Skyalmian I would seriously question anything your friend tells you. May I recommend reading then rereading the whole wave series for some valuable insights into false belief systems and believing in lies.
With regards to the thread I would like to share my EE experience. After practising pipe breathing for some weeks I was meditating on my bed and I suddenly smelled peppermint. This reminded me of my childhood where mint used to grow outside of my Primary School.
I was thinking about my school experiences and remembered when I was very very young and my mother had taken myself and my brother and sister to view the school that we would eventually be attending. I must have been 3 or 4. We lived in the country and I was the adventurous type. My dad used to tell me I had no boundaries. So anyway I rushed off and climbed the largest tree I could find while my mother spoke to the teacher. I must have lost track of time and from the top of the tree I saw my mother driving away from the school without me!
Well I don't remember much of what happened but I must have been very confused and scared. (It turned out my mother just didn't realize I wasn't in the car till she was halfway home and my siblings didn't think to mention it :O) I had to climb down from the tree and walk alone into the school to find someone and tell them I was still there. I don't remember doing this or anything after but I was a shy child and this must have been a daunting experience.
Obviously it wasn't my mothers fault and it's a funny story to tell now but it must have left an impression on me and during my meditation it made me realize it has probably affected me more than I thought. I have lots of facial piercings and visible tattoos and it made me think that the reason I felt compelled to look "different" was because I subconsciously thought it would be a way of making sure that no one ever forgot about me again. When I had this realization I suddenly became overwhelmed with emotion and it felt as though there was pressure surging through my chest and throat. I had a good cry even though it felt silly to cry over this but it just came out. I certainly felt as though I had let go of something or healed a wound perhaps.
A similar thing happened sometime after that, again while I was meditating on my bed. I was brought to thoughts about my sister and our relationship with one another. We aren't close and don't really talk much. Our whole family is quite cold towards each other. I used to blame my sister for being difficult, uncaring and hypocritical but while I was meditating I realized it wasn't her fault. We both acted in uncaring ways towards each other if you really pull our dynamic apart and it was the first time that I realized that these distant and cold personality traits were passed on by our mother.
I was raised in an environment where our family simply didn't communicate with one another. About anything. For example when we had sexual education at our primary school I went home and asked my mother how horses did it and she replied "ask your teacher" or there wasn't a mother daughter bond at all and growing up was an embarrassing process that happened alone. It seems completely obvious now that our distant mother has had a profound effect on the types of people we are now and it was only during the recent meditation that I really put two and two together (Duh!).
Of course its not my mothers fault either and I don't feel any malice toward her as it's just the way she is probably because of her being brought up in a similar environment. So as I was thinking over this I has a similar welling sensation, this time it was less of a sobbing feeling and more like there was something sitting on my chest. This feeling stayed for quite a while. So I just lay there with my hands on myself (I was giving myself reiki at the same time, the thoughts of my sister emerged when I had my hands on my shoulders) till it subsided.
So I know it's not exactly groundbreaking stuff but I thought I would share a little anyway of how I'm getting on.
With regards to the thread I would like to share my EE experience. After practising pipe breathing for some weeks I was meditating on my bed and I suddenly smelled peppermint. This reminded me of my childhood where mint used to grow outside of my Primary School.
I was thinking about my school experiences and remembered when I was very very young and my mother had taken myself and my brother and sister to view the school that we would eventually be attending. I must have been 3 or 4. We lived in the country and I was the adventurous type. My dad used to tell me I had no boundaries. So anyway I rushed off and climbed the largest tree I could find while my mother spoke to the teacher. I must have lost track of time and from the top of the tree I saw my mother driving away from the school without me!
Well I don't remember much of what happened but I must have been very confused and scared. (It turned out my mother just didn't realize I wasn't in the car till she was halfway home and my siblings didn't think to mention it :O) I had to climb down from the tree and walk alone into the school to find someone and tell them I was still there. I don't remember doing this or anything after but I was a shy child and this must have been a daunting experience.
Obviously it wasn't my mothers fault and it's a funny story to tell now but it must have left an impression on me and during my meditation it made me realize it has probably affected me more than I thought. I have lots of facial piercings and visible tattoos and it made me think that the reason I felt compelled to look "different" was because I subconsciously thought it would be a way of making sure that no one ever forgot about me again. When I had this realization I suddenly became overwhelmed with emotion and it felt as though there was pressure surging through my chest and throat. I had a good cry even though it felt silly to cry over this but it just came out. I certainly felt as though I had let go of something or healed a wound perhaps.
A similar thing happened sometime after that, again while I was meditating on my bed. I was brought to thoughts about my sister and our relationship with one another. We aren't close and don't really talk much. Our whole family is quite cold towards each other. I used to blame my sister for being difficult, uncaring and hypocritical but while I was meditating I realized it wasn't her fault. We both acted in uncaring ways towards each other if you really pull our dynamic apart and it was the first time that I realized that these distant and cold personality traits were passed on by our mother.
I was raised in an environment where our family simply didn't communicate with one another. About anything. For example when we had sexual education at our primary school I went home and asked my mother how horses did it and she replied "ask your teacher" or there wasn't a mother daughter bond at all and growing up was an embarrassing process that happened alone. It seems completely obvious now that our distant mother has had a profound effect on the types of people we are now and it was only during the recent meditation that I really put two and two together (Duh!).
Of course its not my mothers fault either and I don't feel any malice toward her as it's just the way she is probably because of her being brought up in a similar environment. So as I was thinking over this I has a similar welling sensation, this time it was less of a sobbing feeling and more like there was something sitting on my chest. This feeling stayed for quite a while. So I just lay there with my hands on myself (I was giving myself reiki at the same time, the thoughts of my sister emerged when I had my hands on my shoulders) till it subsided.
So I know it's not exactly groundbreaking stuff but I thought I would share a little anyway of how I'm getting on.
