Some crazy visuals after 6th Day of Temple of Ascending Flame project

[slim116]

I've done the 7 day Temple of Ascending Flame Project and at the night of day 6, i woke up in the middle of the night feeling very eerie.

I was not in sleep paralysis since i could move, and I wasn't dreaming cuz reality checks confirmed it, but i felt a strange feeling of parts of my body in tingling density. I closed my eyes and i could see clearly a purple image, constantly shifting into different Lovecraftian monsters, I recognised a lot of Cthulu-esque pattern, and one point a giant eye staring and blinking, tentacles. It was incredibly unnerving but not necessarily evil feeling. I just tried to relax and enjoyed the show.

Does anyone know of this phenomena?

 

[iseht]

Its a common side effect of sustained practice. Dreams get weirder, many report an increased amount of seeing flashes of things at the periphery of their vision, more and deeper unprompted inner visuals. Lots of differing ideas about whats causing this. I was doing a lot of candle gazing once and my field of vision became like paint smearing together after a few days.

 

[Omnia]

How long for someone not particularly sensitive person to get these effects you described?
I know everyone is different and no exact answer exists, I am asking how long is it roughly... an average, a range, a ballpark.

 

[slim116]

Its a common side effect of sustained practice. Dreams get weirder, many report an increased amount of seeing flashes of things at the periphery of their vision, more and deeper unprompted inner visuals. Lots of differing ideas about whats causing this. I was doing a lot of candle gazing once and my field of vision became like paint smearing together after a few days.

Cool visuals, do you still get them?

I never got it ever again though. I did stop doing Temple of Ascending Flame rituals as well so that's probably why.

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How long for someone not particularly sensitive person to get these effects you described?
I know everyone is different and no exact answer exists, I am asking how long is it roughly... an average, a range, a ballpark.

Sorry, I'm no expert. Can't give you time frame.

I think its more what techniques you use, that are suited to your unique mind, rather than time frame.

Like my dad is like a rock in sensitivity, never had visions in his life and he's super christian. I got him to do some Christian visualisations of courts of heaven etc. From Praying Medic books, and he had visions and dreams in 3 days. He stopped because he kept seeing demons though.

But point being, maybe experiment around and find what works for you.

 

[AlfrunGrima]

Its a common side effect of sustained practice. Dreams get weirder, many report an increased amount of seeing flashes of things at the periphery of their vision, more and deeper unprompted inner visuals. Lots of differing ideas about whats causing this. I was doing a lot of candle gazing once and my field of vision became like paint smearing together after a few days.

Yes agreed, and this happens with all kinds of practice in different systems. Just the daily (long) sustained practice opens the mind and senses for these kind of experiences. The effort of doing things on a daily basis pays back later.

 

[iseht]

Cool visuals, do you still get them?

I never got it ever again though. I did stop doing Temple of Ascending Flame rituals as well so that's probably why.

Not quite like that, that was at the end of a meditation retreat where pretty much all I was doing was staring at a candle and watching the visuals that unfolded. I do get many similar things to what you described though. The content of those inner eye visuals largely seems to be the brain reproducing images that its familiar with, but every once in a while they will seem to present an archetypal pattern which is where it gets interesting and a bit more peculiar.