JD M's Experience
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Experience description:
I was meditating for the first time. In my meditation I was focusing
my consciousness on my shadow energies to release them. At some point in this
meditation I entered a dream state where I was quarreling very intensely with my
mother. We were fighting about how much were had hurt each other (as a teenager
I was very angry with my mother for controlling my life too much and I often had
dreams where we fought like this). As the intensity of my emotions increased I
noticed that the woman I was fighting with was not my mother at all, she looked
like a horrible mixture of myself and my mother. At that moment I realized I was
dreaming and I thought that I can control this dream. So I began to erase
everything in the dream as if it was a blackboard or a wet painting. Then I saw
my bedroom where I was meditating. I could see all around but I am not sure that
I actually moved my head. It felt as if I was wide awake, but I knew I was still
in a dream like state. I kept erasing everything in my bedroom until there was
nothing but emptiness. I can't really describe this experience since it was like
nothing I had/have ever experienced before. I couldn't see anything, not because
it was dark, but because there was nothing at all to see. I said this must be
the higher state of attention that one seeks in meditation. Then I felt an
overpowering pressure pushing me out of my body. Now I used to have this feeling
a lot when I was a teenager and it frightened me then. I was certain that if I
allowed myself to be pushed out of my body I would die. So I would always try to
resist the pressure by focusing on something in the room that was moving or
would eventually like the clock.
This time, however, I the thought came to me that I shouldn't
resist. I then felt like I was sinking into a liquid-like calm. That's the only
way I can describe it. It was like water, but not water and it felt very calm
and pleasant. I sank down and down. And I became aware that if I sent out a wish
for something to happen in this place I would know immediately if it would
happen in the physical world. I also was aware that if I tried to communicate
with anyone or wanted to go anywhere it would happen immediately. I didn't try
to go anywhere, I only tried calling out to a friend and when he replied as if
he where right beside me I became afraid. Not because of the instant
communication, but I feared because I felt so much love for him at that moment
and I didn't know if he loved me in return. I was terrified of asking him, in
case he would say he didn't. That fear made me feel like I was all of a sudden
drowning in the liquid and I wanted to get back to the surface. I started
swimming upward but it was very hard. The struggling made me wake up in the
dream state at the point after I had erased the dream with my mother but before
I had erased my bedroom. I was keenly aware at that point that there was a
presence in the bedroom watching me. Although I was too afraid to look at them
(it seemed like there were more than one), I don't think they were malevolent,
just observing me. This fear made me wake up into waking consciousness. But the
whole experience seemed more real that being awake.
Was
the kind of experience difficult to express in words?
No
At
the time of this experience, was there an associated life threatening event?
No
At
what time during the experience were you at your highest level of consciousness
and alertness?
When I was in the pool of liquid calm.
How
did your highest level of consciousness and alertness during the experience
compare to your normal every day consciousness and alertness?
More consciousness and alertness than normal
If
your highest level of consciousness and alertness during the experience was
different from your normal every day consciousness and alertness, please
explain:
When I was in the pool of liquid calm.
Did
your vision differ in any way from your normal, everyday vision (in any aspect,
such as clarity, field of vision, colors, brightness, depth perception degree of
solidness/transparency of objects, etc.)?
Uncertain There was nothing to see as I said.
Did
your hearing differ in any way from your normal, everyday hearing (in any
aspect, such as clarity, ability to recognize source of sound, pitch, loudness,
etc.)?
Uncertain It was quiet until I called out to my friend and I
heard him reply as if he were right beside me.
Did
you experience a separation of your consciousness from your body?
Yes
What emotions did you feel during the experience?
Once I decided not to resist the pressure pushing me out of my body,
it happened too quickly to feel anything.
Did
you pass into or through a tunnel or enclosure?
No
Did
you see a light?
Uncertain There was nothing to see and it wasn't light or dark. There was
nothing.
Did
you meet or see any other beings?
No I felt the presence of being only when I returned to my body not in the
calm liquid.
Did
you experience a review of past events in your life?
Uncertain In my dream I did seem to be reliving my past quarrels with my
mother. but not in the pool.
Did
you observe or hear anything regarding people or events during your experience
that could be verified later?
No
Did
you see or visit any beautiful or otherwise distinctive locations, levels or
dimensions?
No
Did
you have any sense of altered space or time?
Yes It seemed to be a realm of pure potentiality. I could if I wanted go
anywhere, I could communicate with people who were far away. All of this would
happen instantly. I could know the effect of my intentions whether they would
happen or not. But I did not explore this, I just knew it was so.
Did
you have a sense of knowing special knowledge, universal order and/or purpose?
Uncertain I got the sense that if I had not been afraid I could have
learned many things.
Did
you reach a boundary or limiting physical structure?
No
Did
you become aware of future events?
No
Did
you have any psychic, paranormal or other special gifts following the experience
you did not have prior to the experience?
Yes I often have dreams that tell me things that will happen or the
intentions of other people, especially if these intentions are harmful or will
cause me great anxiety.
Have you shared this experience with others?
No
Did
you have any knowledge of near death experience (NDE) prior to your experience?
No
How
did you view the reality of your experience shortly (days to weeks) after it
happened:
Experience was definitely real Whether it was a dream or not, I thought it
was real.
Were there one or several parts of the experience especially meaningful or
significant to you?
being in the pool and feeling the presence of other beings in the room. Being in
the pool makes me believe that we are all connected and that fear is what limits
us from really communicating. I also feel that it revealed to me that I know
that the most important I should be seeking is love, but that I haven't learned
to love without fear or to be love. The presence of the beings in the room makes
me believe that my fear is connected or caused by my inability to wake up from
the physical reality and become a watcher of my life, the way I watch my dreams.
How
do you currently view the reality of your experience:
Experience was definitely real I still think it was real because it resonates
with what I believe reality is like.
Have your relationships changed specifically as a result of your
experience?
Uncertain
My
attitude toward relationships has changed, I now try to be more mindful of when
I am projecting my fears unto others and I am trying to learn who to love
unconditionally.
Have your religious beliefs/practices changed specifically as a result of your
experience?
No
Following the experience, have you had any other events in your life,
medications or substances which reproduced any part of the experience?
No
Did
the questions asked and information you provided so far accurately and
comprehensively describe your experience?
Yes The questions were very helpful in clarifying the experience.