Hi, I recently took up TM (3 months ago) and I've had some really profound experiences, I've already suffered with mental health issues (severe depression with psychotic symptoms). The reason I took up meditation was purely for stress-release and have experienced a major catharsis in a short period of time. I've been meditating quite a lot (more than recommended!) and although I've never thought myself as a spiritual person, I think I'm having a spiritual awakening. I can see things with such clarity at times, it is amazing. I've always been a person who could think outside the box and challenge my and others beliefs, and now I feel I know at times that some of the lateral thoughts are actually true. In addition to the meditation I follow a strict diet to help rid a candida infection. When I "fall of the waggon" and eat something sugary, it makes the meditations far less profound. I enter a state of hyper-awareness at times, I feel one with the universe, and desires disappear. Could this state of hyper-awareness be the same thing as schizophrenia? Is the term "schizophrenia" the highest state of awareness the human can achieve? Schizophrenia is a word used by the medical proffession to describe someone as seriously, mentally ill. But it is after all just a word, a sound! But the utterance of it makes people think of, or even visualize lunatics, straight jackets and possibly even violence, whereas most "sufferers" are very passive and detached. Think of the word fire, and people instantly imagine flames and those with lots of imagination may picture a scene where someone is being burnt or running away from a burning house. These words and ideas come emotionally loaded. But this is only because of conditioning. The words that we use are just sounds, that over centuries we have attached to certain ideas. Any comments welcome... "lost in thought"
This word you speak of has been used to describe me and my character. Medical terms and spiritual terms are among two different categories though my friend.
Oh not at all. Meditation does bring a excellent state of awereness. But not schizophrenia. Schizophrenia can make the person suffer, meditation helps lift the suffering. Schizophrenic people can have sensory hallucination, meditation helps you ground yourself in the reality. Schizophrenic people can have disorganised thought process, and difficulty in dealing with daily life stress, unfortunately. Meditation is kinda the opposite. I'm interested to know what is the link you see between meditation and schizophrenia, because I don't see it. Peace
Hmm.. I'm slightly schizophrenic, and it only really shows when I'm super stoned.. or when I'm in a very deep trance. I think there is a bit of a relation, because after certain amounts of meditation, or opening of the 3rd Eye, you can begin to think thoughts before they're thought.. know what I mean? Sort of like telepathy. I communicate with others when I'm "freshly-meditated" and telepathy works, and I speak with spirit guides as well. Medically, it could probably be diagnosed as schizophrenia, but there is a HUGE difference in the way the thoughts I hear when telepathy'ing and the way things I hear when Schizophrenia kicks in.
