Intense meditation experience. Not sure what it is !

[Mart]

Just finished an hour meditation session. About halfway through i'm doing a bit of inquiry, looking for what i am, going quit deep. Suddenly the way i perceived changed, hard to put into words, and my heart started pounding like it never did before, really really hard. After what seemed like about a minute my heart rate started to go down and the pounding got back to normal a little later. Right now it seems like my experience of reality is just slightly different, i won't bother explaining cause i don't know how to. What does this mean, what is it ?  

p.s. usually i meditate twice a day for 30 minutes. Yesterday and today i have more free time so i did six 30 minute sessions yesterday and today i had a very nice first 35 minute session followed by the hour session i just did. Just mentioning this in case it might have something to do with it. 

[snowleopard]

I can't really speak to specific body sensations, energy movements, perceptual shifts, etc. Assuming you are in good health, these will come and go. But going into story-mode about them isn't going to help the practice, and is just a counter-productive distraction, and totally optional. Focus on what remains when the sensations pass, without any story about it, that which is ever-present, the awareness of all things that pass. Rupert Spira is quite effective at pointing to this IMO ...

 

Edited December 12, 2017 by snowleopard

[krazzer]

@Mart remember that it's just an experience. Experiences come and go. Look for the true self which is beyond experience.

[Mart]

@snowleopard that's helpful. Thank you.  

[Shin]

17 hours ago, krazzer said:

@Mart remember that it's just an experience. Experiences come and go. Look for the true self which is beyond experience.

Perception of reality still changes though right ?

It's just not a flashy thing because nothing fundamentally changes, reality becomes just more and more ethereal (and beautiful).

Or even that is my mind tricking myself into thinking there is "progress" ?

[cetus]

@Mart This probably won't be the last time it happens. As with all else, let it go and carry on.

[krazzer]

7 hours ago, Shin said:

Perception of reality still changes though right ?

It's just not a flashy thing because nothing fundamentally changes, reality becomes just more and more ethereal (and beautiful).

Or even that is my mind tricking myself into thinking there is "progress" ?

For the true self progress doesn't exist. The mind can create a sense of progress, but what is seen as progress is always subject to change.