Experience during group circle

One of the activities Krista and I do is being a part of a circle. Some of the members of the circle are also Zach's House members. We meet, connect with the energy of the circle, meditate for 30 minutes and come back to recall our experiences.

Here is an experience I had in circle yesterday and is an example of the sort of connections we sometimes get.

"I used The Monroe Institute Expand app timer for 30 minutes on "Focus 21" and "Melodic music". I was suddenly in a whitespace a little like clouds, it then went dark, Black and I felt a strong sense of motion, it felt like that lasted may be 10 minutes! then the black started to turn a deep green, then shades of green then more into focus and I was travelling over a dense forest, still moving but at an ever decreasing speed. I could see an orange glow in the distance and hoped that I was going to experience something similar to some other experiences where I arrive at a campfire and Zach is there , but as I got closer the light became a flickering line stretching out instead of a point source, not what I would have imagined if I had created it. As I continued to get closer I realized the light was reflecting off water, like the sea, or ocean and indeed the glow was a large bonfire on a beach. I was instantly on the beach and the sand was cool and dry as I walked toward the group of people surrounding the bonfire. There were a lot of people may be 40-50 and it was a party with lots of laughter. As I got within about 30ft of the group, a person turned to me and it was Zach. We chatted for a minute or so and then he wanted to walk me around the fire and welcome me to others in the party. I met all the kids of the people in the circle and the last one was Zak. We then hung out together for what seemed like hours and hours. Zak was wearing a blackish tank top and shorts and Zach was wearing a blue tie-die sleeveless T-shirt and shorts, I felt surprised at how well the two of them knew each other, like very old friends. We drank Long neck beers and ate burgers, it was a great evening, then the mediation music ended and I was back in the room. For a few minutes I felt really out of place and disappointed I was back. On reflected we drank a lot of beers and kept eating burgers all night!!! never got the slightest bit drunk or full of food! Zak's mom later verified that is something he would have worn, and she has a blue tie-die shirt.

If you want to read more of these experience and also share your own experiences you are welcome to be added to our new "connection experiences" This is an online spreadsheet where you can read other peoples experiences and add your own, and also add how the experience may have been initiated. You can then filter the information to look eg. what experiences people had of a particular meditation, or if you've had an experience see if others have had a similar one. Just send us a request by commenting on this blog entry or sending us a message through the website.