Help! Meditation advice..

[jisherwood]

Hi timeless,

Thank you for taking the time answer my queries, I really appreciate it.

I find it really interesting that you feel my ball of light is related to someone who has died. – I have been extremely interested in after death communication, - although this is not my reason for practicing meditation, and I'm certainly not obsessed with the idea, infact far from it at the moment []. –  I have become inspired by watching 'Crossing Over', with John Edward and have always loved the idea of having an ability to help people (with their grief), but have always felt, that I will progress when the feeling is right and opportunities arise.

I've had experiences with the spirit realm in the past, all in a good sense and all unprovoked on my behalf . – I've never been interested in dabbling with forces through ouiji boards etc and only interested in spreading good.

I have recently been experiencing strong smells at complete random points of the day, smells that have no relevance to the environment, such as the smell of charcoal and lemons – I've felt this could perhaps be an entity trying to communicate?... Today, I've been getting the scent of my deceased grandmother... - and have been trying subtly sniff other girls perfumes at work to see if I've been imagining it (they suspected nothing [] ) - and interestingly enough there has been a family rift today, involving her son and daughter!

I agree with you that it doesn't feel like a guide, I've had a visualisation of meeting one of my guides in meditation and this had nothing to do with the ball... - I always seem to have trouble visualising the guide or listening to their answers (I sometimes think the meditation is my thought), although I have had some stuff verified. – Which is good and kinda like.. Wo!.

Thanks for the link, I'll read it in a min! – And once again, thank you for the advice.. I'll continue to keep an open yet grounded view of my experiences and will tread with caution and common sense.

[Adrian]

Greetings Jisherwood!

Thank you and also thanks to Timeless for this topic!  Most interesting that you are connecting by the sense of smell. Lavender is quite a common connection, because it was very popular in earlier times and alot of people freshened themeselves and their homes with it.

I just wanted to ask you Jisherwood how you meditate when you receive these impressions? Meditation is often total vacancy of mind and total stillness, but other meditate on a particular object etc..

Thanks again.

With best regards,

Adrian.

[Celeste]

Hi Jisherwood

  Welcome! I've had that sensation when meditating. OnceI saw a bright green ball by my bed when I was young. I was very frightened by it & prayed that it would go away--when I looked back it was gone. [|)] Got no comfort from the adults that's for sure! []
Hi Timeless - A couple of mnths ago I kept smelling flowers though none were around too. I have not yet made contact with my guide.Yup, I have no interest in communicating with spirits myself. Just my Higher Self & my guide/s if I could be certain of it.  
 Hey Timeless, Glad your still around. []
I couldn't get into that website-sounds interesting.

take care,celeste

[jisherwood]

Hi Everyone..

Thank you for your postings...

Smell certainly is the only the only sensation that I can identify that comes to me any time during the day that I can easily recognise... and if I had a choice to receive messages it wouldn't be through my nose [].  – I don't know if I'm imagining smells (I can't find a source),  but they're coming more frequent.  –

This evening I was around a friends house and had sensations of old timber, like from a floorboard or old cottage or something... - when the smell was at its strongest the smoke alarm went off, but my friend couldn't smell any thing.. – I have to be honest, there were candles burning all evening , - but had not been omitting smoke or beeing a nusense to the smoke alarm until that point...

I've never had the scent of lavender, other smells like my nan, lemons, charcole and old wood... - If these smells are from the 'other side' and smell is a developing sense, I feel helpless as I have no form of communication.. i.e. all I get is a smell! – Any ideas how to develop a dialogue?

As for the light and my meditation...
I tend to start meditations by slowing down my breathing by some exercises such as counting with breaths.. I then imagine myself walking down a series of steps to deepen my meditation, at the bottom, really focusing on a light around me as a shield.. (when I'm relaxed at this state, the sensations of light come quite often).. If I don't feel to distracted by the light, I continue to visualise a safe place, like through a forest, and then sit peacfully in a clearing..

