starsofclay

Recently, I was reading an article about color therapy and its affects on balancing the chakras/mood. Then something clicked. I had recently been playing around with my VR headset (you can find one cheap online that uses your smartphone), and was looking for apps that show stereoscopic 3D images of landscapes or whatnot to use for open eye meditation/trance induction. (by they way you should try it). Then, after reading the article, I wondered if there were any apps specifically made for color/light therapy for use with VR. Sadly, I couldn't find any in the Google Play store, but there are several non-VR apps that are made for color therapy. I figured it wouldn't matter, since it just displays one solid color, and the VR headset would direct the color straight into my eyes. So I downloaded a few color therapy apps, popped my smart phone into the VR headset, laid back and relaxed. One app cycles through different colors at 20 second intervals, which was nice because otherwise I would have to open the headset and activate my phone every time I wanted to change a color, although I would prefer up to 10 minute intervals. There really needs to be an app for this! Also, I think it would be neat if you could select two different colors at one time, so that one eye receives one color, and the other another...(I have no idea what effect that would have on color therapy, if any, or if it would be counterproductive). I also don't know if I am hurting my eyes if the screen brightness is turned all the way up... so looking for some advice on that...

I can't even do non-stop concentration for a minute, so I am not speaking from experience, but it may help if you lengthen the time of your concentration practice... of course it may take a while to get it to the right amount. I imagine it is like the relaxation technique where you tense all of the muscles in your body and then let go, feeling yourself completely relax... perhaps if you concentrate longer, then when you switch to do-nothing you will really feel the difference. ,

@WaterfallMachine Well in my understanding, Kundalini is not dangerous unless it awakens prematurely, or in other words without years of groundwork opening and balancing the chakras. Sometimes it does spontaneously awaken prematurely in people, but this is not common. I don't know why this person would feel pain while doing tratak meditation, but sometimes there are headaches, sensitivity, and tingling felt in the third eye area as it awakens.

Look into scrying, and tratak meditation. Basically what happens is if you can keep your eyes still enough, your vision begins to fade, and you start to see through your third eye. In fact this is supposed to be a great way to open it. You don't really have to believe in third eye or whatever, just imagine that you have the ability to project your imagination onto your environment with you eyes open. That is what this can do. I find it very hard to keep my eyes still, but I have been practicing. I have gotten far enough to see the tv snow/static several times, but I always end up moving my eyes.

Ok, I see what you are saying, thank you. I felt something similar to this with my time on LSA.

@Hsinav Did you think that life is a dream before this meditation/trip? Or is this something that came up during? And what do you mean that life is a dream? are you being metaphorical?

@Arkandeus Ok, that makes sense. I guess I can channel that built up sexual energy more into my chakra work.. never thought of it that way.

You are right... I guess I would just want to envision what she is asking me to so we can interact... it seems like it would work better, but I dunno. Is this related to chiropractor treatment, or something completely different?

I would like to do something like this.... I need an emotional release... My problem is, if she asked do I see a door? I would say no... and I don't know what it is made of, and if it is opened or closed. I've tried guided meditations before that ask similar things... but I don't see things like I guess some people do.

I have a little experience with LSA.. I did like you and took 5 the first time, with nausea but no trip. So I took more on my second try. I don't remember how much on second try, but it was enough! I was expecting visuals but got some full blown open eye hallucinations... but they were more like astral travel than seeing little green men in the room. At one point I thought I had died, and that I was living my life in reverse as a punishment. At another point I thought I was a baby, and that my entire life up to this point had been a dream, and if I didn't wake up soon wouldn't survive the birth. At one point I thought that this life was not real, and that I am one of few humans at the end of time that had been frozen and put into this dream to keep us busy. I had many more episodes like these, and each one lasted maybe 10 minutes, and in each one I completely believed what fantasy I had dreamed up, until the next one came along. It all ended upon me realizing that I was God. It was a very strange feeling, but it just made me laugh. I learned the cosmic joke, and it made me laugh even harder. (I can't remember what it is now though...) The next day, upon contemplation, the episodes felt more like prophecies... not prophecies into the future but about myself, and what I need to work on. There was no hangover the next day, and I felt at peace, like my mind had been reset somehow. The total trip lasted 4-5 hours for me. As the trip wore off, I became embarrassed of how I acted because my partner thought I had lost my mind. Here I was yelling out things like "I'm a baby!" and "I'm God! OH MY GOD.... I'm GOD!" It definitely felt like what I would think a psychotic break would feel like. I won't do this again for a very long time and not without a good sitter.

