I was meditating deeply when I reached a state where I saw myself sitting on snow near a hill. It was quiet, still, and peaceful. As I sat there, a group of very tall, pale beings with long white hair approached me. They looked human, but their height easily over 7 feet made them feel otherworldly. They wore light-colored, almost ethereal clothing.

Despite their appearance, I wasn’t afraid. Their presence felt calm and safe. One of them spoke to me and asked if I would follow them. They said they wanted to show me something. I agreed without hesitation because I felt safe for some reason.

They led me to a small, silverish aircraft smooth and sleek in design. I stepped inside, and soon we were flying. The ship made no sound at all. It lifted effortlessly, and within moments, we had left the planet. As we moved through space, I could feel that we were following a path like an invisible force was guiding us.

Eventually, we stopped just outside of Earth. I could see the planet, and around it was a green, wavy grid like energy gently pulsing and wrapping the globe. One of the beings turned to me and said:

“We are all one. All of us no matter who we are or where we come from we are connected.”

I felt those words deeply. But just as I was taking it in, my cat jumped on me snapping me out of the vision and back into my room.

I thought I’d share it.

I’ve been meditating every morning for half a year now. Eye mask on, noise-canceling on, no distractions whatsoever. Focus on body, then when examined everything focus on breath, 10–20 minutes.

I didn’t expect instant enlightenment or anything, but honestly… I don’t feel any real difference.

People say it helps with focus, stress, emotional regulation, sleep, whatever. I’ve stuck with it, hoping I’d eventually feel something shift, but nope, not a single change in my life, I can't feel any difference.

Same thoughts, same performance, same me. It just feels like sitting there being annoyed with myself (contemplating and accepting it nevertheless) doing this ridiculously long operation doing nothing for no gain.

I want to find some motivation or quit it if none found, so I'm genuinely curious:

Why do you meditate? What do you get out of it that makes it worth sticking with? And if you used to meditate and quit—why? Is this a “works for some, not for others” kind of thing?

I'm feeling quite proud of myself. I've meditated on and off for 5+ years. It was always a sort of fallback when I got stressed or anxious and generally just at my lowest points. But it was never something I was able to stick at for any meaningful length of time. At most it would only ever last two weeks before I got bored, skipped a day and lost faith in myself or just thought I didn't need it anymore because I was doing better.

So to reach this milestone I am rather proud of myself. I can't wait to continue this journey of self discovery.

An epiphany I had this morning

Is it a good or bad idea to practice with this goal in mind?

This may be a cause of frustration and a lack of desire to practice consistently.

So, in meditation, is it better to stop trying to fix this problem and focus on finding other motivation?

I've been experiencing something for most of my life that's very unusual to everyone around me and everyone that knows me can tell I'm different. I've always been able to sense my surroundings. I never get scared because I can feel when someone enters my proximity. When sleeping, people have come into my personal space and have been immediately kicked or punched like I have a natural defense mechanism.

This list goes on. Can I sense the paranormal? I cannot say for sure but I have mentioned feeling like I'm being watched, or like something is there but it's scared of me and purposely hides when I'm around. The reason I mentioned that they could be scared is because a friend of mine was getting some very strong evidence of a haunting in his grandmother's house. All the chairs flipped over, drawers and cabinets found open in the kitchen, various items appearing outside the same bedroom door almost every night, scary noises, roaring, laughing, footsteps, and the list goes on.

When I was there, all activity ceased. I could walk out, my wife would be inside with my friend and his girlfriend, and something strange would happen but all went quiet when I returned.

Now, its important to state that I've been a life long Christian and raised Pentecostal with teaching and field experience in casting out unwanted spirits or demons. This could contribute to spirits or spiritual energies calming down when I'm there. I have a light background in martial arts and meditation, with a long standing ability to sense when things are going to happen before they do. I always get out of the way before a wreck. I can feel aura's and/or energies.

I'm a person of great precision because I have an extremely high sense of situational awareness and position awareness. Many call it the third eye. I do feel the strange magnetic like pulling sensation between my eyes when I use this gift. I do not have to meditate anymore and I haven't needed to for over 20 years, but still, I get the same sensation and it appears to be getting sharper or more precise and stronger. I can immediately feel imminent danger and I always move away from the feeling and into the direction I feel is safest, and throughout my entire life, I have confirmed dozens of instances where I would have been hurt or killed had I not heeded the alarm in my head.

I am to the point now that I feel I have become a master of myself, though always seeking more knowledge, ability, and control. Able to feel everything in my body with heightened sensations. My doctor's claim I have an incredible sense of my nervous system and everything connected to it.

