Meditation--mystical/beautiful experiences with it?
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Hindu/Buddhist Meditations are great gifts of the Universe to understand the Truth.  Truth which can not be understood from books or from Bishops.\n\nI am myself a serious meditator and have had mysterious visions and psychic powers with these meditations.\n\nTheTruth is not in Books...the Truth is what I have seen and experienced...rest all is prejudice, imagination and hope!!
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I personally have had very few supernatural experiences, but one of the few was after I came through a particular long “spiritual wasteland experience” that had lasted two years.\n\nFor a few days, everywhere I looked outside, everything (clouds, hills, trees, etc.) was connected by long strands of glowing golden light – like the spiritual symbolism that everything is part of one fabric and interconnected, and I was looking at the fabric of reality itself, as God sees it.\n\nI did not try to force the vision, or “keep” it past its time, it faded within a few days, and I have never had it since.\n\nI know of two other religious experiences that happened to people I know – both are thinkers, one of them being healthily skeptical of such things. The first (now a pastor) had an unexpected encounter with a “possessed” person and cast a spirit out of him. The second was a missionary in Africa and supposedly was used by God to raise a child from the dead (!).\n\nBesides their analytical personalities, I give them both credit for another reason: Neither one really ever talks about what happened to them, unless you go to them and ask specifically, and even then they seem reluctant to discuss it. People tout how wonderful it is to be involved in miracles, but I think it's unsettling (as well as self-challenging) to actually be involved in such things.\n\nUsually someone who fabricates these things is involved in self-promotion, but these men are the opposite. So I give some weight to their words.
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I would highly recommend a 10-day vipassana meditation course (http://www.dhamma.org/vipassan.htm ) if you can get the time off.  I think it's definitely worth it, so keep it in mind.\n\nIt's very intense, over 10 hours of meditation a day for 10 days, complete silence (except with the teachers), and guidance instructions basically broken up into hour-chunks.  It might seem intimidating but it's very doable and you just need to have the intention to do it.\n\nAlso it's non-sectarian, anyone can practice it, and it's free from any dogma, blind belief, etc.\n\nAlso (again) the courses are free, by donation only, and no recommended or forced donation.  Even the room and board are provided, because past students have found it to be beneficial so it's supported entirely by donation.\n\nVery intense but since it's so rigorous most people see distinct benefits after only 10 days.
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I felt a sense of calm and peace associated with the beauty of nature, and have an unexplained feeling of happiness. \n\nYesterday, I stopped my car and observed this mother duck and her litter of 8-10 ducklings hoddling across my path. I just thought it was beautiful.
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Yes, and its happened without my asking for it several times--the sensation of having left my body, observing myself and surroundings from a different perspective (like from above, or to the side) and then when my conscious mind took over with a thought like "Wait, this can't be happening" I'd be abruptly brought back with a jolt.\n \nIn meditation its occurred several times, especially if you've constructed it in such a way that you're open to it. One particular intense time was during a specialized meditation I've done only once, "Calling Back the Soul"--when you send your astral body to collect/invite back all the pieces and remnants of your soul that may still be "stuck" in emotionally charged locales. That was a very powerful and intense experience--I was travelling to a lot of places--but I did feel more complete afterwards.\n\nI also met a Medical Intuitive/Lakota Elder who has the gift (burden? privilege?) of doing it as part of her healing work. She was asked to find out if someone's brother had survived the tsunami in Thailand, so she projected herself in search of him and not only "found" him alive, but was able to accurately describe his surroundings at the time of her journey. She relayed it to the sister, and the very next day the sister received confirmation that he was alive and...you guessed it....in the location that the medical intuitive had described.\n\nSo its not just for personal experience, it is a gift that can be cultivated to help others as well.\n\nnamaste.
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I have have many experiences like this, it's difficult to focus on one or two. I really wish I had more time to think about these things in the midst of a busy life, so thank you for asking this question.\n\nI had a near death experience, which made me more sure that there is something there after death. I saw a light, and found myself travelling towards it, and could hear the voices of loved ones who had died. Just as I seemed to arrive at a beautiful garden, it was as if I started travelling rapidly back again to the here and now - it wasn't my time yet.\n\nMeditation is a spiritual experience for me. So it prayer, although I don't belong to any organised religious group. And sometimes just walking in a beautiful place, or even sitting for a few minutes in a sunny garden. Or looking into the eyes of someone you love. Or sometimes a dream will take you to a spiritual place.I believe these are all spiritual experiences and they are available to us all, whenever we are open to them.
