Some time ago I wrote a
blog entry about certain experiences I have during meditation. I wonder if any of you can comment on what they are and if they have anything to do with spiritual things.
I would appreciate your thoughts and insights on this. Please do share if you have experienced similar things...
Upon the request of Jill, this is the essential text of the post:
Quote:
I just had a special meditation. I lay on my bed and tried observe my body as something separate from me. That is, I tried to observe my body as if my body is a physical tool for operating in this world, but not who I am. This kind of observing is described in the book “The power of Now” by Eckhart Tolle. I started to feel numbness like Esther Hicks describes in the introduction of the book “Ask and it is Given”. It was as if the synchronisation of my spirit and my body started to “shift”.
The muscles at my throat started to tighten very intensely and my mouth opened very wide. It tried to pull more and more open. This lasted a while. I started to feel like I was going to choke. Suddenly the muscles relaxed.
The muscles of my neck tightened very hard now. My face started to tremble very intensely. The trembling evolved into shuddering. After half a minute of this it stopped abruptly.
A gentle wave of relaxation went over my entire body. Now I felt like I was floating in space. I didn’t feel my weight.
My eyes were opening a little bit, to the point where can’t say whether they are opened or closed, but really in between. My eyelids trembled a bit to hold this very precise position, but it felt very relaxing.
Now it’s getting weird. I felt that like my hands wanted to move, but not by themselves: it was as if somebody OTHER THAN ME was trying to move my hands! It felt like someone had entered my body. I felt the intention of someone trying to move my hands. I tried to allow this, but I felt like this was a real struggle for him. I felt my whole arms become tenser. Eventually my hands very slowly and with great difficulty rose a little bit, perhaps one or two centimetres.
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Francis