As i was reading through the message board i came across a post ( http://www.astralpulse.com/forums/viewtopic.php?t=19857 ) in which the user Faceless noted that he saw faces while 'noticing' what came up when he was observing the black of his eyelids as part of Franks' noticing exercise.
QuoteTried it last night, very relaxing. After a while I saw a face and my eyes freaked out flying all over the place... this is gonna take some practice Smile
(Faceless)
So i noted my own experiences:
QuoteI haven't done this in a while, but typically when i focus on the back of my eyelids i start seeing faces after a while. Usually in greyscale, or at least what i could only describe as being... er... ethereal? They aren't in colour. Usually a shiny Grey/white scale of colour that gives some surprising definition. Once or twice they have been a brown colour that's extremely close to a gold sheen.
I find i can focus on them, by bringing them into more of a priority, but if i make an 'alert' observation of them, that is to say i try too hard to focus on them, they go away.
They typically mouth words or make expressions, but that's about it.
(Guthwulf)
So far I have had one more comment from sk_nh:
Quotejust the other day on a ride back from a 2 day canoe trip i was basically doing the noticing exercise and i began seeing all kinds of faces and such. its happened many times before but this time they were clearer. like movies in gray scale. i saw a guy fly fishing on a river, people playing volleyball and of course numerous faces that pop up and then fade away. they were all very clear. i am curious as to why i see this kind of imagery sometimes and other times i don't see anything.
And finally, while just going over simple relaxations last night, i started watching the black of my eyelids just for fun. I was very tired and didn't expect anything much, plus i had relaxation music playing which makes me very sleepy (exactly what i wanted :P a nice sleep). But just before i nodded off i started seeing some very distinct images. I can't now recall most of them, but one stuck clearly in my mind.
The first image to show up, and the only one i remembered, was of a small cube. I looked 'closer' and it came into focus. I realized it was a dice of some sort. As soon as it became clear, the dice stood up on one of its corners and started stretching and getting taller and slimmer. When it had about doubled in height, and halved in width, it split at the top and turned into an amazing dice butterfly! It had the 'four' and 'three' dots on the top of its left and right wing, and the 'one' and 'two' on the underside. The 'five' dots ran along the top of its body, and the 'six' ran along its underside. It flapped away into oblivion, and heralded the start of more images which i cant recall.
So i thought i would turn my initial query into its own thread and see just what everyone else is coming across when they do Frank's exercise???
Any experiences are much appreciated..
Good call on that post, I was looking for something like that a couple weeks ago but didn't really find anything.
For me it's off and on as far as easiness goes... When my energy is just right for it--so it seems. BUT...I generally see faces mostly, this lets me know Im getting close then I start seeing entire scenes with many people and usually outside camping partying...whatever they are doing.
As far as seeing objects, if you just let it flow your imagination kinda takes over without you really noticing, but if you focus on it, you can control what is going with the shape and size of them. However, I do think it's possible that if you ask to or believe you will see an object for a particular reason you will see it (from some higher source--whatever you wanna call it) as a sort of sign.
I find when I really get into this state, I can even open my eyes and see stuff. So Im guesing its more the '3rd eye' or mind's eye seeing. Usually when I see a lot, I am no in sort of trance either.. wide awake.