Please, answer me this question. Are there more people out there like me? People who have exceeded my abilities? Or perhaps it's another set of abilities altogether... Either way, I'd love to hear what you all think. There so much more to talk about but this is already long enough. If you've made it this far, thank you. It means a lot that someone would take the time to consider these things and potentially engage in a discussion. Ask questions or offer insight. I've been alone in this walk for 40 years. Please, share your stories too. I wish all of you good fortune and health. My you have a Blessed life 🙏

Many times I see users post their experiences where they “see themselves”. I had a quick question: When you say “I see myself sitting in a forest..” do you mean to say you literally see yourself there, as if you were awake (first person POV?) or is it more of an awareness where you can see yourself and the area around you, almost like a camera focusing on a scene? Also, do you know yourself to be “imagining” this? Or is it more of a trance like state?

Cheers!! Enjoy the weekend!!

As per the article, Srinivasa Ramanujan and many other used the Third eye.

is there any proof for it?

I am younger than 18 years also I never meditated. from last year or so I feel this tingling sensation between my eyebrows. When I searched about it people say its agya chakra opening. Since I never meditated in my life how is that my agya chakra opening? Some people say that it's my progress from last life. I discovered that I can want it to happen whenever I want. Please guide me.

Increase? Decrease? Unaffected?

The mirror doesn’t speak. It reflects.

That’s how we remember. That’s how we return.

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So i have struggled with masturbation for a long part of my life. I started meditation 2 years back and i have received numerous benefit from it. However at this point my life is a game between meditation and masturbation. Whenever I do meditation first, i end up the day really positive and productive. However there are days when mind wont want to sit for meditation and would want to masturbate instead. And if i have done it, the day will become very frustrating unproductive and low motivated. The masturbation urge comes whenever it is time for meditation as my old mind don’t want to sit for meditation and want dopamine instead. What to do?

I'm seriously intrigued about the stillness of the mind.

I've been dwelling in the LOA/ Goddard's spheres for a while now. I've always been very passionate about eastern teachings, I studied many religious and occult traditions. I also used to meditate, with some successes.

But now I find it increasingly hard to do so. Even during my visualizations, affirmations, and trials of meditation, my monkey mind- chitta- however you want to call it, just explodes.

I'm not thinking about other things. I'm thinking during thinking about the thinking.

It's like there's multiple minds of mine, each of them opening a new Google tab.

During visualizations, I visualize- but in the background I'm thinking. See, I want a life full of freedom and beautiful things. Perfect. So I visualize a scene that would represent such scenario. Meanwhile mind #1 creates the image, mind #2 starts to set the stage. Where's the tree? What species is it? What about the colors of the sky? mind #3 starts with thinking about the thinking aspect of the situation. Oh, I should think x,y,z during this. Or maybe that? Mind #4 tries to conjure up the feelings that such thoughts and scenarios would evoke.

Then there's mind#5 and #6. They are the critics: they alert the other minds that the process isn't working perfectly, that there might be danger, that for sure our approach is not the best, that this should be X instead of Y. And there's mind #7: it watches it all like the boss of the staff of the kitchen- unable to do anything because everything is on fucking Fire.

And this happens, all the time, almost for everything. Even more so when I try to meditate.

Meditation is truly the end of it all. I somewhat experienced it myself in the past. And yet, I just can't find a way to stop this constant, inexplicable matrix of layers of thoughts going. Has anyone else had to deal with something like this? How did you break free?

What is this place and how to move forward?

I just joined this group because I have a question about a sound that has developed. I have meditated off and on for my 72 years and have had different experiences. A simple TM was my main practice. I would practice for a few years and then would get lost in work and the external things and it would fade away.
I also practiced other spiritual practices off and on over the years.

Last year I had a very unpleasant experience in my life, nothing to do with spiritual practice. The pain and suffering led me back to a spiritual practice. I started practicing A Course in Miracle, and Non-Dual practices as taught by Rupert Spira, Michael Singer and others. Basically I started meditating again, regaining connection to the limitless peaceful awareness that quietly exists behing me, encompassing me and everything. I then try to regain connection to that inner Self during my waking hours and living my day seated in that peaceful place that I perceive as behind and around me.

I discovered that more and more in meditation I hear a very peaceful, faint, high-pitched sound that seems to be alive and aware and gives the feeling of a choir singing, a crystal glass resonating after being struck with a spoon, or a very high pitched sound of crickets. But it has little reverberation or vibrato. The one thing is it seems to be aware and completely peaceful. It rocks me in peace and safety when I listen to it. It is accompanied often by by bright yellow or purple donut like lights dancing on my inner forehead.

Recently I have started to hear this sound when I am awake and trying to stay in the Presence during my waking life, which is my main practice all day long as I go about my waking life. Being it that space makes it easier to not get pulled into thoughts and negativity in my daily life. It gives me a buffer between something happening and my reaction. Now, I hear it as soon as I awaken and during the day if I find myself lost in thoughts or daily life and want to go back into the Presence, I look for the sound and it takes me back. Now it is accessible all day long. I have come to think of it as a guide back to that place. It brings great peace with it.

