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QuoteA tapestry of points of colored light
IS this 3d, where this "place" looks like a night sky? IF so, that is Focus 21
Samadhi is where you can merge your consciousness with an object, or at least I think it is. A better source of information on this would be by reading Mouni Sadhu's book "Samadhi". Mouni Sadhu is a great no nonsense author.
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It reminds me of Robert Bruce's description of the mental plane from his Treatise on OBE:
(http://www.v-j-enterprises.com/rbruce2.html)
QuoteThe Mental Dimension
This is a spectacular dimension! Iridescent rivers of sound bounded by rainbow shores of pulsating light. Thoughts appear as kaleidoscopic patterns of light and sound. You walk across fields of ideas under a sparkling crystal sky of inspiration. If you enter this world don't try to rationalize or understand it, or you may go mad, for it is beyond human understanding. Just accept it all, go with the flow and enjoy it!
This dimension is what, I believe, the ancient Vikings called the famed "Rainbow Bridge" into Asgard. It truly looks and feels as if you are walking up a rainbow into some wonderful world where the Gods must surely dwell.
Exist here in wondrous amazement. Let loose the child within you to play in this fairy wonderland. Everything feels real and solid. Time is even further distorted here than in the Astral and reality is kaleidascopic.
QuoteBut tell me something. Do you get to F21 exclusively by using the Gateway techniques? Could a person reach F21 using Bruce's methods as described in MAP
Sure. F21 has been called many things in the past by many different authors. For instance, robert bruce talks about how a wind sucks him up into blackness, a void of sorts. He says just to say in it until something comes along (I think he is talking about another dream environment in F2, but it sounds like he has also been to F3). I have not read MAP, only skimmed through it.
QuoteJust so you know where I'm at, I worked with the 6 Gateway Waves for a year and never got a full blown OBE, which doesn't mean I didn't need it. I'm sure it advanced me in many other ways. My problem was probably that I just got ahead of myself
Are you using fileshared downloaded ones? I have heard that the loss in audio quality has something to do with the lack progress, but it could be just to stave off the sharing. A tape will not get you anywhere unless you shift your focus away from anything physical, this is why Frank created a run down..to give the tapes a little more power to capture his focus.
You might want to ask at e-sangha (http://www.lioncity.net/buddhism/index.php?showforum=8) for a Buddhist interpretation.