Has Anyone Done This Before?

[ExtraAwesome]

Has anyone done the "no self" meditation while staring at themselves in the mirror? I think I'm going to try this out tomorrow. It would probably be more effective at obtaining enlightenment. Thanks!

[Trond]

Yeah, done a couple of times. You'll get distortions in your visual field, your face will maybe look silly, "fade away" at times, you can see colours. 

I mean, all sorts of things. It's pretty cool doesn't really mean anything though  But I guess it could open you up to exploring your experience more. Maybe this distortion could be happening all the time without you knowing it? 

Broaden your perspective I guess, but the actual things that happen are just phenomena, nothing else. 

[ExtraAwesome]

@Tronds World I stared  at my reflection  through a window at a restaurant one time, and I noticed my face faded away, too. I turned purple, then just went away. Just an illusion by my brain, of course. Plus- it wasn't an actual mirror, and I wasn't meditating.

[Trond]

Exactly  But again, it's quite cool I guess. Makes you think what else could be an illusion, haha. 

I tried to see my "aura" once. Stared in the mirror for 45 sec at a black dot I had place on my forehead. Held my hands at both sides of my head so that I kinda boxed in my head. The fading away effect started occurring, my face became obscured. 

After the 45 seconds you slowly remove your hands away and out to the side and your supposed to see your "aura". What I noticed was a light blue light surrounding my head. 

Illusion?  

Just pretty cool what you can see. 

[Martin123]

@ExtraAwesome From my experience mirror exercises open up different layers of your ego, and the whole experience can become one big integration session.