problem with my vision during 'noticing' exercise

[gil-galad]

Hi. I have question concerning noticing exercise.

During noticing, I close my eyes and observe the blackness in front of me. After a while, I begin to see images (light patterns, dots,...). However, while staring at the blackness for a while, my vision tends to become blurry (I begin to preceive the images less clearly). Sometimes, this state only lasts for a few seconds, sometimes  my vision remains 'blurry' for longer periods. Usually, this happens several times during my exercise.

Is it all right, if I let my vision remain blurry (even if it means that I can hardly preceive the images) for longer periods? Or should I try to deliberately 'retune' my focus (and try to see the images clearly), whenerver my vision starts to become blurry?

(when I say 'try to retune my focus', I do not mean to focus on the images themselves. It is more like not letting my vision go 'unfocused/blurry' while staring at the blacness)

I think, when my vision goes blurry, I should let it happen, and continiue obseving the images this way. However, occasionally, I prefer to 'retune' my focus, because it irritates me when I can hardly tell whats going on behind my closed eyelids. I only do this rarely (2-3 times in an hour), since this 'retuning of focus' causes some unwanted awareness of my physical eyes.

Thanks for the help

[Little Bibble]

I don't really have much insight on the noticing exercise for you because I personally don't rate it and think it narrows your awareness. It seems to be making you focus way too much on sight as a faculty of perception when you may be missing lots of good stuff going on with your other senses (and I dont just mean normal senses). As an example of what I mean - there is a report on one of the advanced TMI programs (focus 35 and up) that asks what mode of perception was most dominant during the exercises. visual perception was pretty much bottom of the list. Reliance on sight is a physical world trait. I also get the impression this exercise makes you look with you physical eyes rather than simply sense. Sounds like you are just engaging your physical eyes.

Who knows, maybe I'm wrong but I get the impression this approach along with some of Franks other techniques which are designed to focus your awareness away from the physical seem to have the opposite effect on some individuals. Some people who adopt it seem to be in a perpetual state of expectation...Am i there yet? Can I still feel the physical? This left brain logic is detrimental to the process and the fact that you have to ask if it is okay if your vision to go blurry highlights to me that you are overthinking the process and have become too fixated on signs and symptoms and 'getting there'.

Just my opinion though. Feel free to ignore.

On a side note, your name is familiar. Weren't you the person on the TMI forum who won the raffle draw for the free Gateway Voyage program?

[Szaxx]

Hi,
Ignore the images completely. Just accept them for what may appear like wallpaper on your home.

Have a read for more info,

http://www.astralpulse.com/forums/welcome_to_astral_consciousness/the_astral_blueprint-t38729.0.html

Enjoy...

[gil-galad]

"On a side note, your name is familiar. Weren't you the person on the TMI forum who won the raffle draw for the free Gateway Voyage program?"

No, I am affraid it was not me.