An Opening Session (Time shown in Eastern Standard Time, GMT -5:00)

Correlation! I saw that it was on a beach and I approached from the woods too. The fire was visible through the branches and trees.

That felt nice, and the sense of connection was there. I recognize it from the two group meditations I mentioned previously. I sensed that there were more than eight of us though. At least twelve, maybe more.

I started a 9:45, lit a candle, and began relaxing. It took me a while because the house was still busy until the last moment. My experience was characterized throughout by flickering images, jumping from one scene to the next quickly. I may not have been able to relax deeply enough to stabilize, or it may be that a lot of different scenes were coalescing. I arose after what I thought must have been two hours, but it was only 10:55. I took good notes and still probably forgot half of it. I plan to write about my experience in greater detail tomorrow.

I thought it was surprising to find it on a beach near woods. I could feel the ocean and it felt like it was out West. There were actually three fires that kept jumping into focus and they all had sand underfoot. One was in the distance of the Pacific Northwest coast. I saw it like a beacon fire. And I recognized the shoreline. And the other was very interesting. It was in a canyon, then a kiva, then a cave, Then a village in a cave. It kept moving down into the earth.

Well that's a good start already. I didn't expect such a strong correlation to appear right out of the gate! I look forward to hearing about our experiences.

Namaste

Firstly I'd like to say that I have tended to think of this group venture as a project which would require regular practice over time. I didn't expect to find correlations the first time, nor did I expect not to. I'm going to keep my loving intent to connect turned up, and my expectations turned down. And I promise to recollect my experiences honestly.

Walter, since you mentioned the blue light, I've been thinking about that. I cast a circle before meditating last night (which I normally don't do). I called quarters and allies to help with the work of connecting. When I do that, the energy I create the circle with is blue in color. I was thinking of the circle as a local phenomenon (i.e. around my spot) that would help us. Since you had trouble approaching, I will not cast a circle next time.

So, more detail... As I mentioned last night, my imagery was flickery, like a flip-book that changed pages every few seconds. The tempo changed throughout my meditation. And there was not much thematic continuity between the "pages." I felt like it was hard to fully relax. In fact, I felt a little nervous, like I was embarking on a trip into the unknown to meet new people. On my way "out" someone handed me a shiny metal disc with a spiral etched into one side.

I was conscious of the Love Sphere and linked to it as I floated in orbit, repeating the mantra 'bonfire.' Relaxing little by little, I found myself in woods, seeing a fire in the distance through trees. I changed into fox and headed toward the fire and the edge. One of the perspectives that kept flipping in was an overhead view of Earth where I saw the fires (not all at once). That's why I thought the main fire was out west. Other perspectives that flipped in were sci-fi scenes and vignettes of mayan stonework.

Around the main fire, I couldn't see anyone at first. The fire was on the sand and the ocean was nearby beyond it. The fire was tucked into a clearing in trees. There was a scene where the fire was not lit yet, and someone helped me light it. The fire in the Northwest came in like I was standing on a long beach looking at it from a distance. As the sci-fi scenery flipped in, I remember seeing a space helmet (from the side) made of glinting glass that had layers like curved plates that overlapped.

There was playfulness around the bonfire and we rolled around it and I felt very happy. Then it was like everyone was a little nervous, and we were wondering if that was appropriate. I could only see dark silhouettes of people with bright red and yellow highlights from the fire, and long shadows. It was dark. People on the far side of the fire from me were hard to see. If the main scene was out West, then I was on the South side of the fire most often.

From overhead I saw a canyon and knew there was a fire down there. This was in daylight. Then I saw it in a kiva among other kivas in a place like Chaco Canyon. The sci-fi imagery that flipped in was like webs of blue neurons and computer-like circuit boards.

Back at the main fire we were sitting in yoga-style around the fire just meditating, and this was the most stable image. I walked around the fire and felt like we tried to make a circle holding hands. I kept trying to identify people. Ginnie seemed on my left and Harry definitely seemed on my right, but I could only see hands. After that, I felt like I was supposed to do something but didn't know what.

The kiva fire became a village underground and I was looking at a fire through the door of an earthlodge with the blanket pulled back. It glowed warmly, casting shadows on the sand. This place was very dry. A sci-fi image that appeared was of men in white space suits. There was a vignette of earthenware pottery stacked in a corner like a Vermeer painting and I saw a face appear through the curtains. This would be the first time I've seen a face so I focused on it and I thought it was Celeste. Outside the earthlodge again, I thought I heard voices and there were a couple of others there so I showed them the metal disc. We couldn't figure out what to do with it. I wondered if JMT was wearing his 'shades.'

We were in a posh interior space with a giant round red couch, shaped like a red blood cell, or a big bowl with puffy edges. We were lounging around on it and candles were arrayed in the center. This is where I saw many others, but I could not identify anyone in particular.

Back at the main fire there were animals. I remember seeing an elephant, a white hawk, 2 coyotes, a bear, and a sea lion. We were sitting again and I shared the metal disc around the fire circle. When it caught the light it made blue holograms, one was just like the Norway spiral. After it came back around I was still wondering what to do with it and tossed it up like a frisbee over the flames. It hovered there and that seemed good, so I just let it stay there. I thought it might be a recording device. I should mention that the disc did not seem in any way suspicious to me.

It was like a good party winding down then and some people were lying down on the sand or wandering off. There was a moment of daybreak and brilliant white light that made everything too bright and I was floating over Earth again, so I decided it would be okay to get up. I walked to the bathroom and saw the kitchen clock which said 10:55. It had seemed like much longer.

It's funny to try to write all this. It sounds so much more real and continuous as written words than it felt as direct experience. I wonder if the imagery reflects all the things I've been reading about lately, especially the spiral disc, as it looked just like a little model of the Norway spiral.

I'm not sure where the boundary between imagination and true perception is. I think the doorway to perception IS through the dreaming imagination, but the transition seems like it might be a gradient. That's one of the reasons I'm very interested to pursue this kind of connection. Perhaps we can help corroborate things and use that info to hone our sensing. I am so surprised that without any more info than a word, Walter approached the 'bonfire' along the same path and with the same sensory cues as me. I really suspected that we would be all over the place to start with.

Celeste, Your story cracks me up! Just because I know how chaotic things can get. I thought I wasn't going to be able to make it on time because my neighbor-friend called at the last minute and needed to pick up the kid's laundry. I was like grr, but.. but... okay. So I could easily shift an hour or two later.

One last note: I have felt very yummy today!