Hi, All
For quite some time now, I've been experiencing a number of phenomena which seem to be quite paranormal, and I'd appreciate any help that y'all can give me in deciphering them.
It all started about fifteen years ago, when I started meditating seriously for the first time. I began to see visions, and soon I was able to "converse" with these images by deciphering what they meant from a symbolic standpoint.
This all seemed pretty comprehensible, but then I began seeing circles of color in my field of vision, even with my eyes open. Over time, it seemed like the colors would come when I was thinking of someone specific, and the color also seemed to be associated with a particular emotion or chakra-related desire (eg, a blue circle seemed to be linked to the throat chakra, ie, someone wished to speak to me, or a pink circle seemed to indicate romantic interest in me).
At this point, I went to see a transpersonal psychologist, whom suggested that I try to verify that the people that I was experiencing these phenomena about were actually feeling or thinking what I thought they were, but this was very difficult to do, as I only experienced these phenomena when I was alone. I suppose I could ask a friend to see if they wished to talk to me, for example, at the time that I experienced the circle of color, but given that my friends are basically all "normies," this isn't really an option.
Next, over the past few years, these phenomena have multiplied in terms of the "channels" that they come through. There's smell, for instance. I'll be thinking of someone, and I'll smell something burning, which I've identified over time as the possibility that they're burnt out. Or there's music: I'll be thinking of someone, and a song will pop into my head that possibly conveys the emotion that they're feeling about me. And then there's the classic, namely, thinking of someone and feeling an emotion out of nowhere, that seems to be the emotion that they feel about me or a situation.
In the past, I would have asked the visions that I was interacting with for years about these experiences, but I recently had a cautionary dream about relying on the visions, so I can't do that any more. Another possibility seems to be that maybe these phenomena are indicative of what other people are feeling unconsciously, not consciously, so that would also make it harder to verify them.
So, ideally, I'd like to be able to make sense of these experiences, to really understand them and thus use them to help myself and others. Any help would be much appreciated!
With Love