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**Imihooniump** · 08-07-2007, 06:37 PM

okay, please respect that i am taking a big leap by posting this here. i have only ever described this to two people, my husband and my "psychic twin" (i say that with a touch of humour, though she really does seem to be my "other half," i don't know how else to describe her - she is not my best friend nor my soul mate, but someone with whom i share a deep spiritual bond). my husband just thinks i'm a little nuts, but my twin (haha, now i have to keep calling her that!) had actually had the same experience! i have never heard or read of it anywhere, and neither of us knows what it means. so here goes.
okay, so when i was about 12 or 13, i was staring into the mirror as teenage girls are known to do. i may have been putting on make-up, or doing my hair, or popping pimples

, who knows. suddenly, while looking into my own eyes, i had a very strong feeling of my self lifting from my body. i suddenly could not identify the person in the mirror as my "self," but rather just "lindsay," and i was looking down on her, in a way. it was a very strong and overwhelming feeling of disconnection, and removal from my physical self. it kind of scared the crap out of me and i did not like it. however since then, i have found that it happens regularly, and for this reason i cannot look myself in the eye in the mirror for too long (more than a couple seconds), because it happens again automatically. almost like how if you dislocate a joint a couple of times, it keeps slipping out again.

my "twin" has had just the same experience, and related that she never knew what it was either and had never heard of anyone else who had it. this was just part of our affinity for one another. we have also both had "epiphanies" or moments of ecstasy - where we feel as one with the universe, very joyful, very clear and almost expanded. my "twin" has been diagnosed as manic depressive and related to me that she took these to be manic episodes, but besides some problems with anxiety i have never suffered from manic depression, so i don't know...
does anyone know what the mirror experience is? is it good, or bad? could we use it as a tool somehow? or should it be avoided? i guess i am afraid it is dangerous. it feels dangerous, because it really overwhelms the senses. it blanks out everything but the sensation itself. almost as if, if you don't break the spell, you could be in danger of losing your self. but now i'm starting to wonder if it is tapping into the higher self, and perhaps losing the physical self, at least somewhat, in favour of the higher self wouldn't be exactly what i want.
i have never been successful in my (rather stunted) attempts to astral project, so i have no clue if this sensation is similar or not.
argh. explaining this is almost as scary as experiencing it. i would be forever grateful to anyone who could offer some insight.

08-07-2007, 06:37 PM	#2
Imihooniump Join Date Oct 2005 Posts 468 Senior Member	Need an experience defined - staring into the mirror? okay, please respect that i am taking a big leap by posting this here. i have only ever described this to two people, my husband and my "psychic twin" (i say that with a touch of humour, though she really does seem to be my "other half," i don't know how else to describe her - she is not my best friend nor my soul mate, but someone with whom i share a deep spiritual bond). my husband just thinks i'm a little nuts, but my twin (haha, now i have to keep calling her that!) had actually had the same experience! i have never heard or read of it anywhere, and neither of us knows what it means. so here goes. okay, so when i was about 12 or 13, i was staring into the mirror as teenage girls are known to do. i may have been putting on make-up, or doing my hair, or popping pimples , who knows. suddenly, while looking into my own eyes, i had a very strong feeling of my self lifting from my body. i suddenly could not identify the person in the mirror as my "self," but rather just "lindsay," and i was looking down on her, in a way. it was a very strong and overwhelming feeling of disconnection, and removal from my physical self. it kind of scared the crap out of me and i did not like it. however since then, i have found that it happens regularly, and for this reason i cannot look myself in the eye in the mirror for too long (more than a couple seconds), because it happens again automatically. almost like how if you dislocate a joint a couple of times, it keeps slipping out again. my "twin" has had just the same experience, and related that she never knew what it was either and had never heard of anyone else who had it. this was just part of our affinity for one another. we have also both had "epiphanies" or moments of ecstasy - where we feel as one with the universe, very joyful, very clear and almost expanded. my "twin" has been diagnosed as manic depressive and related to me that she took these to be manic episodes, but besides some problems with anxiety i have never suffered from manic depression, so i don't know... does anyone know what the mirror experience is? is it good, or bad? could we use it as a tool somehow? or should it be avoided? i guess i am afraid it is dangerous. it feels dangerous, because it really overwhelms the senses. it blanks out everything but the sensation itself. almost as if, if you don't break the spell, you could be in danger of losing your self. but now i'm starting to wonder if it is tapping into the higher self, and perhaps losing the physical self, at least somewhat, in favour of the higher self wouldn't be exactly what i want. i have never been successful in my (rather stunted) attempts to astral project, so i have no clue if this sensation is similar or not. argh. explaining this is almost as scary as experiencing it. i would be forever grateful to anyone who could offer some insight.
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