My First Experiences With A Dynamic Meditation

[Roy]

Over the last few years, I have started awakening more and more. I've started living my life consciously, discovering how we create our own reality through our intentions, and learning how to change my own negative limiting beliefs to positive ones that support me.

It's already been a wonderful and fascinating journey, but now I'm going through another awakening ... of a more spiritual nature.

I have always been interested in spiritual topics such as astral projection, magick, and the like, but I've never seriously dedicated myself to exploring any of them.

The truth is I was afraid. I consciously astral projected one time as a teenager and it scared the crap out of me so bad I was never able to do it again.

I just went through a spiritual awakening at Christmas and now I'm not afraid any more. In fact, I'm drawn to spiritual topics even more strongly.

Well, I'm listening to my intuition and I'm starting to explore a few of the things I'm interested in. Today, I started exploring a form of dynamic meditation called "The Silva Method" or "Silva Ultramind System".

It involves getting your mind into the alpha state, an altered state of consciousness where your brain works at a slower cycle than our normal beta waking state.

(I've read studies where they measured the brain activity of Tibetan monks during meditation and found they are in the alpha state.)

I've never had much luck with the few times I've tried to meditate in the past. I've always had a tremendous amount of "chatter" going on in my mind and never really felt I could get the hang of it.

So, I thought I'd give this method a try since they used a guided meditation audio and I could try their method through a free online course before I purchased their home study course.

I used the guided meditation audio twice today and I came up with three interesting experiences I'd like to share.

My first experience happened this afternoon. I got to the part of the meditation where it guided me to let go of feeling my feet, knees, and thighs as part of my body.

As I did this, I saw a clear image on the black screen of my mind. I saw a black silhouette of a man's head and shoulders (I just felt that it was a man). Surrounding the black silhouette was a band of three colors flowing into one another ... the color closest to the black silhouette was light grey, the light grey blended into a slate blue, and the slate blue blended into a dark purple, almost a purplish-black.

I couldn't see any details of the figure, just the silhouette surrounded by the colors. I also couldn't see any background details, it just appeared as this image I've described on a black background, the same background I normally see when I close my eyes if I'm not visualizing something.

I didn't feel the presence of anything near me.

My second experience happened this evening, during my second session. I got to a different part of the meditation and entered a very very deep relaxed state, like my physical body was asleep but I was still very aware mentally.

All of a sudden, I felt like my center of awareness was rocking inside my physical body. It was like I was a ball of consciousness just kind of rocking back and forth gently from within my chest area. Kind of felt like I was basketball in a hammock. hehe

EDIT: I actually felt my consciousness drop from my head into that ball at the chest level. Imagine your consciousness as a basketball. Then imagine it gets dropped gently into a net. Then imagine the net swinging back and forth like a hammock. That's as close as I can get to the way it felt.

My third experience also happened this evening, as I was approaching the end of the meditation. I got a very strong feeling that my hands weren't actually hands anymore. They just felt like balls of energy.

It's hard to describe, but the interesting part of this was how they felt. It was like I could feel everything around my hands without that feeling coming from physical contact with my hands.

Imagine how you might feel if you could see all directions around you at once ... but take that and apply it to feeling instead of sight and my hands instead of your head.

After I ended the meditation, my hands were just putting off tremendous amounts of chi. (I practice Qigong, so I'm used to feeling chi flow through me, but this was really really strong ... stronger than I've ever felt before. I can still feel it flowing out of my hands as I type this.)

I find all of these experiences really fascinating and encouraging. But I'm so new to all of this that I don't know how to understand my experiences.

That's where you all come in. :-)

Any ideas on what I might have experienced? Have you ever had similar experiences? Do any of these experiences mean anything to you?

Thanks for letting me share these experiences with you. I look forward to hearing your thoughts.

With Love,
Roy

[yogagurl]

Roy,
It sounds like you are off to a great start with meditaion! I have had the "rocking" expereince during meditation before. I fel like it is my energy centers and my auric field aligning and vibrating all at the same rate. Sometimes when I send Reiki my hands feel like they disappear, I feel energy, but not physical contact. I have used some brainwave technology meditation, and have found it useful. I think you are in for many more experiences like those you have already had! Good luck!
Kristi

[Peace]

well, yeah, i have had similar experiences. it is very cool, right? lol. i astral travel a good bit, so i can understand being 'disconnected' from your body and feeling things without physically 'feeling' them. also, seeing things without physically seeing them. it's an interesting feeling. about the man, well, i would assume you were getting a vision of some kind. maybe one of your guides or companions? quite an interesting experience, i'd say, roy. keep us informed. the more you work on this, the more you'll learn and understand. intriguing.

