Seeing things
Sorry this has become a bit long winded, but I wanted to cover all the details:
In my quest for an AP I have had a new experience, and I was hoping someone could shed some light on it. A few times lately while in that deep meditative state prior to an AP, I have suddenly been seeing images. Once or twice while reading Astral Dynamics and trying out the exercises, I thought perhaps I was seeing beyond my closed eyes, like the ceiling fan spinning, but I wasn't sure if I had made it up (after all, you expect to see the fan and you know exactly where it is!) Last week, with eyes focused behind closed lids, I realized I was seeing odd symbols. There were in no language I know, and they were kind of falling - think of somthing not quite like the falling symbols in the movie The Matrix. Everything was kind of that reddish color you see when your eyes are closed in front of bright lights. I actually opened my eyes suddenly because I was surprised and wanted to make sure I wasn't asleep and dreaming. A few days later I experienced something similar, but this time the image of a woman appeared. She picked something up and it ended - it lasted no more than a few seconds.
My question is: Does anyone think this is a kind of clairvoyance or remove viewing type of phenomenon? Maybe something else? I am very unfamiliar with this and would like to understand it better and explore it more.
Good question. Thank you for sharing your experience. It is a fascinating phenomena and not something that many people get to witness so lucidly. I encourage you to pursue it.
Such experiences are easy to obstruct because of our tendency to arouse the body when we emotionally react to what we may observe in dream or the astral. That's because, when we do so, the chemical and neural activity in our body engages our spirit so much that it pulls us back, like a magnet, into corporeality.
To prevent this from happening, so that you can prolong such experiences and engage more with what you encounter in dream of the astral, try to, as much as possible, assume the role of the neutrally inquisitive observer. That is, until you become more familiar with your being so as to not arouse the corporeal body.
For the most part, in my experience - and from the many stories that my father has shared - this is likely not related to clairvoyance; but is a strong indicator that you have a talent for seeing through your mindseye into alternate realms. This is a bit like how a radio can tune into different stations, or how a computer can visit different websites. What you likely experience in these situations is you, from a fixed time and place, switching and tuning into, to see, observe, and likely engage with, different entities and happenings from various places across the aether. This is often unintentional, where you, somehow, resonate with certain places more than others at those particular times.
I hope that helps you to understand the phenomenon more. Please tell us about more of your stories when you get them and of how you are progressing.
I also recommend you practise lucid dreaming.
Wishing you all the best.