Mirror Gazing Meditation- A True Out Of Body Experience

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he tip of my nose and the natural contours of my face that makes my cheekbones stand out. I noticed my honey-colored complexion and the dark circles under my eyes that I hated. It felt like I was in a trance, like the person that I was staring at wasn’t even me. I’m not sure if it was my brain being bored and trying to trick me, but I did notice my face changing shapes and things moving in my peripheral vision. However, once my fears subsided, so did the weird eye tricks so it most likely was just all in my head.</p><p id="0c97">After the timer went off, I sat there in shock because not only did that 20 minutes feel like 3 minutes, but I was confused as to what I just experienced. Every single time I finished the meditation I would ask myself “Was that really me?”</p><h2 id="bf64">Second Week</h2><p id="9054">After about two weeks of this experiment, I felt like I was staring at my soul rather than my actual face. Realizations started to pop into my head such as “Wow this is really my body. This isn’t really who I am, it’s just acting as a vessel for my soul.” This was a scary realization to come to because I started to question what real-life even is and what my purpose on this planet was. These thoughts lingered with me throughout the days and made completing everyday tasks difficult for me because I could not focus.</p><p id="1164">Having said all that, I feel like important to note that I struggle with anxiety and some days are worse than others, but I found that staring at myself in the mirror was oddly comforting and calming. As narcissistic as it may sound, some days I would get so stressed out to the point where I actually couldn’t wait to get home and stare at myself. I don’t know why it eased my anxiety but it just works! If I had a really bad day and stare at myself in the mirror, I would break down crying while staring at myself which sounds really sad but it was extremely therapeutic.</p><h2 id="da09">Third Week</h2><p id="db3c">One thing I noticed was that I would turn on my camera during Zoom meeti

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ngs which I never did. I even started taking pictures a lot more often and posting them on Instagram which was strange for me because I usually post probably three times a year. Staring at yourself every day for 20 minutes can either make or break your self-esteem and thankfully for me, it made me a lot more confident. However, I didn’t stop questioning life just yet. Every single day my brain would conjure up a new question about what the meaning of life really is. I would often find myself staring off into space thinking about the fact that we all are really just souls, which I presume to be a just ball of energy. If that’s all we are then why do we have bodies? Do we all have a mission here on earth? These questions and thoughts never left my head.</p><h2 id="ccd3">Fourth Week</h2><p id="56d4">By the last week, I stopped questioning my existence and trying to decipher the meaning of life, and just enjoyed sitting in my own presence. Going into this experiment I wasn’t super insecure, but after staring at myself for so long and seeing the inner me I began to fall in love with myself even more. Every birthmark, every pimple, everything that I once saw was a flaw, didn’t bother me anymore because I knew my beauty runs much deeper than what meets the eye.</p><h1 id="e4c5">Final Verdict</h1><p id="1b97">After only doing this for a month, it surprisingly affected me on a deeper level than I could’ve ever imagined. Yes, it did send me into a slight existential crisis, but I feel like that was necessary in order for me to see the real me. Would I consider this life-changing? It definitely could be.</p><p id="1f96">Everyone is going to react differently to this meditation, but if I went through that much in a month, I’m curious to see what would happen if I kept it up for a year. How would I view myself? Would it completely reprogram my brain? Would I be able to tell what’s real and what’s not? Regardless, I would highly recommend that everyone tries this form of meditation just to see what happens.</p></article></body>

What Is Mirror Gazing Meditation?

There are tons of different ways to meditate, from actually sitting down and meditating to just doing something as simple as your skincare routine. Over the past month, I’ve been trying mirror gazing meditation which is a type of meditation that isn’t really talked about. This form of meditation requires you to stare at yourself in the mirror for an unspecified amount of time, with no distractions. I didn’t really know what to expect going into this, but the results of this meditation truly shocked me and quite literally sent me into an existential crisis.

I did this meditation every day at the exact same time with the exact same setup. 6:30 pm, me sitting in my quiet room with a full-body mirror right in front of me, no makeup, dimmed lights, and a timer set for 20 minutes. I’m a very spiritual person and I do believe that mirrors act as portals to the spirit world, so this idea did scare me a little bit. I didn’t know if staring right into this so-called portal would summon spirits or what but I was still determined to try it out.

First Week

The first three days I struggled a lot because I felt extremely uncomfortable, almost as if someone else was watching me, but I continued anyway. I would stare into my eyes and get so focused that everything else around me would get blurry. After what felt like 5 minutes, I began to notice things about myself that I never paid attention to before. I noticed the really small birthmark on the tip of my nose and the natural contours of my face that makes my cheekbones stand out. I noticed my honey-colored complexion and the dark circles under my eyes that I hated. It felt like I was in a trance, like the person that I was staring at wasn’t even me. I’m not sure if it was my brain being bored and trying to trick me, but I did notice my face changing shapes and things moving in my peripheral vision. However, once my fears subsided, so did the weird eye tricks so it most likely was just all in my head.

After the timer went off, I sat there in shock because not only did that 20 minutes feel like 3 minutes, but I was confused as to what I just experienced. Every single time I finished the meditation I would ask myself “Was that really me?”

Second Week

After about two weeks of this experiment, I felt like I was staring at my soul rather than my actual face. Realizations started to pop into my head such as “Wow this is really my body. This isn’t really who I am, it’s just acting as a vessel for my soul.” This was a scary realization to come to because I started to question what real-life even is and what my purpose on this planet was. These thoughts lingered with me throughout the days and made completing everyday tasks difficult for me because I could not focus.

Having said all that, I feel like important to note that I struggle with anxiety and some days are worse than others, but I found that staring at myself in the mirror was oddly comforting and calming. As narcissistic as it may sound, some days I would get so stressed out to the point where I actually couldn’t wait to get home and stare at myself. I don’t know why it eased my anxiety but it just works! If I had a really bad day and stare at myself in the mirror, I would break down crying while staring at myself which sounds really sad but it was extremely therapeutic.

Third Week

One thing I noticed was that I would turn on my camera during Zoom meetings which I never did. I even started taking pictures a lot more often and posting them on Instagram which was strange for me because I usually post probably three times a year. Staring at yourself every day for 20 minutes can either make or break your self-esteem and thankfully for me, it made me a lot more confident. However, I didn’t stop questioning life just yet. Every single day my brain would conjure up a new question about what the meaning of life really is. I would often find myself staring off into space thinking about the fact that we all are really just souls, which I presume to be a just ball of energy. If that’s all we are then why do we have bodies? Do we all have a mission here on earth? These questions and thoughts never left my head.

Fourth Week

By the last week, I stopped questioning my existence and trying to decipher the meaning of life, and just enjoyed sitting in my own presence. Going into this experiment I wasn’t super insecure, but after staring at myself for so long and seeing the inner me I began to fall in love with myself even more. Every birthmark, every pimple, everything that I once saw was a flaw, didn’t bother me anymore because I knew my beauty runs much deeper than what meets the eye.

Final Verdict

After only doing this for a month, it surprisingly affected me on a deeper level than I could’ve ever imagined. Yes, it did send me into a slight existential crisis, but I feel like that was necessary in order for me to see the real me. Would I consider this life-changing? It definitely could be.

Everyone is going to react differently to this meditation, but if I went through that much in a month, I’m curious to see what would happen if I kept it up for a year. How would I view myself? Would it completely reprogram my brain? Would I be able to tell what’s real and what’s not? Regardless, I would highly recommend that everyone tries this form of meditation just to see what happens.