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For me, it's meditation, because that is my time to be alone with the god and goddess and to commune with them one on one. I remember one particular meditation I performed several years ago...\n\nI had been having a very bad weekend and was feeling extremely low in spirits. I found a secluded spot surrounded by wilderness, out of sight and earshot of any kind of civilization. Sitting on a sturdy branch over a babbling brook, I closed my eyes and let myself drift into a meditative state. After a few moments, I became acutely aware of everything around me.\n\nI could see and hear everything at once! It was fantastic, like the blinders had been removed and suddenly I was one with the gods! It lasted only a split second, but in that second, the goddess allowed me to touch her mind and I knew that all was right with the world. \n\nIt faded as quickly as it had come, and I went on to complete my meditation as normal. I have never managed to reach that place again. I think that the gods knew what I was feeling that day and decided to let me know that everything was alright and remind me that they were there. \n\nOne day, after I have completed my cycle of reincarnations, I will go to that place again, this time to stay. Though I look forward to that day, I'm in no hurry to get there. I have the memory of that moment to sustain me.
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what does it feel like to you?----- Inner and outer love\nWhat does it make you think about?-----Nothingness\nWhat consists a spiritual/religious experience to you?---- Meditation
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1st stage:\nthere are many many kinds of meditation. i'm doing pure concentration meditation, designed to quieten and clear the mind so that i can use it to look deeply, to see what's going on in my mind, and develop mindfulness & insight. its a difficult form of meditation @ the beginning, but it's well worth becoming competent in. it forms an ideal foundation for further practice in the future, and it's also very conducive to a happy, stable life in the present.\nchoose a suitable place in your home where you can practice meditation uninterrupted. it needs to be quiet, not too bright, and out of sight of other people.\nonce you found the spot, find a good firm cushion, so that you can sit cross-legged, having something to cushion your ankle.\nto start, sit down on your cushion, sitting towards the front of it so that your body is sloped very slightly forward. experience will show you the optimum position. fold your legs so that your knees & ankles are touching the floor. the important thing is to have a good straight back & reasonably comfortable legs, so that your pgysicaly energy isn't blocked. place your 2 hands in your lap, palms up, one on top of the other.\nonce sitting there, wriggle a little bit to find an effortlessly comfortable position for your back & arms. you don't want to feel tension anywhere. then you can begin.\ntake a breath, hold it for a moment, then let it out gently. pause for a moment, then take the next breath. again hold it for a moment, and let it out again. do this for 10 breaths. once you've got the rhythmn, start to count your breaths. a breath is a complete cycle-- in, hold, out, hold- and most meditators find it better to count towards the end of a cycle rather than @ the beginning. in other words, you are counting complete breaths. simply count 1 to 10 in this way. when you've reached 10, start again. if your mind wanders and you lost the count, start again from one.\ndo this for 10mins @ a time for a week or so. when you are ready, increase your sitting time to 20mins. you can do it anytime, but most people do it regularly @ the beginning of the day & @ the end of the day.\nthis is all there is to it, and @ first you'll wonder why on earth you are doing it. your mind will wander, you'll probably feel twitchy, and you'll be bored. but persevere. ther's absolutely nothing better than this for calming the mins & opening mental doors that you never knew were there.\nwhat comes after this? once you've got to a stage where you can follow your breaths effortlessly, so that you can say, 10-20mins, and not lose count even once, you'll be ready for the next stage. in this, you start to observe the contents of your mind. you'll still be using the method of following your breaths, but now, beacause of the concentration you've already developed, you'll be able to add in a new activity. it's not possible to do this until you've gained control of your mind. \n2nd stage:\nIt's a practice where you develop mindfulness of your own mind. This is the most popular form of meditation among Westerners because it's very practical and really, really helpful. The main way in which it helps you is to show you what's arising in your mind almost before it arises. That way you become master of mental states like anger and attachment and so on instead of them becoming master of you, because you never saw them creeping up until they were right there, completely occupying your mind. Mental states can occupying your mind in the same way an occupying army of soldiers becomes firmly entrenched in the country they've been sent to occupy. By the time the local people realize what's happened they can't do anything about the occupying force -- they just have to live with the misery. When a meditator becomes adept at Vipassana meditation, mental states can't occupy their minds in that way.\n\nTo do this kind of meditation you sta
