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Mystical Experiences
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Ravenheart
Seeker
I'm not sure if it was a vision, but I had a dream of Buddha, a golden Buddha and when I approached him I felt unending might and courage, and fierce strength... I don't know how to explain but you get the point ^^
rojse
RF Addict
If you don't mind me asking (I hope it's not too personal and intrusive a question), what was the effect of seeing this vision of Buddha afterward on your personal life? I mean, did it help you understand something you had not before, make a choice in a difficult decision, or change your outlook on your religious beliefs?
I won't tell you directly of the mystical experiences I've had because I believe it will take away the power of such experiences if you turn them into ego trips via sharing them. But I can tell you some of the results: Absolute faith in the existence of God and Gods. A sense of Awe in all things. Security knowing you are not alone. Increased patience, and emotional control.. and more..
YmirGF
Bodhisattva in Recovery
The thing is, I cannot put it into words. Words occur at too low a point of the energy spectrum to contain this kind of experience. This does not mean that you are not fully conscious or without thought. Your thoughts are racing at a billion times faster than normal.
That said, I have experienced this type of thing enough to no longer dwell upon it as being from "god", whatever that is, exactly. I tend to see it as a part of self that is both largely unknown and unexplored. In that context, that area, if you will, of self only seems Godlike at first. Once you get your footing one begins to behold a much larger picture that makes thoughts of god pale in contrast. Aside from this, I can relate to what everyone else has said. Yes, there is power. Yes, there is "jaw dropping" certainty. Yes, there is peace that is hard to imagine... and yes... there is a death of limitations... or rather... being hypnotized by seeming ordinary limitations.
I take a slightly different stance and that is that my ramblings might help others to understand that they are not going crazy. I also reject the idea that talking about it somehow diminishes it, as long as one points out that the words can never really suffice in describing the nature of the events. If people take the words literally and fixate on them, then yes, that could diminish APPRECIATION of the experience, but in no way would it diminish that which you already know and have absorbed into your being. If people want to think I am just on a big ego trip, with the "look at me, look at me" syndrome, then they are welcome to. My reality is not diminished an iota. The thing is however that often our explanations may well be at variance with existing expectations and that is where things begin to chaff.
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blackout
Violet.
It's like walking into Wonderland.
That's the best I can say.
The labels you put on it
reflect more the vocabulary of your present
(or most recent) paradigm,
than the experience itSelf.
How do you explain/describe
what transcends words/description?
Some mystical experiences
unwravel your paradigm/vocabulary completely.
Finding a new vocabulary
to suit your new perception of reality,
can leave you somewhat speechless
for a long time after the experience.
That's the best I can say.
The labels you put on it
reflect more the vocabulary of your present
(or most recent) paradigm,
than the experience itSelf.
How do you explain/describe
what transcends words/description?
Some mystical experiences
unwravel your paradigm/vocabulary completely.
Finding a new vocabulary
to suit your new perception of reality,
can leave you somewhat speechless
for a long time after the experience.
Manahel.Fatima
Member
When i saw a movie and their the hero saw GOD then He feels really ashamed of blaming him for every thing. In that talk he come to know that why GOD don't make some one pretty and why he made his people in trouble so that they can remember hi in every situation.
Erebus
Well-Known Member
I work with various gods who each bring their own experiences so I'll just give one. The first time I invoked Set, I heard hyenas laughing and felt a kind of strange amusement. The feeling was that all of my various problems aren't really so bad in the grand scheme of things and all of them can be overcome.
The after effect wasn't exactly life changing as I've had a similar sensation when working with certain other gods. The hyena laughter though has led me to associate Set with hyenas more than the other animals he's sometimes thought to represent. I'm not saying that this was divine intervention and that I now know for a fact that Set's animal is the hyena, I don't believe it works that way. I do believe though that the invocation brought various thoughts and opinions from my subconscious to the forefront of my mind.
YmirGF
Bodhisattva in Recovery
I know what you mean. Today, I was delighted to have a tiny hummingbird alight 3 inches from my hand. It did not seem too perturbed tho I didn't move a muscle. It hung around for at least a minute and a half, which if you have ever been around hummingbirds, is a long time.
A bit later, I was treated to the an audience of three 12'' tall baby deer. One bolted up the path, just outside the gate and stopped 3 feet in front of me and just stood there looking at me for two or three minutes. His nick name is Speedy Gonzales as he is usually charging around - much to his mom's chagrin. The point is, there are "mystical" connections in the simplest of earthly behaviors and occurrences if we only allow ourselves the space to take them in.
Curiously, I dreamed a couple of nights ago that "Speedy" came up to me during a sunny day and began nibbling my fingers. It was very comical and I woke up grinning.
YmirGF
Bodhisattva in Recovery
It's about being, here now, in full awareness of the moment.
zenzero
Its only a Label
Friend Ymir,
Yes, Its all about being HERE-NOW! and that is not mystical to the individual who has no thoughts as thoughts are always either related to the past or future and so the state is one of thoughtlessness and so the present keeps shifting and this shifting moment to moment is what is mystical.
Love & rgds
Yes, Its all about being HERE-NOW! and that is not mystical to the individual who has no thoughts as thoughts are always either related to the past or future and so the state is one of thoughtlessness and so the present keeps shifting and this shifting moment to moment is what is mystical.
Here the difference lies it is not the thought that is moving fast as only when the individual reaches the state of thoughtlessness is where the actual mystics are trying to reach and once there they are no more mystics nor the experience mystical for them; yes for others it still is mystical for they are yet to experience a thoughtlessness state.
Love & rgds
The Sum of Awe
Brought to you by the moment that spacetime began.
Question for all of those who had a mystical experience on here: How do I get one?
As far as I know, you can't get one by trying, they just come. Of course you might be able to put yourself into certain situations where the chances increase. But that in itself takes some faith in that process.
blackout
Violet.
Quite so, but the "moment" comprises eternity and "here" the whole of the Universe.
:yes:
blackout
Violet.
rojse
RF Addict
If anyone knew how to have a mystical experience, it wouldn't be very mystical, would it?