The Nature of Visions

Posted on December 26, 2007
Filed Under Awareness, Meditation |

Visions are a funny thing – the very word itself conjures up imagery of Hollywood special effects along with the notion of waking dreams. This view gives the idea of ‘visions’ a somewhat crazed appearance; at least to those people who rely on Hollywood to kick-start their imagination.

The truth is visions can come to anyone, anywhere at anytime…and they won’t necessarily be waking dreams – or video flash-backs. This can happen in moments when the ego releases its grip upon the mind, and can happen spontaneously or through meditative or other techniques.

One method I have been working with, is relaxing my rigidity of thinking, and this has had some interesting results as I mentioned before. More recent experiences have been very brief flashes or ‘visions’. These visions come at random times during the day, and last but fractions of a second. They are of still images which contain vast level of richness and detail. They seem as though ‘memories’ of places that exist nowhere on Earth.

The most striking thing about these visions is that they appear in the minds-eye, yet are as clear as physical vision. They don’t interrupt or even overlay regular vision, they simply appear as an addition to regular sight; it’s very difficult to put into words.

Those visions went on for about a week or so, as I witnessed all forms of alien artefacts and landscapes.

More recently, my dream-recall has been returning. Last night, before sleep in a semi- hypnagogic state, I entered conversation with either a part of my sub-conscious or maybe some other entity. The details of the conversation are all but impossible to recall, but the clear memory of the voice remains.

I will let this continue to develop and see where it heads. It is worth noting that over-analysis of these sorts of things tends to be detrimental to them. You can quite literally ‘talk them to death’, and that’s why over the years I have rarely spoken about these sorts of experiences here. But that said, the non-physical and spiritual world is one of the central themes of this site, so it is only reasonable to include my own experiences. And on top of that, learning how to open-up is a very large part of both spiritual and self-development.

Our ego’s would have us clamped down in place, working bone to metal until we grind away to nothing…because such a thing validates the necessity of our false-self. Once we learn to release what binds us, then all our senses begin to open in their fullest capacity. The only limiting factors are those which we place on ourselves, so it’s very important to consciously be aware of how our thoughts are working.

It’s a good practice to take some time out and consider our so-called beliefs and perceptions. It’s often surprising which of them are actually chains in disguise.