Curious, I googled this today and all kinds of things came up. Much of the things I saw related to tinnitus. But I had tinnitus some years ago and it was nothing like this. It was annoying, interfered with my hearing, unsettling and prompted me to go to the doctor. It want away. This is nothing like that. It feels almost alive and aware and it always brings great peace.
Some other google results said Nada sound. I know nothing about this. I don't meditate more than 30 minutes twice a day, maybe less. Yet I feel I am going through a period of spiritual growth due to my daily practice. I don't have a teacher, and that is why I am looking here to see if anyone can explain this to me. It doesn't bother me at all, I am just curious. Sorry for the long post and thank you!

It’s been years now that I’ve known exactly every negative thought that constantly brings me down, lowers my self-esteem, and depresses me. Meditation gives no answer, nothing.
I could’ve stared at a white wall or played video games instead, and my life would be the same today.

Why does it keep going? Will it last a lifetime? What’s the point of clearing your mind if there’s no benefit?

Recently I've begun to practice mediation. It's only been a week, but I've found that some days are substantially better than others. I started in the first place in hopes of managing intense problems with anxiety. The first day was magical and I thought I found the answers I'd been looking for my whole life. But, the next.... was awful to say the least. I started my meditation in an anxious state in an attempt to calm down. The effects were the complete opposite though. I began to feel the anxious energy spread to my whole body, I started sweating, and eventually it ended with a full blown panic attack. This hasn't been the norm, however it was such an unpleasant experience I almost decided to stop attempting mediation at all. Is there a way for me to overcome this? Thanks for and help and suggestions.

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What position do you get in? Do you sit? Do you just lay in the bed? I'm just curious how you all get comfortable. A drink before? Some tea or water? Tell me what you like to do!

I'll go first - I usually drink a glass of water, lay down and listen to some loud brown noise either on headphones or, if alone, on a speaker. I keenly listen and there comes a point when it as if overrides my body. Then everything goes quiet and after the numbing, buzzing within, I start to feel like floating. Absolute weightlessness. Love it.

Youtube has a sleep timer (I have premium, but might be available to all) and I really like that it slowly fades out whatever you are listening once the time is up. It also lulls me to sleep and stops the video/sound. Timers used to really shock me, so this has helped immensely.

But!!! I have a little problem. I have to get very comfortable in order to relax properly and effortlessly. Sitting on the floor or a regular chair doesn't cut it for me. But when I lay down, I often fall asleep again! I try to meditate very soon after waking up, so I'm still somewhat sleepy, but that time is the easiest to get to that clear and floating place during meditation...

Do you have any uber awesome chairs or any other recommendations that have made meditation easier and more pleasant to do? I'm imagining a little reclining action, but all is welcome!

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Hi everyone. I just recently discovered yoga nidra through my functional care doctor. I have debilitating adrenal fatigue and my nervous system is completely out of whack and unwell. I’ve found comfort in yoga nidra and it seems to be the only thing that is helpful for me to find some relaxation through this very long and painful healing journey.

I had been doing about 20 minutes, then tried about 30 mins to an hour. Now I’m wondering if I were to do over three hours a day, would it be more damaging than good? My fight or flight is just out of balance and this is the only way I can get out of my head.

Hey everyone.

So I’m pretty new to this and I have been meditating quite regularly for the past 3/4 months.

I have just sat for 20 mins and when I do I find it takes the first part of the meditation to allow my mind to settle enough into it and stop attaching to thought/getting distracted. These periods can vary in length but once I get past this (doesn’t always happen sometimes it’s all thought) I can reach a period of awareness in silence and self kind of melts away for brief periods. For context I also live on a busy road but use the sounds in like a mindfulness way when there is just sounds no attachment. Hard to explain but I put my awareness on my senses basically sight sound and touch and just sort of experience what is getting happening around me.

So this time it was all thoughts and random music loops (Donnel Jones - You know what’s up for some reason) and I was just breathing as usual when a thought popped up that said “treat the thoughts the same as the noise”. So I tried that and after some short time I went into awareness.

My first question is this something that your guys have either tried or realised or is there some sort of technique you have heard of similar that I can read up on? Typing this up I realise it’s just not attaching awareness to thought but ive never been able to do it I have to breathe into the meditation until either the thoughts dissipate so I just don’t notice them anymore.

My second question relates to the fear that comes up when I’m either approaching the point where I lose myself or I’m in that space and fear comes and brings me back down. I have asked in comments before but thought I’d ask while I write a post to you all. I feel it’s holding me back in my progress so any tips will be greatly appreciated!

Thanks in advance!

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