Thoughts about Visualization/Meditation and the Third Eye.

[fangedeshana]

I've been doing a lot of energy play exercises and meditating more frequently recently, and something came to mind while i was lurking around the CoT Meditation thread about visulization.

I understand some people are more visual, and other more based on another way of preceiving like touch/sound.etc.

I'm an empath, and I find it incredibly easy to feel energy, and if the room is dim, I can see energy a little (with my eyes open, that is). When I do guided meditation, and am asked it see whatever is described, I never can see anything. If we are visualising floating down a river in a canoe, enjoying the sunlight and the breeze I might be able to feel the breeze, or the warmth of the sunshine - and feel all the nice feelings I feel while relaxing near water... but I never have, and still can't see anything.

I've been practicing with a exercise out of Christopher Penzcak's Inner Temple where you stare with soften vision at a candle, and then try to visualize it in your minds eye. When I have my eyes open, I see an aura of the candle most times, and I feel the energy it's made up of... and as soon as I close my eyes, I can never "recreate" the image. The closest I have every got was blurs of the aura I see with my eyes open.

I must admit, I don't practice near as much as I like, or think I should and I'm working on that. But in the last 6 years that I have been meditating I have never been able to see more than colours, or glimpses of shadows.

Is it possible that my third eye is partially closed? I remember when my sister started meditating and joining our circle, our mentor took her aside after the class and worked with her their eye to open it to help her become more receptive. I don't remember having anything done to mine, though at that point perhaps I didn't need too.

Since then I have gone through a lot emotionally that has cause me to close up, to the point of which it is hard to connect to my empathy again, though I still feel energy really well. So perhaps my third eye has guarded itself when I withdrew through times of great hardship?

And if it is to do with my third eye closed/blocked/guarded... how do I free it up/open it again?

[CelticMoon11]

I've always been able to visualise things so I don't understand how people find it hard which makes it hard for me to help you :(

I've been told starting with very simple shapes and then working your way up is the way to go. Or try and recollect a memory from a place and a time in your history and trying to altar it to what you want to visualise on.

Either that or there are various incenses, oils, stones etc that can help, amythist is a biggy you can get a beaded string of tiny stones and sit them on your head or wear a bracelet to help while trying to see it opening up

I'm not sure what else you can do but practice practice and more practice is the way to go

[jcldragon]

I had some difficulty with Visualization in the beginning, but with practice one day I noticed that Visualization had become easy, and I hadn't noticed the transition. You might want to check out my page on Mental Yoga/Occult Exercises.

[fangedeshana]

Thanks jcldragon, I'll be sure to do so.

I practice frequently, perhaps every second day so I don't fall behind in my RL studies, and I haven't noticed a change at all in my results. For the past years it's always just meen energy, perhaps a few flashes of coloured energy and light.

*bump*

any more ideas about the third-eye?

[jcldragon]

Thanks jcldragon, I'll be sure to do so.

I practice frequently, perhaps every second day so I don't fall behind in my RL studies, and I haven't noticed a change at all in my results. For the past years it's always just meen energy, perhaps a few flashes of coloured energy and light.

*bump*

any more ideas about the third-eye?It works a little differently with each person. The underlying thing, is that the Information is transmitted to the conscious mind through the subconscious mind in whatever manner the conscious mind will understand it most easily. Usually that is visual, but some people recieve the same information through sensations like touch, or hearing. Frequently, I don't *see* anything at all. Instead, I just know.