...now I have to confess, I am probably a victim of trying many meditation / relaxing exercises from various books and have only recently started to develop a set routine of what is best for me... - I find it difficult to meditate in a set routine, as I work hard during the week and exercise in the evenings (Shame on me).. – I'm trying to find some peacful music + headphones to shut out distractions and start a regular meditation pattern..  – I do try and relax when going to sleep, but tend to lack the control and the experience compared to meditating early evening...

– However, dispite this appawling meditation record, at any given opportunity during the day, I try and clear my mind.. (i.e sitting by the river at lunchtime etc.).. and absorbe the environment – so this is pretty much my pattern.

Now onto the sensations.. I've never actually seen any light with my eyes open during a subdued state of mind... - What I experience when I'm really relaxed in a meditation (positive sensation), is like a beautiful feeling of light floating around my head.. – the only way I can describe it, is as if the sun is shining on you and you can see it through your eye lids... - when I become more relaxed, it intensifies, and floats from side to side slowly.. – it has been so bright, that it just makes me smile.. – as I feel at peace. – I've never inturrupted my meditation by opening my eyes at this point either.. so I've never really 'seen' it... - I also get tingling sensations on the face like a small money spider moving about.. and ringing in the ears.. - now I read this in a book and don't know if it's just my nerves sensitising and I'm just interpretting it as something else... -  

Last night in my meditation, I tried to directly ask the sensations' purpose (following timeless' advice), but I didn't get any images or any sensations.. probably because I'm not attuned correctly? and probably impatient.

The sensations in a negative sense, and I define the term negative as not being as possitive and peacful as that described above, come to me almost in the same way the light does.. – it's not projected into my imagination like a thought, but instead, feels like I'm watching an energy show on the inside of my eye lids... - and I tend to get images (not so much now) of faces (some not that pretty on a serious note) flashing through, and like the positive light, I've felt a darkening of light, and it has almost come towards me and flickered from left to right of my head quickly... -

...From these negative expereinces, I tend to tell them to basically go away, and imagine my light or sheild intensifing.. – They negative experiences have been quite persistant, but then so am i.. and they eventually go..

So hope this is more of an insight to all of your replies! – If not, it will make a good essay for someone []

/James

PS – I'll have to change my nickname or something.. – didn't realise the registration name would be jisherwood! And thank you once again for your help..

[jisherwood]

Hi timeless,

Thank you for your advice.  I'll have a look at the meditative-prayer meditations and see if it feels right.

Thank you for all of your adivice.

/James

[Adrian]

Greetings everyone,

The Twin Hearts Meditation can be found here:

http://www.lifepositive.com/Body/energy-healing/pranic-healing/twin-heart-meditation.asp

It is highly recommended for numerous positive reasons, and is particularly so when we are on the brink of yet another senseless war, being bought about by the dark forces. The Light must prevail.

With best regards,

Adrian.

[jisherwood]

Hi, I'm a newbie to this site (and meditation).. and need a bit of advice..

I've been meditating for a couple of months, practicing mainly visualisation and also read a lot of books concerning spirituality, psychic potential and have had many experiences that have prompted me to start exploring the higher self.

When i'm deep in the meditation, in addition to what i visualise through thought, I also get a bright light that seems to hover around my face.  This light feels like i'm seeing sunshine through my eyelids, it feels warm and positive, but has a mind of its own, in terms of movement around me and strength. - It feels like I'm connecting with something, however, in my visualisations I don't seem to have the same 'feeling' of an entity as this light.  I also get projections of energy like images of faces on my eyelids.. and these feel more random than what comes through as thought..

I've also experienced the light in what feels like a negative way, - i.e. darker and more rapid in movement. - I've never felt threatened by this and have always told it where to go

I suppose my question is, a) has anyone experienced anything like this? and b) - Should i focus more on the projection of visualisation (like thought) or work with the light?

I would be exremely grateful for anyone's advice.