Quote Originally Posted by sleepyzac View Post
that is freak'n awesome! typically you sit on the floor with your back straight and nothing supporting you, this keeps you awake. it sounds like you fell asleep and basically WILD'ed. there is something to be said for this! sitting up and letting yourself fall asleep while in a meditative state could be a great induction method. thanx! the 3-d darkness sounds amazing, i want to try to see if that happens to me, i will be pillow-wall meditating at some point!
The person who was guiding my meditation practice for the week I tried it said that the depth in the darkness was something he experienced before he was starting to basically lucid dream in his meditation sessions (off the top of my head I can't remember exactly, but he would go on ~4 hour meditation binges in mornings, where he would visit his world and people he created).

He said the fact I experienced that so early meant I was progressing quite fast. I already have a natural ability to shut thoughts off in my mind however; shutting thoughts off as I meditated is quite effortless for me after about 5 minutes of calming down.

Heres a practice exercise. Take a pop can or something and look at it for a while. Then, close your eyes and see how long you can keep that image in your mind before it disappears / other thoughts start impeding on your current thought. Most people can't go beyond 2-3 seconds before another thought plunges into their mind or they get distracted. I personally have always been able to hold that thought for quite a while. After meditation practice however, you should be able to focus on one thought or none easily.