[Roy]

Thanks for the responses, Kristi and Aura. I was pretty sure the experiences were legitimate, but the feedback really helps me confirm that. I'm way outside my comfort zone right now, so I need a little more assurance than usual. :-)

it is very cool, right? lol.

hehe Yeah, it is. It feels great to experience something like this without fear for the first time in my life. Unfortunately, my mom's religious convictions did a lot of damage to my own spirituality. But that's ok ... I'm healing from it now and I can't wait to experience all of these amazing things. I feel like I'm getting closer and closer to who I really am.

i astral travel a good bit, so i can understand being 'disconnected' from your body and feeling things without physically 'feeling' them.

That's awesome, Aura. I wondered if those experiences were somehow related to that. I'm really interested in astral travel and I want to learn how to do it consciously.

about the man, well, i would assume you were getting a vision of some kind. maybe one of your guides or companions?

I don't know. I've never really thought of myself as having a guide or companion. How do you develop your intuition to the point that you understand these experiences?

Were the colors around the silhouette an aura? If so, what would those colors represent? I've heard of auras, of course, but I really don't know anything about them or how to read them.

Roy

[Peace]

well, as far as aura's and color meanig, i think kristi can help with that one. she's great! as far as guides, well, we all have them, wether we are aware or not. all we can do is open ourselves up to them, let them know we want contact with them and be ready to notice when they are around. it's ok to actually talk to them and let them know you are ready to work with them. it takes time, i think. astral travel is the same. it takes time and effort. it's kinda tricky, too, since it's a matter of leaving yourself. not an easy thing. i've been working on that one for a long time. it takes constant practice, actually. but, in time, anyone can do it. the more you learn and grow, the easier all these things become. like kristi said, you are off to a great start!!

[yogagurl]

Sounds like and aura to me. I read chakras and auras, and when I look at someone's aura with my eyes closed that is how it looks. There are several levels of energy in an aura, each level linked to a major chakra. It's hard to see all of the layers individually, but sometimes you see more than one layer. Did the figure remind you of anyone you know? I have never seen the aura of one of my guides, if I see an aura it is usually a person on this plane. Have you ben thinking about anyone lately?
Kristi

[Roy]

Thanks for the information and the encouragement, Aura. :-)

I read chakras and auras, and when I look at someone's aura with my eyes closed that is how it looks.

Thanks for confirming that for me, Kristi.

Did the figure remind you of anyone you know?

No, it didn't remind me of anyone. I just observed the experience rather than trying to figure anything out in the moment.

Have you ben thinking about anyone lately?

The only two men on my mind lately have been my close friend (B) and my ex-wife's son (D).

(B) has been going through a lot of personal and relationship issues lately.

(D) has been having some serious health challenges lately.

Thank you for taking the time to help me understand my experiences. I really appreciate it.

Roy

[♥Starlene]

hey Roy,,,, I just came upon this... Hope your doing good, havent heard from you in a while!
((hugs))

[bornattuned]

Hi Roy,

Your doing a great job, yes don’t rush it. I’ve done meditations for many years then went to school and trained as a hypnotist which helped out a lot more for the meditations.

This might help when you have a lot of chatter going on in your mind (head) you can use that to help you go even deeper and deeper just by saying with in your mind (any thoughts I think will drift me deeper and deeper into a wonderful relaxed state)

As you say that within your mind you will notice as you think to yourself even if its chatter you will notice that your drifting deeper and deeper down into relaxation.

You can adjust your wording also Example: (Any sensation I’m experiencing will send me deeper and deeper into this wonderful relaxed state)

Saying it that way will include any sensation your physical body is feeling in and around you.

Try and go beyond Alpha and into the Theta State which has several levels within that. Which is ( Somnambulism-Deep Somnambulism-Profound Somnambulism) beyond that is the Esdaile State of relaxation then the Catatonic State and beyond that is the Sichort State (Ultra Depth).

In my training in school we where put in all those levels.

Hope this helps?

Born_attuned