Self Inquiry Experience Question

[Ben]

Hey guys 

I've been doing daily self inquiry for about six months, I've been having an exoerince lately that suddenly came about which I can replicate every time I sit down to do it. I'm not sure what it is, I'm concerned that it might be something that will hold me back and isn't related to the path to enlightenment at all. Any advice or own related experince you could offer would be much appreciated. 

This is hard for me to explain but I'll try my best. 

What's happening is that I really push myself to note what is not me. Every thought, image, concept, notion, feeling, everything I just basically note it as not being true. What happens after I do this with quite a bit of intensity is I start to "float" around, almost like my mind withdraws from something and just starts to get this airy floating and fading sensation. It can be quite disorienting. What's interesting is that I can repeat this experince whenever I want, it just takes quite a bit of mental energy to get me to that point. It kinda affects my sight as well as it starts to fade a bit, but my eyes go wider and I feel more mental energy. 

 

So im not sure if this it what it feels like if your awareness levels are raised, or it's just a trap that I'm falling into. 

 

Any ideas? 

 

Thanks in advance. 

 

- Ben 

Edited February 26, 2016 by Ben

[drelamore]

First of all, it seems you're doing the method correctly, if when you wrote "feeling" you meant "emotion".

Aside from that, don't waste your time categorizing and theorizing experiences, i used to do the same mistake with you. Keep working until you discover all your hidden (lying) beliefs and see beyond them.