed). There were these bizarre symbols and patterns, drawn out in a dark purple light. I wish I could explain them, but I can’t. Anyways I focused on my guardian angel. I asked him to guide me through the experience. He told me to free myself to come walk with him, ie leave my body. I wanted to walk with him, but I was also nervous to leave my body. He was assuring me it was ok (this is all telepathic) and that it would come to me naturally. I started to let go and felt strange, like I was slipping into space, and I thought I heard a voice whisper audibly “Continue.” It was so faint I wasn’t sure if I’d actually heard it or not, and then the whisper repeated, loud and clear “Continue.” Needless to say, I was startled out of my trance state and the meditation session was over.
Anyways I just thought it was a cool experience to share. Not really related but oh well. Does anyone else on here meditate? It’s a great way to reduce stress levels, in my opinion.
I used to meditate, sometimes during meditation sound would come into my ears, and as i was continueng slowly inhaling and exhaling, the sound would get louder, but when i stop it goes away. I dont get why that happens, i never had auditory hallucination. That was the first time i experienced that. I am going to start meditating again, but probably during day time, at night it messes my sleep.
I did transcendental meditation for a while in college. It doesn’t live up to the extravagant claims of its promoters, but it is effective relaxation therapy. I meditated twice a day, did fairly rigorous exercise, and cut way down on my caffeine consumption. I took some math classes and did well in them. My experience was that meditation helped the orderly, rational part of my mind, but it hindered the creative. I could be wrong.
Really? I feel like meditation helps me get more in touch with my creative potential. It depends what kind of meditation you’re doing I guess. There’s the meditation where you have to eliminate all thoughts, which I could see hindering creativity I guess, and then there’s the weird meditation I do that involves third eye stuff? I have no idea what I do really. It’s relaxing though and I see cool things so whatever, haha.
I guess it does have a lot to do with what kind of meditation you’re doing. I forgot to mention that I was also going to AA, and I had a year and a half of sobriety during this time. I took a statistics class, college algebra II, and trigonometry this semester. I made an A in trig. and algebra Ii, and the only reason I got a B in statistics is because I drank a bunch of coffee the night before the final, and I was too wired to study math.
I accidentally discovered meditation in 2nd grade while sitting at my desk watching my teacher. Didn’t really know it at the time though. I found the feeling very interesting so I practice it all the time. Then in high school I learned how to do it properly from articles online. I credit it with my ability to keep outwardly calm in most situations.
Anyway, the shapes mentioned don’t ring a bell, but the purple color does. Well, actually purple and green clouds. Not very vibrant as they are pretty transparent against the black background of my eyelids. I found that I can actually change the clouds whooshing/enveloping movement with thought, though barely. It’s pretty interesting and a lot of texts online about meditation actually say to passively focus on the colors and their movement as the focus object of the meditation. I think the colored clouds are what is called a CEV or Closed Eye Visual. I remember there being a few different stages of CEV that you can experience with more practice.
Here’s a wikipedia article on it:
I hate math myself. I just find it incredibly dull. Which is unfortunate because as a science major, for some reason like half your classes are math-based, which is ridiculous when the only math I’ll be using is statistics. Bah
I’ve seen strange creatures, places, etc. I’ve also experienced the thing where I could control what I saw, like I’d think about something and could see it. It’s really interesting, I’d love to look more into how it happens.
For over 2 years whenever I closed my eyes for more than 10 seconds I would end up seeing shapes of letters and odd video game piece playing over and over and also very vivid wars in space or god fighting the devil in the form of lion and giant snakes.
I’d also fly around in space in first person zooming past stars and planets
basically involuntary meditation trances? (closed eye hallucination is more accurate)
I do meditate. Usually a few hours when I have the time. Sometimes it helps me calm my mind, other times, my mind is racing but it’s calming my body. Not kicking the fight or flight into action.
If I’m lucky, the mind and body line up and I feel like I’m back in touch with the universal hum… and I end up with so much energy.
There have been a lot of times I get too deep… I’m in my head.
Usually, I’m in the safe space in my head. It’s a strong cliff over looking a Mediterranean blue sea. The cliff is covered with blackberry vines on a line… like a vineyard. It’s always a soft morning there with perfect berries covered in a light morning dew. It’s the spot that started healing my mind.
I don’t know how I feel when the hallucinations gets a bit out there. I don’t think it helped or hindered my create or logical side. Sometimes it’s very calming and sometimes it’s a bit of wild ride.
It has helped me let go of unwanted thoughts… concentrate on what letting thoughts pass through and not stick… I think that has also helped me let intrusive thoughts pass through as well.
I’ve recently run across a new trick to help slow my mind when it’s moving too fast. Basically:
•Tap out a tempo that feels right for how fast your mind is moving.
•As you focus on that tempo, try to slow it down gradually.
Maybe even use visual imagery like imagine a music conductor conducting at that tempo. Imagine their baton matches the heaviness of the tempo. (Eg. Hard and metal if the tempo is heavy or a feather if the tempo is soft.) Try to bring the tempo from heavy to soft with the imagery as you slow it down.
Hope I explained that well enough. I got the idea from how upbeat accented music instills energy and slower lighter music instills calmness. It works for mania because you start it off at a beat that’s comfortable to you (usually very fast). I’ve noticed it doesn’t bore me like listening to soft music does when manic.
I’ve been getting them faster as well…it used to take me over an hour and now it’s not even that. They just pop up. Have you talked with a doc about it? Though I doubt they know much more than the internet could tell ya, with how little research is put into it.
I mentioned it. He said if it isn’t overtly affecting my day then don’t worry about it. I use to try and fight the closed eye hallucinations but now I just accept them and let them come and go and not worry about it
Hi, would like to know more about meditation like how to breathe and calm the mind. Sometimes when I try to meditate I get more anxious especially when I’m anxious in the first place. Feel like I should practice meditation in the morning, more alert then.
I was reading that meditation can put schizophrenics in psichosis risks. I don’t know if it’s true, but take care.
I also used to see colorfull lights when I closed my eyes during some years of my childhood
By the way I would like to seriously try meditation, I could post my thoughts and experiences here.
