Ciara said:
NinRick said:
Ciara said:
Hi everyone !
I'm new here and on a strength meditation program, one thing that confuses me is should I open or close my eyes while meditating? When I read the instructions on the web, every time I meditate I have to visualize something like light, aura, color, etc. Every time I close my eyes but find it very difficult to visualize. Please give me advice, thanks everyone !
If this helps you, for a weird reason it is easier for me to meditate on my 6th chakra with open eyes. I open my eyes, lock on my 6th, then I can close them.
Visualisation is important, but for me personally the feeling is more important. But both go hand in hand.
Close your eyes, take a while to really feel your aura, and then imagine your aura, *see* with your inner eye, see it in your mind, but most importantly, you need to feel your aura.
Kundalini Yoga helped me with my Aura.
For example, during energy meditation, should I open my eyes to look at my hands to feel the yellow light, or should I close my eyes to imagine myself absorbing that energy?
With absorbing energy, it is very important to be able to *feel* energy, to also *feel* it when you absorb it. The breath is acting as a focus point, which makes it easier.
You relax, feel the energy you want to absorb and absorb it through the breath. While you do so, you do not move your body, you can keep your eyes closed or open, closed would be better. You visualize how the energy enters your soul/body, BUT most importantly you really need to *feel* the energy.
When u raise your hand and look at it, this is just distracting you, FEEL it, and absorb it, while you visualise it. Hecc you can also just absorb it by feeling, as in the power void meditation. (But ofc you want to practice visualisations and you want to work with colours as this is more powerful and also oriented to certain goals)
What you can do to get in the proper mood for meditation is to sit down and relax.
You focus on your Aura and feel it, take your sweet time, do not rush, you want to feel it clearly.
Then after you clearly felt it for a while, focus on the energies within yourself/body and focus on them. Again take your time.
Then you go back to your Aura and do the same, back and forth. You do this for a couple times, and take your time to feel your own soul and energy.
Then you can do the energy meditation, and it should go a bit easier.
Absorbing energy is very important, also directing energy is important, you might want to practice this as well.
