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**BCVB9SOc** · 07-13-2011, 02:51 PM

Hi All,

Over the past two years or so, I often have spontaneous images pop up in my field of vision during meditation, and sometimes these images come when I'm not meditating and my eyes are closed. I wanted to share the way that I work with these images, and see if anyone had any suggestions for better understanding them.

I treat these experiences as "mini-dreams", or symbolic messages from the unconscious. I then use a psychoanalytic technique of association, which basically involves bringing the image to mind again, and then seeing the next thing that comes to mind. Or the next emotion, or the next intuition. Also useful for me is considering what I was thinking about when the image came up. Or else, sometimes the immediate intuition after the image is enough to give me some sort of meaning. All these techniques, together or separately, seem to give me a good perspective on what the message actually means.

Does anyone out there have any suggestions on how to enrich my understanding, and/or approach these images differently?

Thanks

07-13-2011, 02:51 PM	#1
BCVB9SOc Join Date Oct 2005 Posts 457 Senior Member	interesting experiences during meditation Hi All, Over the past two years or so, I often have spontaneous images pop up in my field of vision during meditation, and sometimes these images come when I'm not meditating and my eyes are closed. I wanted to share the way that I work with these images, and see if anyone had any suggestions for better understanding them. I treat these experiences as "mini-dreams", or symbolic messages from the unconscious. I then use a psychoanalytic technique of association, which basically involves bringing the image to mind again, and then seeing the next thing that comes to mind. Or the next emotion, or the next intuition. Also useful for me is considering what I was thinking about when the image came up. Or else, sometimes the immediate intuition after the image is enough to give me some sort of meaning. All these techniques, together or separately, seem to give me a good perspective on what the message actually means. Does anyone out there have any suggestions on how to enrich my understanding, and/or approach these images differently? Thanks
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