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Hi! Glad you're interested!You open your 3rd eye carefully and at your own pace!Crystals are a wonderful tool as is color therapy (use the color range indigo-purple;exact color is individual),aromatherapy (tea tree,clay sage and lavender),heat,massage (gently and in a circular motion; counterclockwise i.e. top,left.bottom,right,top).Most importantly though,go at your own pace,never abuse your "tools" and don't have any expectations.                                                                                                                     \n\n\nAs the vibrational frequency your chakra speeds up,you may or may not experience:heat,dizziness,spaciness,headaches,vision changes,strange dreams,out of body experiences,visions,clairvoyance (clear-seeing).If you think you're ready for this step-you are (mentally and maybe psychologically).You'll have lots of support through these changes.Remember,you are an individual and your experiences may be very different from anybody else.If you experience headaches and/or you get bloody noses,your chakra is speeding up too quickly.You can apply a cold washcloth to your forehead.Best of luck to you and if you have further questions or need support, please don't hesitate to email me.                                                                         \n\n\nAs I reflected on the info I provided you with, Spirit provided me with some wisdom I need to share with you and anyone else wanting to open their chakras.This isn't a simple notion and shouldn't be a passing fancy.You're shifting your state of being and that takes discipline.When you open your chakras (rather increase their vibrational frequency; technically speaking)you will experience changes on all levels.Each chakra spins at a different frequency and imbalance can occure very easily if the various parts of you aren't ready.If you're opening your 3rd eye but your sacral chakra is out of balance,think of how that will affect your system.\n\nOne must strive for equal balance in the chakras and what Spirit wishes you to know is that, if your 3rd eye is active-great but to achieve the optimum shift, one must first open the root chakra (the first one, located at the tailbone), then after your 1rst chakra issues are dealt with, open your 2nd chakra.Forget not, that it is a system...the etheric/astral system and to try and seperate one chakra from another is similar to excluding all life on Mother Earth except human form.To work with the chakric system is to work with wholeness.If you want to fine-tune your 3rd eye-wonderful!..but please don't neglect your other chakras.
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once you clearly recognize the part within you that is connected with god, you can never be defeated\n\n\nfind a quiet place where you will not be interruped for at least thirty minutes\n\nsit comfortably and focus your mind ojn the experience of this moment\n\nsimply being present\n\n\nAsk yourself these questions:\n\nwhen did it come into your life?\nwhat does it do for you at this time?\nhow often is it with you?\n\nand describe to yourself what it looks like\nnotice how it feels\n\n\nat the end of this meditation you may need to reorient yourself\n\n\n~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~\n\nAbraham is on your right\n\nIs this the one whom you are proclaiming?\n\n~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~\n\nYes....he is the one:   Jacob is the ideal
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Sorry don't belive in God but I do believe that meditation can be theraputic, relaxing and give a general feeling of wellbeing
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i have seen the glory cloud if that is what you are refering to....it is beautiful.....it only happens when you are in serious worship....youhave a visitation from God........
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Meditation is putting yourself in a state of ease where you are quiet and still... and you try to connect to God by silence... and opening yourself to receive what is sent... then you "listen" to what is being sent... sometimes it is just a word that you are inspired to hear... and sometimes it is a whole idea... but it is a state of 'receiving' not sending...
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Yes, I have had the same experience both with my first Reiki intunement and while being ordained.  It is quite amazing isn't it?  So peaceful you don't want it to go away.  I wish that experience for everyone.  I think it can be life changing for many.
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It depends somewhat on your approach. Are you meditating from a purely physiological perspective, or spiritual, or both?  \n\nI've been meditating for almost fifty years, and I do it spiritually.  I find only peace, and I dream more (that is, I remember them more); \n\nPart of what you might find is images that are based on the religious teachings, if any, from your childhood.  Just remember these are of your own construction, and have no validity beyond your belief in them.\n\nYou will discover a world "outside" that is different, as you begin to realize you are one with everything and everyone around you..and yet you will discover your own unique teachings, or lessons, that seem tailor made for you.\n\nYou will grow into a clear knowledge of who and what you are, and your place in the universe.  Peace.