I can achieve the swirling colors every time I mediate or try to sleep but that's it, nothing else seems to happen. What should I be doing to take it to the next step?
Thanks all.
I can't be the only person to see swirling colors with or without my eyes closed.
nope, you're not.
quite a few of us do.
See the swirling colours, that is. :wink:
Sarah
PS I'm just in one of those "unhelpful" moods - ignore me!
What do you do with the swirling colors, is it a sign post for more to come or a door that must be opened.
its a reaction to your bodies loss of physical stimuli.
also just consider it a sign that you are shifting your focus farther and farther away from waking consciousness.
i get swriling colors to there usually blue and shaped like balls and I just look at them and follow them its pretty cool.
I get the swirling colors as well. The best way I can describe it is seeing "blobs" of color that move similarly to lava lamp.
I would consider them a sign post AND a door to be opened.
Hey, I'll not be annoying and actually answer your question.
This is where things get sketchy. I hate to break it to ya, but there's no formula. There's no direction, no 'technique' that can be described at this moment. What needs to happen is you need to open your mind. As vauge as that is, that's as specific as I can get.
I'll describe my experiences to you. At the very moment of seeing blobs, orbs, lights, whatever, this is what I do. I forget everything. I concentrate on a scene, a place, an idea, whatever I'm trying to achieve. Then my mind will move in that direction.
In a way, think of it more scientifically, and your questions will be answered. There's reasons behind all techniques that all basically trick you in to forgetting where you are, and making your mind think you're somewhere else. That's all this really is, tricking yourself in to believing something so much that you can see, touch, create, whatever.
So in our scientific minds we're seeing the lights, a reaction of the brain recieving random stimulus from the otherwise lacking from the eyes. Since our goal is to replace all stimulus from the body, how do we start to replace those of touch and smell and hearing?
The brain doesn't know the difference between a memory, and if we're actually experiencing something. It's been scientifically tested. If you recall a memory, your brain doesn't know the difference. It's something else entirely that can sort out a memory to an immediate experience. Since you're not gaining any immediate experiences, just remember. Delve yourself in to a memory, or a piece of imagination.
Don't think of it as a technique, either. In fact, don't really think much at all. Pretend to yourself it is real. After practice, and a lot of time, you can re-train your mind to start accepting this constant made-up reality as something it should focus on. Things become more real, vivid, even to a point where it's hard to tell the difference between reality and imagination.
Spend a good hour or so just pretending every day. You'll be suprised at the results.
And that's just about that. Afterwards, it's simply whatever you want.
Thanks Stevo, good idea.