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[venom]

Hello People,

Just want to say great site! came across it about 3 week ago and have been reading all the great posts since.

Ive got a quick question, Ive been using the the first gatway experience cd for the past 2 weeks and going into focus 10,
While in focus 10, im getting flashes of sceens coming into my mind,  example like im flying over a feild, or an image of a man woman and child standing by a fire place, they flash up for a second or 2 and then vanish. I also had a strange blue face with red eyes come out of the blackness and came right up close to me. Do you guys think that these sceens are just in my head like a dream or something
or am I progressing into the astral?

Thanks in advance

Venom

[Stookie]

They're probably hypnogogic visuals, and it's very common to experience them while working toward F10. It's a good sign post, but probably won't be more useful than to let you know you're on the right path.

So I would say yes, you're progressing. And welcome to The Astral Pulse!

[missym]

How clearly do you see these images?
If they are accompanied with 'blots of light', or 'white', and vanish quickly then Stookie's right, it's probably hypnagogic imagery.
When I get Remote Viewings, I see things like flying over a field, or the ocean, and usually it's a crystal clear 4-second sequence that repeats itself about 10 times.

btw, welcome 

[venom]

Hi Stookie,

Thanks for the fast reply, yeah they kinda feel like Im drifting in and out of a dream,
But at the same time they feel very real and very vivid and always different.
I might see 3 or 4 different sceens pop up while in focus 10.

Really enjoying the fourm, great work!

[venom]

How clearly do you see these images?
If they are accompanied with 'blots of light', or 'white', and vanish quickly then Stookie's right, it's probably hypnagogic imagery.
When I get Remote Viewings, I see things like flying over a field, or the ocean, and usually it's a crystal clear 4-second sequence that repeats itself about 10 times.

btw, welcome 

Hi, Im seeing them very clear, but just flashes for no more than a second or 2,
one for example, I was flying over a water loged feild with a small hut in the middle,
then the next flash I was in the hut looking out through the window.

[RisingSon]

I agree those sound like hypnagogic visions.  They are a herald of sorts of what is to come.  Sometimes I can "get into one" and it becomes more real and stable.  If you can stabilize it and start moving around in there, then I think you've gone beyond a simple hypnagogic image.  I've managed to do this a few times, but I usually lose my attention after some time.  I remember clearly one I had a few weeks back where I saw an ally with lots of street vendors.  Something caught my attention in the scene and at that precise moment the whole thing became more real instead of evaporating or changing into something else.  Then I thought of a woman and suddenly there was one right next to me.  She leaned over and asked me a question - at this point it felt really real, but I didn't have the chance to answer since her presence shocked me and the scene was swept away...

[venom]

So a hypnagogic vision is some sort of dream or hallucination right? so this is a good sign of whats to come? Im fairly new to all this and have only really started meditating in the past 3 months so Im not sure if Im doing things right or not, Ive got my self the gateway experience and am doing the excercises twice a day. Seem to be going well for me, really enjoying drifting off in the evening after work.

Thanks Guys!

[Stookie]

Yeah, it's more like daydreaming or mental wandering as your senses shut down. What's to come is much better. Keep doing what your doing and enjoy the process, and you shouldn't be too far off.