Quote Originally Posted by Psychoactive420
YOUR RIGHT!!!!!!!!!!!!!!! THAT IS NIRVANA I FELT! I JUST LOOKED IT UP -

"There is that dimension where there is neither earth, nor water, nor fire, nor wind; neither dimension of the infinitude of space, nor dimension of the infinitude of consciousness, nor dimension of nothingness, nor dimension of neither perception nor non-perception; neither this world, nor the next world, nor sun, nor moon. And there, I say, there is neither coming, nor going, nor stasis; neither passing away nor arising: without stance, without foundation, without support [mental object]. This, just this, is the end of stress."
One of the main tenants of acheiving nirvana is that if you can realize you have acheived nirvana, then you havent.

Alot of people, although not neccessarily yourself, view nirvana as an equivalent to the christian heaven, but it isnt. There is actually a heaven and hell in buddhism, but they are not the same as the christian realms, in many ways. Anyways..

It sounds like you caught a glimpse of something though, and no matter what it is, it has changed you, and given you a chance to change. It isnt often that people are shown a hidden path that they normally would have never seen, but you have been shown, and its up to you to see if you really have the courage to walk it til its end. I think you would find that the path would meet back up with where you were walking before, but have given you much more along the way.

My only advice, coming from personal experience, is to walk at your own pace, so to speak. What you caught a glimpse of, it could burn you like the sun if you get to close too fast, its best to live into the experience, let it come and go as it pleases, and become familar with it, without forcing it. I found meditation made things worse for me, if my goal was to reach that state again.

Enjoy your gift, it is an amazing one. Take the time to explore it and everything it brings to you as much as possible. Id just say that slow and steady is better then quick as possible.

And as always, ymmv on things as complicated as this. :thumbsup: