White Light, tunnel, figure

[Mystic Seeker]

Last night as I was meditating and praying for the ability to astral project, a vision of a tunnel of white light with a figure standing at the end came into view of my third eye sight. My mind was immediately startled with the thought "am I dying?". I was not dying, to my knowledge, I felt fine but was jolted out of that vision and found myself to be alright. However, I wanted to get back to it, to explore it, it felt like peace and pure love and I longed to go back to it so intensely. It didn't happen though, I could not get back to the vision and I hope to. Does anyone know what happened or have had this experience before? All I can find is the same situation with NDE but I was not having a NDE, or maybe I was? Maybe death of my ego can promote such experiences? Any feedback would be greatly appreciated!

[Buck Edwards]

@Mystic Seeker what was your goal behind this meditation? What did you want to astral project for? 

[An young being]

18 hours ago, Mystic Seeker said:

Last night as I was meditating and praying for the ability to astral project, a vision of a tunnel of white light with a figure standing at the end came into view of my third eye sight. My mind was immediately startled with the thought "am I dying?". I was not dying, to my knowledge, I felt fine but was jolted out of that vision and found myself to be alright. However, I wanted to get back to it, to explore it, it felt like peace and pure love and I longed to go back to it so intensely. It didn't happen though, I could not get back to the vision and I hope to. Does anyone know what happened or have had this experience before? All I can find is the same situation with NDE but I was not having a NDE, or maybe I was? Maybe death of my ego can promote such experiences? Any feedback would be greatly appreciated!

Maybe the universe thought you were dying and pressed the wrong button? Just joking though. Was the figure someone you can recognise?

[Mystic Seeker]

@Buck Edwards Spiritual insights and wisdom was my intention.

[Mystic Seeker]

@An young being It was not a recognizable figure per se, but clearly in the shape of a human. Dark image of a human form with the light behind it.

[An young being]

2 minutes ago, Mystic Seeker said:

@An young being It was not a recognizable figure per se, but clearly in the shape of a human. Dark image of a human form with the light behind it.

Did you take any psychedelics?

[Mystic Seeker]

@An young being No I have never used psychedelics.

[An young being]

4 minutes ago, Mystic Seeker said:

@An young being No I have never used psychedelics.

Sounds interesting! You can continue meditating without worrying about your experience, but simply take what you have experienced as something mystical and not because of your hard work or effort or karma or whatever. Use it as a sign that you are on the right path, but not as a way to boost your ego, like I am great because I experienced something mystical.

[Mystic Seeker]

@An young being Thank you, and I agree regarding ego, I do not feel as I am great due to the experience. Rather, I am appreciative for the experience and happy to be given a sign that I am on the right path and that what I hope to be able to have shown to me is possible. 

[Mystic Seeker]

This from Ananda.org shows some similarity to what I experienced just a difference in the colors and such. 

 

Question

I’m doing meditation and see like a tunnel in the third eye, with a violet light like a donut ring, and then, going into the blue light, I see a sort of big blue sky, or a sort of big wall, and then it stops there. I do not know what this is. Please help me to know how to proceed further. Or maybe you can give me any tips and understand if my third eye is open.

—Gopala, usa

Answer

Dear Gopala,

This is very wonderful, you are blessed indeed. It is not easy to see what you are seeing. The full spiritual eye looks like this: it is round, with a blue-violet field, a star in the middle and a golden ring around it.

More advanced still is when that spiritual eye, as is happening to you, forms a tunnel. Where does this tunnel take us?

The answer is: the tunnel you see will take you toward higher consciousness, and also to the higher worlds. In the highest stages (when you enter the star in the middle), it takes you into the holy fields of Eternity.

Any time you are seeing a tunnel while meditating, calmly try to move deeper toward its center. Move there with your heart, with devotion. Absorb its calm blessing as much as you can.

Once the third eye is fully open, you can see into the astral world. Yogananda explains it like this: “If you could see with your spiritual eye you would see a rainbow of colors. The color scheme is so beautiful in the astral world. This world is ugly here, and a million angels are passing here right now and you don’t see them. We are all as blind as a bat. Because our eyes have been spoiled by gross light.”

And he adds: “ This [gross] light you see is the darkness. The greatest thing is this, that our sixth sense is the spiritual eye. The seat of the spiritual eye is right here between the two eyes. That is the eye that has not been opened. When you develop you can keep that eye open. It is like a tunnel, you can see through it.”

All the best to you in your exploration of the third eye. May you be able to gradually see through it and even move through it…toward the great light of God.

In divine friendship,
Jayadev

[Razard86]

On 10/9/2023 at 3:51 PM, Mystic Seeker said:

This from Ananda.org shows some similarity to what I experienced just a difference in the colors and such. 

 

Question

I’m doing meditation and see like a tunnel in the third eye, with a violet light like a donut ring, and then, going into the blue light, I see a sort of big blue sky, or a sort of big wall, and then it stops there. I do not know what this is. Please help me to know how to proceed further. Or maybe you can give me any tips and understand if my third eye is open.

—Gopala, usa

Answer

Dear Gopala,

This is very wonderful, you are blessed indeed. It is not easy to see what you are seeing. The full spiritual eye looks like this: it is round, with a blue-violet field, a star in the middle and a golden ring around it.

More advanced still is when that spiritual eye, as is happening to you, forms a tunnel. Where does this tunnel take us?

The answer is: the tunnel you see will take you toward higher consciousness, and also to the higher worlds. In the highest stages (when you enter the star in the middle), it takes you into the holy fields of Eternity.

Any time you are seeing a tunnel while meditating, calmly try to move deeper toward its center. Move there with your heart, with devotion. Absorb its calm blessing as much as you can.

Once the third eye is fully open, you can see into the astral world. Yogananda explains it like this: “If you could see with your spiritual eye you would see a rainbow of colors. The color scheme is so beautiful in the astral world. This world is ugly here, and a million angels are passing here right now and you don’t see them. We are all as blind as a bat. Because our eyes have been spoiled by gross light.”

And he adds: “ This [gross] light you see is the darkness. The greatest thing is this, that our sixth sense is the spiritual eye. The seat of the spiritual eye is right here between the two eyes. That is the eye that has not been opened. When you develop you can keep that eye open. It is like a tunnel, you can see through it.”

All the best to you in your exploration of the third eye. May you be able to gradually see through it and even move through it…toward the great light of God.

In divine friendship,
Jayadev

Nice post. As you continue to meditate focus on the part I bolded. That is the direct path. Also don't worry about whether you have ego or don't have ego. Everything takes care of itself. If you try to force yourself not to have ego, that itself is ego. One of the biggest traps is self-judgment. I am that I am, means you are as presently constructed what you are and can be no other way. 

[Mystic Seeker]

@Razard86 Thank you, I love that advice.