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yeah yeah yeah, I know it's cannabis.com, but consider this a refreshing change of scenery...
Tell us about one of your profound "spiritual" experiences that does not (did not?) involve the use of a drug.
No smoking stories. No tales of mushrooms, acid or ecstacy.
Pure unadulterated experiences only please.
I was singing in church and it was a hymn that everyone knew and it just had a certain reverberation to it that really struck a chord with me.
Also, I stubbed my toe and did some meditating and the pain just sort've mediatated away, it was wierd.
I suppose that would be my first successfull long-term meditation. For those who haven't tried it, it's actually a lot harder than it looks, clearing the mind and maintaining mental focus and clarity. I spent a couple months trying on and off and couldn't make it past 3-5 minutes. then one day I just felt this calm spontaneously decided to sit down and go for it.
I was just about to watch seinfeld when I realized it had just ended, which was at 4:00. so I sat down right then and decided to give it another shot. remarkably I ended up comfortably holding the state for a long time, and when I came out I looked at the clock and saw it was 4:40.
not a remarkable story full of conversations with jesus I know, but it was a huge milestone for me to finally overcome the meditation barrier, one which all buddhists will tell you is extremely difficult to get past.
so my advice to you meditators, don't give up! it takes a long time before that brain muscle gets strong enough, years for some, weeks for others.
I think I would have to bring up a particular meditation session.... I had lost track of time, I was holding on to this feeling of inner peace although it was like my mind was seperated from my body, I was unaware of any sound or any physical sensation. For a moment I though I had projected myself into the spirit realms... but I think I just came very close to turning my brain "off" because it seemed there was no thought at all, just pure, ecstatic peace. My mom had to yell my name 4 times before I realized it was time for dinner. Not an ecstatic vision, but enlightening nonetheless
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when i was 4 or 5 i saw a glowing person over my grandpa's grave, and i think they were helping him out...
its not a volountary experience but it was exceptionnal I guess...when I was like 4 or 5 years old I almost drowned in a lake and I did not panic..It felt like I was breathing underwater and I was at the summum of comfort...until my dad pulled me out of water now I felt bad vomiting water hehe
I was extreamly depressed for about 6 or 7 months slowly getting worse and worse then all of a sudden i felt pure love wash through me and i was completely changed..i wrote things that sounded like they were from the bible then directly after that i had an uncontrollable feeling to read the bible..for some reason i looked at the last page it said somthing like if u attempt to add or change the bible you will get the plauges. the first plauge is locusts, later that day a bee flew into my mouth and bugged the shit out of me..then i sat in my car and one stung me on the neck i got rid of it then started driving and the bigest fuckin bee ive ever seen landed right infront of me on my windshield...bees flying around me constantly continued until i burned the paper that i wrote on..i never really believed the bible but that shit was crazy
Yeah, I went on a journey somewhere, sometime between Oct. 18 and the first week of Nov., 1994.
My memory skipped from a late-night, one-sentence conversation with my roommate about a cockroach to my Brother's dog jumping on me in a wheelchair, out in front of Virginia Beach General Hospital.
actually, that's totally normal. they say the last moments before dieing when you drown are incredibly peacefull.Quote:
Originally Posted by sm0k1t