Actually tightness is the exact feeling I get when working on my third eye chakra. It feels tight in my head like I have a sinus cold or something. But it's only in the third eye chakra... all other chakra areas just feel tingly.
Hi
This does not feel like sinusitis cos I get that all the time the tightness is right across the top my head it's like a tight band and it throbs at the same time
In any case, any sensation at all means that you are doing things right. It might be uncomfortable, I'm not sure for you, I personally don't mind... but it won't do any damage. Just keep at it, any feeling is better than no feeling.
i get the "sinus headache" feeling about 50 percent of the time myself, and occasionally when i'm falling asleep but not meditating. i don't actually focus on chakra development, but it's nice to know it's a side effect :)
I'm new and this is my first post. But I did want to reply on your comment as I'm experiencing the same thing even before I knew anything about chakra's or raising energy. I only noticed it while meditating and trying to induce an OBE. I know now that I was instinctively raising my energy, highly energizing my brow chakra. I could feel and induce the energy raising but had absolutely no clue what it was I was doing. Although it felt vaguely familiar. And yes, I felt a tight band but more noticeably and worrisome was pressure in my temples.
Since reading about chakra development, I understand these sensations better. I even had what Robert Bruce calls the "Strobe effect", although I did not know what it was until afterwards. I'm pretty sure that the tightness in the head is simply a sign of chakra development.
As far as the occasional pressure I feel there while not meditating (like you), and in my crown chakra, I'm not so sure but just chalk it up to quick development of my brow chakra and crown chakra.
I think this is something you should be proud of. I've read that it's difficult to stimulate the upper level chakra's. And in some cases may be related to what Robert Bruce calls "Energy Clairvoyance", especially the "strobe effect". I'm not really interested in psychic abilities at this point, just OBE's.
If you are trying to induce OBE's, Astral Dynamics includes a method that includes direct stimulation of the brow chakra. This is the only thing that has induced the famous vibrations for me and have come close to projection several times using this method. Apparently, people who have active brow/crown chakra's are more likely to project from the crown of their head and this exercise helps with that and to reach a higher level realm.
So GOOD LUCK! [8)]
Hi Avalon,
I too have experienced the stobe affect, well i think i have 4 years i have experienced flashes but they have never been blinding like it said in astral dynamics. r the flashes u have had blinding or just bright
The first time I experienced the strobe effect, it was blinding. I had been trying to project for about an hour, late in the evening. I was having STRONG brow pressure, mainly my temples. I should mention that I had only started trying to project for about 2 days. I became too tired to concentrate and rolled over on my side to fall asleep. Several minutes later, I saw a blinding flash. I thought I had fallen asleep, and the flash jarred me awake, literally. Actually, it scared the hell out of me. I described it to someone as having a camera flash go off in pitch dark, without warning. I awoke, scared, looking around the room for an intruder taking pic's of me asleep. Haha. Strangely, my sight was not affected, but my whole body jumped.
The second time, the experience was similar but not as blinding. And it didn't scare me at all since it had happened before with no negative affects but loss of sleep.[:I]
It didn't literally blind me, I didn't see spots afterwards or anything like that.
How about your experiences?
This has been happening 2 me 4 years well b4 I was into astral projection I'd be trying 2 sleep then all of a sudden I'd get a bright flash behind my eyes. another thing was when i was a kid if anyone turned a light switch on or off uptairs in the house i used to get a dim flash behind my eyes?? another strange thing is when trying 2 sleep i used to hear noises in my head like fireworks going of from a great distance have u experienced anythhing like this?
Nope no noises. I've only been working seriously with energy raising for about 2 weeks. The most interesting part for me was knowing I had some ability without really knowing what I was doing. It felt so familiar to me, like I'd been doing it for years.
Unfortunately, I have no experiences to draw on prior to this time. None that I can recall anyway.
I take it u've had no projections yet then
**Heavy Sigh** Nope. No projections yet. I came closer today than I have in the past though.
I have all the correct sensations but feel "stuck". I feel my body buzzing, especially my head, my heart feels like it's going to explode. This will last awhile then they go away. I've tried every "technique" thus far. I don't have much luck with "visualizing" leaving my body. I usually focus on a pinpoint of light behind my eyelids then consciously try to "go there". This seems to work best for now so I'm going to keep trying.
How about you? What methods do you use?
How long have u been trying
Obviously not long enough yet. [:D]
It's been going on about 2 weeks now. Started getting really heavy vibrations for about a week now. Lots more vivid and odd dreams since then but none were lucid that I can say for sure.
Unless you count spontaneous projection. Then my grand total would equal 1. Haha!
Hey if u've only been trying 4 2 weeks then thats fantastic
Keep me posted on how your doing
Thanks! It's still very frustrating to know you've gotten sooo close. It's hard to not want to give up.
Had an astral sight experience last night. Going to post that in the Astral Experience Forum.
Hi
Robert Bruce mentions in astral dynamics that chacka development can cause a tightness around the head as if a belt is being tightened around it. This happenened when I first started some of the energy raising exercises. I haven't done any exercises 4 months but I still experice the feeling on a regular basis. I was wondering if anyone else has experienced this?