mirror meditation

[Arkandeus]

this a surefire way to make progress

just making eyecontact with yourself in the mirror and looking

this will nourish tremendous self love and conficence

you will also meet your body consciousness in the mirror yes!

its a way to disidentify with the body, not in a bad way, but naturally seeing and knowing that the body is a living vehicle, a friend who is very smart as well, and recognizing the body conciousness in other people

ever since doing it has had a real consciousness impact

I advise to do it for 10 minutes every few days and more if you feel you need it

Edited May 17, 2018 by Arkandeus

[PsiloPutty]

 

I love doing mirror work. I do get more out of it with another person, though. Adds a new layer of "self" to the process. It's very touching and fulfilling. 

[PsiloPutty]

@Mikael89   That's a great description. I've never not seen my face, though. That'd be something!!  

[Arkandeus]

36 minutes ago, Mikael89 said:

"within two or three days you will become aware of a very strange phenomenon. Your face will begin to take new shapes. You may even be scared. The face in the mirror will begin to change. Sometimes a very different face will be there which you have never known as yours.

But, really, all these faces belong to you. Now the subconscious mind is beginning to explode. These faces, these masks, are yours. Sometimes even a face that belongs to a past life may come in. After one week of constant staring for forty minutes, your face will become a flux, just a film-like flux. Many faces will be coming and going constantly. After three weeks, you will not be able to remember which is your face. You will not be able to remember your own face, because you have seen so many faces coming and going.

If you continue, then any day, after three weeks, the most strange thing happens: suddenly there is no face in the mirror. The mirror is vacant, you are staring into emptiness. There is no face at all. This is the moment: close your eyes, and encounter the unconscious.

You will be naked – completely naked, as you are. All deceptions will fall."

https://www.oshoinsight.net/mirror-gazing/

holy shit, well fun times ahead if I keep up this practice =)

very interesting

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I love doing mirror work. I do get more out of it with another person, though. Adds a new layer of "self" to the process. It's very touching and fulfilling

@PsiloPutty

could you tell me about your practice doing mirror gazing with someone else?

how does this come to be? very interesting as well

Edited May 17, 2018 by Arkandeus

[PsiloPutty]

No mirror involved when eye gazing with another person.   

Was that what you wanted to clear up? I'd be happy to talk about eye gazing with another person, though. 

[Arkandeus]

2 minutes ago, PsiloPutty said:

No mirror involved when eye gazing with another person.   

Was that what you wanted to clear up? I'd be happy to talk about eye gazing with another person, though. 

oooh thats what you meant, eyegazing with another person

indeed, thats quite intense, I havent done that in a long time, I should again

what were your experiences with eyegazing

[PsiloPutty]

Right on, sorry for the confusion.  

Oh man, I've had some very intimate sessions with other people. I can't even describe the feelings I get while doing it, especially with someone I don't know very well. If I had only 10 minutes to get to know a stranger, I would forego all conversation and go straight to the eye gazing. LOL, obviously they have to be onboard and doing it too. 

Every time I do it with this one girl, I see my ex-wife, plain as day in front of me. I don't think the girl's face or eyes look like my ex, so no idea where it comes from, but I send love to my ex when I see her, and it helped me to heal old wounds. It's intimate regardless of whose eye I'm looking at, and I usually have loose tears rolling down my face by the end of the sessions. 

If it wouldn't get me beat up and scorned, I'd do 15 minutes with every stranger on the streets.   

 

[PsiloPutty]

Sure, I understand that. And finding a stranger to do it with is tricky in any case. Going up to some dude on the sidewalk and saying "this is gonna sound odd, but do you have 10 minutes?" isn't quite normal. 

When I'm in it, I forget that I'm looking at another person. It's as though I'm alone and looking at myself. Just talking about it makes me want to go find a willing partner!

[PsiloPutty]

Hey, here's a thought for you. I've done this and it sorta works. Pause a movie, youtube vid or TV show  when a person is up close to the camera and looking right into it. The closer their headsize (on the screen) is to a normal headsize the better it works, but get a foot or so away from it and eye gaze with them. Who knows, doing that enough may help you with your phobia. Desensitization practice.