I'm a beginner in meditation and what I've been doing for a pose so far is I would sit on the floor cross-legged and then I would lean back and allow my head to rest on an object such as a wall, bed, etc. I also have my hands rested on my lap and it helps out a lot. Every time I meditate I feel as if either my mind or my spirit is becoming stronger, my imagination becomes stronger and stronger. I have started receiving closed and open-eye visuals. When I started they were very mild but became stronger the longer and harder I meditated. Last night I concentrated on my heart and I had my eyes closed and I think I saw my cardiac muscle-tissue pumping and beating consistently at a calm pace. Later that night my visuals were getting stronger and I saw what I think was my mind consciously playing Starcraft (which is interesting to watch people play and to play the game yourself). I am not sure if the Starcraft was a sign, a thought, or just my mind trying to entertain itself but it was pretty awesome watching my mind play, but what is even more interesting is what happened in the game. My mind was playing as the Protoss and all it had was a Nexus and a bunch of drones. All the drones were gathering minerals and there was an unlimited supply of minerals, this made me feel really good and it made me feel really happy after I had completed my meditation. I have not experimented with open eye-visuals much yet but from what I remember seeing so far is that my vision mildly distorted with what would seem to be the cadence of my heart-beat, I also either am not remembering it completely or the visuals seemed a little foggy to me but I believe the more I meditate the stronger all the aspects of my meditation will become. By the way, I am not a mindless being who meditates only for visuals but I also had some deep-thoughts when I was meditating last night and they helped me find the meaning to some of the things in my life, for instance; I discussed with myself my reasoning for wanting have my first trip on LSD, it is a good reason too. I wish to discover myself and look beyond the veil of human-life, I wish to have an "out of this world" experience, to grow spiritually, and to let my "imagination" become stronger than this physical world itself and let it guide me (possibly(all meanings)). Thank you for reading, Swade
So sorry. There is nothing outside of you that can cause you to "discover yourself" or see beyond the veil of human life.
It is a tool to help me, for I realize that everything outside of me may be a part of that veil, I am hoping it may make the veil transparent so that I can see what is behind the veil before I decide to open it, not to mention many say it is a "mind-blowing" experience, although it may not be necessary I may just do it for fun
My experience with meditating on 5 hits of LSD was amazing, it was actually the first time I consciously felt the flow of energy in my body.
Yes. I'm not advocating any drug use or anything, really the LSD just made me more enthusiastic after feeling real results from meditation, results I consistently get while sober.
That's interesting, did you get the same results sober before or after your LSD-influenced meditation?
Have a no~goal based meditation. Consciousness awakening needs only that you pay attention to who you Are. You are not an idea, thoughts, images, perceptions, perspectives and so on. In other words, reiterate your True nature moment to moment. No matter what appears, what visuals you have, what types of beings manifest it is all more stuff, just like the body/mind 'sees' when the eyes are open. Learn not to differentiate reality. Why create separation in the body/mind when nothing is Really separate? Practice living in the conscious state of perfect Communion with everything. Meditation can fuel the growth of your awakening if you support that with your faith in God.
I haven't done it lately but I practiced meditation for a short while. I agree that LSD and meditation are incredibly synergenistic, that is they boost each others effects tremendously. I seem to hear a decent amount something to the effect of 'if you can get good at meditation you don't need drugs', but so far in my experience they are different levels of awareness. Even if more advanced levels can emulate the effects of psychedelics I believe to the novice they can be great tools as you say. Meditation seems to ground some of the kooky, zany, trippy qualities LSD can produce and give it more of a meaningful focus. The LSD in turn propels the meditative state to reach profound levels of awareness and consciousness more forcefully and convincingly in my experience. It can be a little tricky to juggle though as I often find LSD fairly stimulating and trying to shut off your thoughts can be difficult and if you are new to the LSD experience I notice some just get lost in awe of their perceptions and lose that focus. I feel though that you can reach pretty amazing levels that's different than either alone fairly easily though, maintaining it is where I have trouble.
Once a person has an 'out of this world' experience you will seek that even more. Seeking and searching (imo) for experiences that one believes is enlightenment has nothing to do with spirituality. Seeking and searching has been your body/mind condition from birth. It is not necessary to seek yourSelf, you Are Already You. No matter how many "awesome" experiences you have, none are Truth, none denote or manifest enlightenment. Enlightenment begins once the egoic mind forms end (or begin to end by a faith based Self realization of God), and liberation of the seeking and searching of the body/mind progress. You will grow in enlightenment as you support your spiritual practice with an inherent Understanding of Self. Any motivation to seek or search for self is ego based. You will not be able to duplicate this experience as if one experience is your conscious condition. Practice relating consciously to all relationships through the Divine seat of Consciousness. This is the Eternal state of Reality, only the body/mind is trained to see separation and difference. Thus, you must practice consciously by turning your perspective consciousness to the non-local Consciousness of God. You do not have to achieve this, it is Already Always the Perpetual Condition of Existence/Reality/God/Self.
I haven't been meditating as much lately because my "Saurian Meditation" by Karl Sanders stopped working and now I have no epic Egyptian music to meditate to, although soon I may just burn another copy of it. I do realize that the music is not necessary but it helps me stay focused and concentrate on the meditation.
Do not be afraid to change your practice. Change is the driving force of transformation. Staying in the comfort zone can be counter productive, also.
http://www.hipforums.com/newforums/newreply.php?do=newreply&p=6700728 http://www.hipforums.com/newforums/newreply.php?do=newreply&p=6700518 Hey thank you I forgot.