i had a very interesting experience a few days ago.
i was having my afternoon meditation - closed my eyes - relaxed - and emptied my mind - so as to start with a blank and then decided that i would allow any appearing visual images (in my mind) to develop a life of their own without any conscious influence on my part to determine their fate
it was amazing to see, how well defined my visual images were -
they were much more than mere impressions or perceptions they were full of form, depth and intensity. most of the images were of people i know although some were strangers. I certainly felt that i was in a very relaxed state of reverie and at complete ease with myself and the images that entertained my visual sensory organ. This went on for about what seemed to be like 15 minutes or so...
All of a sudden without warning or awareness, the imagery changed - to an intensely green landscape (green grass, rolling hills and trees everywhere) it was sheer and utter beauty- the image was so intensely lit, that my eyes seemed to hurt a little - recoiling as it were. the scenery filled the entire view of my closed eyes and was so wide and so deep - that i was unable to see it all at once.
the clarity and sharpness of this image was so delightfully shocking that - it was difficult to accept that my eyes were actually closed and that the beautiful landscape did not really exist in real time or indeed in real space -but existed only in my mind. At one point i was confused and sure that i was actually somewhere else and not in my meditataion that the feeling of disbelief started to overwhelm and frazzle me.
The more frazzled i became as a result of trying to make sense of things than the picture started to blur and grey very quickly. Then all of a sudden ,my lovely picture disappeared and was left with nothing but a 'befitting thought' of - what the phuq was that
please gimme your comments.
