Visions During Meditation

[meditraptor]

I have been doing Christian meditation for several months now. I recently started coming out of a dry period.

Recently I've had two episodes where I saw visions during meditation. I accepted them, but choose not interpret them or act on them. The Cloud of Unknowing says to be careful of visions received during meditation.

Has anyone had visions during meditation? If so, how did you handle them?

Thank you.

[jennak]

:-) you are probably not even on here anymore, but I will reply anyway.

I have visions every time I meditate. I am never afraid to think about them. Usually they are very straightforward and wouldn't require any interpretation. For example, I was sitting right at the edge of the ocean. It wasn't like the oceans here. The colors were different. The air was very different. And then I heard a voice beside me and I looked. I knew Him. And He told me a lot of things about my life. Very kind. Telling me things that would rebuke me, but so gently I knew He had only my best in His heart. I didn't want to leave and I told Him I didn't want to ever stop meditating and leave there. And He smiled and said this was a resting place for me. And I could come back, but I couldn't live there until my life on earth was finished. There was much more after that, but it was straightforward.

Occasionally I have a vision that I can't interpret. Then I leave it alone. One for example, I was flying through the air above some very old buildings. I looked to my left and right and saw I had black wings, like a crow or raven. Then I flew down into a window and there, in a little display, was a beautiful necklace. Very ornate. And I was told to carry it away.

What are your visions like?

[branowillis]

It is very important to know that whatever image you visualize or whatever sound you hear during meditation you don't have to react on them. This teaches us to flow with the circumstances and situations of life without getting yourself involved in them.

[fncbear]

does a vision or future of a person comes to mind during the meditation comes true? is it the indication from god? please let me know