A Strange Spiral
My first meditation experience, and the subsequent research into what may have been happening, really threw me for a loop. I didn’t realize that quieting your mind in this way would bring about such dramatic results. Who knew?! The vibrations, the sinking into the bed, the strange visuals, the threat of demon possession….it was all just a bit overwhelming.
As I mentioned, it took me two years to get up enough nerve to try again. There were a couple of things that led me to getting up the courage to proceed. And the first was the Norway Spiral.
I ran across the above photo in December while looking for a way to procrastinate on my Christmas shopping.
Strange, right? If you are looking for an answer to what the heck this peculiar spiral is, don’t ask me. I still have no clue. All I know is that it appeared over Norway in December and there have been others in China and Australia since. Apparently, it may have been some sort of Russian missile testing or something, but when I first saw it scientists had absolutely no clue what it might be.
For whatever reason, this spiral completely fascinated me. It captivated my attention and made me want to research what it might be. There were speculations that it might be some sort of wormhole used by aliens for extra-dimensional travel. Trust me when I say that I am not into this sort of thing. For the record, I’ve never even seen Star Wars or Star Trek. Anyway, I decided to research a bit more and I found myself being immersed into all sorts of strange areas of fringe science. Now, I may not be much for science fiction but I LOVE a good conspiracy theory.
So what does all this have to do with my meditation story. Well, in the midst of all the conspiracy stuff, I happened across some interesting information about astral projection. I knew nothing about astral projection so I read on. From what I could understand, it seemed that I was very close to having some sort of astral projection or out of body experience without even really trying. This piqued my curiosity again, but there was still this whole element of fear that I still had to deal with before trying again.
I felt so uncertain about whether or not I should try again. I decided that if prayer was talking to God and meditation was listening, then I needed to do some talking first before delving back into my practice. I asked God for some sort of sign that I should give it another try. I asked for protection and guidance.
It didn’t take very long before my prayers were answered in the most peculiar way.
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It’s amazing how God answers prayers. Those that say that God doesn’t talk to us anymore obviously don’t know how to listen.
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you really know how to write a cliff hanger!
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Beautiful, absolutely beautiful. It is true that meditation is listening to God–and the good news is that it doesn’t have to take a lot of time… but it does take practice.
Can’t wait to hear more….
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