In what way does it help enlightenment? I have been contemplating quitting (recovering) anyway, but I never considered it would help me on my path other than breaking one of my addictions.

Yeah, I turned into God on about 12 Baby woodrose seeds (LSA) and a few hits of marijuana. The cosmic joke made me laugh like a maniac, although now I can't remember what it was. Then I kept repeating "It hurts so much... but in the end it was worth it... because it was beautiful." (I was talking about existence, not the trip). There was also a very creepy nursery rhyme repeating in my head that I made up about finding a bean under a bed... I also thought that I was done. That I had "cracked the code", as I kept telling myself. I don't regret the trip, but I don't think I will do it again. After the comedown, i realized I don't like the feeling of loosing my mind like that.

Alfonso, I have gotten this too, yes with weed... a lot of people believe that we live in a simulated world, and my thoughts have taken if further that maybe we are living in a video game that was made many many years in the future from now when the graphics have passed the uncanny valley, and we finally invented artificial intelligence. Kind of like "The Sims, Version 3000". If you think about it, this is the only time in our reality that we could comprehend this. All of the ancient philosophers knew nothing of virtual reality, video games, etc. I'm not saying I believe this, but hey, who knows? We certainly wouldn't. Perhaps that is the big "truth" we get through enlightenment. Ha. (Don't take me too seriously on that.. as my profile claims, I'm still just a butt monkey)

I recommend "The Genie Within" by Harry Carpenter. It's a great book, and after reading it, most of my self improvement has shifted to subconscious work. http://www.thegeniewithin.com/

Man... I wish I lived in a state where I could actually go to a store and pick the certain strand I wanted... oh well... that passion fruit does sound great. If you don't use it a lot, I recommend starting slow, even though the description says it is mild for beginners. Especially since you say you are very sensitive in your energy body. The reason I say this is because I go from no sensitivity when sober to very high sensitivity with only a few puffs. If you were moving around and doing things it won't be as noticeable, but since you intend on meditating, just be careful and don't go into a panic attack. However, if you start to get the feeling falling backwards, I have heard that it is a fast ticket to an OBE. Usually when I start to fall backwards, I accidentally put on the brakes real hard, and have been teaching myself not to do that...

I felt this way after an awakening last year... I had to slowly start adding the joy of life back in as I realized that I was still going to be stuck here for the rest of my life and it was getting more and more miserable going about my daily routine when all I wanted to do was lock myself up in my quiet room and meditate. I have recently resigned myself to the idea that I may or may not reach enlightenment in this lifetime. I feel like this is more of something that happens in a culmination of lifetimes, and we get too caught up trying to make it happen before we die. Even though I haven't recovered any past life memories (if this such a thing is even real), I feel like this is something that I have been working on for quite a long time. I have no problem with the fact that it may happen in my next life, or even many more after that. I'm just along for the ride.

I do a lot of my subconscious work with weed. I will smoke just enough to get a threshold dose and then lay down and "meditate". The stuff bubbles up from my subconscious within minutes, not days later, but probably because of my intent and how I am doing it. It seems to make me remember things that I should be working on... things that don't seem as important while sober, but the real test is to see if they are still important when I am sober again. I used to smoke every day for about a year, but am training myself to use only once a week and still be interested in the things that I would have been if I were using every day. One problem I am noticing is that I don't have the patience for meditation during the days spent sober....

I think that it is subconscious, but the problem is that ego can step in sometimes and muck things up. You have to keep objective as possible when asking the questions. It doesn't bother me that it is the subconscious, because in my opinion, the subconscious can be very psychic and intuitive. If you believe in spirit guides, you can ask them questions, but I still think that they only tell the subconscious which way to answer, instead of manipulating the pendulum themselves.

It seems to really open up my third eye and crown chakras. It also lets me feel my energy and move it around, which has been really hard for me to do while sober. I have had chakras pulse and vibrate while on marijuana, starting at the root and going up to my solar plexus, one by one. I have tried to get it up to my heart, but I know there is a huge blockage there, so I have been working on healing that.

I have only ever meditated laying down... and it brings on the hypnagognic images very fast if that is what I am going for in my meditation. It is usually not recommended for beginners because it is much easier to fall asleep this way, so one must train themselves not to fall asleep. I can't ever imagine having to meditate sitting up, I probably just wouldn't do it!