What do you see when you meditate?

swarm said:
Of course there isn't any particular "how long." Just do it for as long as you do and then repeat as soon as you notice you drifted off base. Succeeding isn't the point. Its noticing that you drifted and refocusing.
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Yep. This is where a personal mantra can be helpful. Everytime I catch myself spiraling down a thought stream I repeat "empty". Over time association will help you get into a meditative mode much more quickly.

swarm said:
If you fall asleep change your practice time to when you are less tired and make your sitting position less comfortable.
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Also meditate as early in the day as possible; you want to be fresh. Plus you will benefit from its immediate calming effects the rest of the day.:)
 
EndLightEnd said:
Yep. This is where a personal mantra can be helpful. Everytime I catch myself spiraling down a thought stream I repeat "empty". Over time association will help you get into a meditative mode much more quickly.
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I think I would class that more a key word or "anchor" since it isn't being repeated or chanted, but yes many people employ operant conditioning to help in this way. If a word is too distracting you can use about any action. A nice one is a slight smile. The key of course is in repetition.

Also meditate as early in the day as possible; you want to be fresh. Plus you will benefit from its immediate calming effects the rest of the day.:)
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This is a personal preference thing. Early in the morning and I just go straight back to sleep. :) I've had good luck at lunch and after coming home from work.

But sleep is not always an enemy. A more advanced technique is to see if you can hold the meditative state straight through into a sort of lucid dream state and then back out. Can't say that I'm adept at that myself but it seems like it could be interesting.
 
My point is that if you can focus your brain strongly enough upon no thoughts or feelings or even sensory perceptions, you will strengthen your ability to focus on anything you choose.
 
The point is to think about everything and nothing. To see everything and nothing. To feel everything and nothing. To be everything and nothing. If you are wondering why I used "everything" and "nothing" it is because they balance each other out. Balance is key to life. I do not meditate because I don't have to. I' m always in a clear concious state of mind. In this state of mind there is no judgement, only what it is/was/will be. In a way it is like cheating the universe. You play by the rules of truth and the laws of the universe do not apply to you. This does not mean you can do what you want and have no consequences. You kill someone you go to jail. I'm talking about a different type of laws. Anyone following this?
 
-ND- said:
You play by the rules of truth and the laws of the universe do not apply to you.
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If I were still in a state of toxic delirium induced by black mold I'd know exactly what you were talking about....
 
seekeroftheway said:
Does the "spirit's eye" see within oneself, or do they see without? Is there an astral plane of some sort?
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No, there is nothing of that sort. When I meditate, I see whatever is in front of me. I don't focus on nothing, nor do I focus on a specific thing apart from breathing.
 
The question is asking "what do you see when you close eyes?". You do not see when eyes are closed, you don't hear when you block your ears. If mouth is closed, you do not speak.

If you see "inside", then what are you looking at, why are you "looking" when there is nothing with eyes closed? Is there a way to see something with eyes inside? Or to hear with the sense of hearing "turned away"?

You will only look, or hear "inside", you direct senses inside, not outside. This is practice for hearing true sound, and seeing real light. Is inside you, not seen "with" eyes or listened "with" ears, they must be blocked of outside, and sent inside, where they are really.
 
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