4 Weird Things That Can Happen During Meditation
I can’t explain them but I’ll try.
Meditation is a big part of my life. No two sessions of my meditation practice are ever the same. It’s an adventure of the mind.
I usually have the same endpoint in mind when I sit down to meditate — an entry into a place of equanimity and bliss. But it isn’t always the case that I arrive there, and when I do it isn’t because I tried. It just happens.
Many times, interesting and weird things happen along the way. The journey through my own mind is an exhilarating experience. It’s fun and bizarre at times. It takes me to states of consciousness that normally feel out of reach in waking life, and it leads me to realizations I needed to have.
I’m really not sure why anyone would resist such an experience, but I get it — sometimes the mind can be a scary thing, too. There are pieces of us buried deep that seem to surface when we give ourselves space to meditate. But we LIVE in our minds — nothing we experience is outside the mind, so why would you avoid looking right at it? Maybe it’s scary, but doesn’t it seem like that requires some attention — to figure out why?
I question this existence a lot. Meditation helps me get answers. It helps me understand life. More questions arise, which leads to more…
