I've revived this thread in order to ask a question.
When I meditate I have first to face the noise of my thinking mind which seems to be keen on increasing its activity when I decide to meditate. It is almost like a reflex.
I can focus well on given tasks but as soon I decide I want to meditate my mind decides she wants to think.
Anyhow this is normal.
Once I pass this mind proactiveness of thinking I enter for a short time a phase of observing mind, where I observe my body and focus on observing my body, after which I start seeing very clear images, like short movies in front of my closed-eyes. The images are so real that sometimes I pressure my eyelids to prove myself my eyes are closed. The video images are very coherent contemporary scenes and I see people I've never met doing normal stuff. Siting in chairs, moving across some rooms somewhere, talking normally to each other. I can even hear their dialog and voices. If I try to focus my attention on what they do and what they say the films are usually disappearing and my thinking mind reenters the scene. It is frustrating because it seems I see very coherent sequences and dialog but when I do come back I cannot recollect anything but an occasional unknown face.
The type of visions are different from the ones we construct with our minds and seem to form somehow on the back of our minds a bit up inside our heads. These images are in front of my eyes and seem to be independent of my mind.
Can someone explain this type of visions which seem to be moving my mind from the thinking phase to this vision phase making my meditation impossible? Is this some kind of dream which I can't remember even if I have it while awake?
When I meditate I have first to face the noise of my thinking mind which seems to be keen on increasing its activity when I decide to meditate. It is almost like a reflex.
I can focus well on given tasks but as soon I decide I want to meditate my mind decides she wants to think.
Anyhow this is normal.
Once I pass this mind proactiveness of thinking I enter for a short time a phase of observing mind, where I observe my body and focus on observing my body, after which I start seeing very clear images, like short movies in front of my closed-eyes. The images are so real that sometimes I pressure my eyelids to prove myself my eyes are closed. The video images are very coherent contemporary scenes and I see people I've never met doing normal stuff. Siting in chairs, moving across some rooms somewhere, talking normally to each other. I can even hear their dialog and voices. If I try to focus my attention on what they do and what they say the films are usually disappearing and my thinking mind reenters the scene. It is frustrating because it seems I see very coherent sequences and dialog but when I do come back I cannot recollect anything but an occasional unknown face.
The type of visions are different from the ones we construct with our minds and seem to form somehow on the back of our minds a bit up inside our heads. These images are in front of my eyes and seem to be independent of my mind.
Can someone explain this type of visions which seem to be moving my mind from the thinking phase to this vision phase making my meditation impossible? Is this some kind of dream which I can't remember even if I have it while awake?