
Originally Posted by
KristenAnn
HI Alienhunter. Ya know, it's really difficult trying to explain things from your perspective -- if your perspective is unusual and maybe different than what most other people experience. I just used the word "transported" because that's how it felt to me -- and the word described it well. Maybe the ability or the state of being is the result of my near-death experience as a child . . . ? Not sure. But it's kind of like -- I feel kind of like I'm more "walking between two worlds" than other people. The other perspective would be that I'm less grounded.
But for instance -- especially if I'm in a familiar location. One where I've either been before or that's similar to a place I've been at a previous time. It's had to describe or explain, but I'll try. I'm a very "visual" person anyway. So I can "see" images in my mind. If, for instance someone is talking about a place or location, I automatically picture it in my mind. I guess, from what others have said, not all people do this. But in a case where I'm in a familiar location, I LITERALLY, and very strongly REMEMBER and can actually "see" in my mind the former time. I get clear images of the former people I knew etc. And it's DEFINITELY NOT imaginings. It's remembering -- having clear MEMORIES that I was A PART of. Remembering things I did, people I knew etc. -- like remembering a memorable occasion from childhood or years earlier.
The case where I had the conversation was when the conditions allowed me to enter into that time more completely I guess, when I think back analytically about that instance. I have friends -- a couple -- who used to own a huge hundred-year-old victorian mansion. They had converted their 3rd floor to a temple-like setting, and once a month they'd have meditations. The room would be lit only with a bunch of candles on the floor in the center, surrounded by pillows to sit on. The walls were lined with pictures of masters & teachers from all different religions, and at the far end was a one-step platform with serene things that gave the feeling of an altar. Statues from different religions, a small "altar", tall brass candlesticks etc. and flowers.
We'd enter and the candles would be lit, incense would be burning, and often a cd of monks chanting would be playing. It was on those occasions when twice a sort of inter-dimensional things like that happened most strongly. Tho very similar things happened when visiting other locations in the southwest and in Italy, for instance, when I'd find myself suddenly "there" in a previous time. And in this way it feels like being "transported". It's just the word I use that seems to best describe it.
Ok. So when I had entered this temple-like 3rd floor on one particular occasion, all my senses were bombarded with sensations from former times. The incense was the same east-Indian scent. The serene sound of the monks chanting in the distance was the same. The temple/chapel-like room, dimly lit by only candles with colorful pillows-matts on the floor and familiar objects & photos were there.
When I sat to meditate I immediately -- ok I'll try to explain this as best as I can, and like I said, when this is your way of being, it's not easy to relate it to others whose presence & way of being isn't like this. I'll try to get it across as well as I can. The moment I closed my eyes to meditate I found myself "transported" to another location. Inside another location like that one. There was someone there that I knew, and we had a conversation.
So that's what it was -- that's what I meant.