Visualization Exercises - Help(me, please)
Posted: Fri Aug 05, 2022 7:59 pm
Hello All!
I've been trying to figure out how to properly visualize, and get reliably consistent vivid visualizations on command. Most notably I've been doing the Candle Visualization. Where you stare at a flame for a bit, close your eyes and try to recreate the flame on the black background. When I started several months ago, I could see the after image, which was blue instead of white/yellow/orange. So I worked to make it last longer and longer. I can now make it last a couple minutes. However, It's blue, and still only an after image burned into my retina. How do I make a transition into actually imagining the image, or creating it with eyes closed?
Sometimes when I meditate, very rarely, I will see images flash in my sight/mind's eye. Hard to tell. But it looks like a slideshow. Very vivid, so I know I CAN do it. I just do not know how. As it happens without warning, and without pattern, I can't recreate it. I started this whole endeavor after reading NeoStarFire's "Visualization Exercises" post614549.html#p614549
But I cannot manage anything close to exercise one from the article, at least not on command. Also another note, when I try to visualize anything, I KNOW it's there, but I can't see it. It's like the thick black fog/darkness is blocking my visualization. Is there a specific chakra I should work with to unblock? I'm just not really sure what I should work on at this point.
Would love to hear your thoughts and experiences, hopefully I can learn something!
Thanks for your help.
I've been trying to figure out how to properly visualize, and get reliably consistent vivid visualizations on command. Most notably I've been doing the Candle Visualization. Where you stare at a flame for a bit, close your eyes and try to recreate the flame on the black background. When I started several months ago, I could see the after image, which was blue instead of white/yellow/orange. So I worked to make it last longer and longer. I can now make it last a couple minutes. However, It's blue, and still only an after image burned into my retina. How do I make a transition into actually imagining the image, or creating it with eyes closed?
Sometimes when I meditate, very rarely, I will see images flash in my sight/mind's eye. Hard to tell. But it looks like a slideshow. Very vivid, so I know I CAN do it. I just do not know how. As it happens without warning, and without pattern, I can't recreate it. I started this whole endeavor after reading NeoStarFire's "Visualization Exercises" post614549.html#p614549
But I cannot manage anything close to exercise one from the article, at least not on command. Also another note, when I try to visualize anything, I KNOW it's there, but I can't see it. It's like the thick black fog/darkness is blocking my visualization. Is there a specific chakra I should work with to unblock? I'm just not really sure what I should work on at this point.
Would love to hear your thoughts and experiences, hopefully I can learn something!
Thanks for your help.