In the early morning, while lying down and dozing off, I feel that my entire body is enveloped in light. Recently, the lower half of my head has almost completely relaxed, and energy flows from the ajna chakra between my eyebrows, through the vishuddha chakra in my throat, and throughout my body. However, there are still challenges remaining in the area from the center of my head upwards.
While dozing off and feeling the light throughout my body, I realize that there are issues in the area from the center of my head upwards, and around my right wrist. Regarding my right hand, there were times when almost no energy flowed from my right shoulder onwards. However, the issue with my right shoulder has almost completely resolved (although not as much as my left shoulder), and it seems to be recovering well. But my right wrist still seems a little weak. Previously, my right elbow was also quite weak, but my right elbow has been recovering to a relatively normal state (although not as much as my left elbow), and it is no longer a major issue. However, my right wrist still seems to have some energy stagnation.
Regarding the center of my head, this has been the case for a while. However, as a result of repeatedly relaxing various parts of my head, it has become considerably more relaxed. The center of my head has also experienced various sensations, such as clicking, popping, pulsating, a floating sensation, a buzzing sensation, and so on. Although it has been repeatedly relaxed and has become considerably more relaxed, it still doesn't seem to be completely relaxed, and I still hear clicking and popping sounds many times this morning.
Previously, the sounds were coming from almost the entire head, and the emphasis changed depending on the day. I have been consciously focusing on specific areas, such as the frontal lobe, the lower back of the head, or the top of the head, and relaxing them individually or as a whole, especially the areas that feel tense. For the past six months, I have been hearing these clicking sounds almost every day. However, recently, the clicking sounds from the periphery of my head have almost disappeared, and the sounds are mainly coming from the area slightly above the center of my head.
The sensation is that there is movement in the finer details, such as clicking, popping, and tingling, in the more internal, central areas of my head. If this indicates that I am approaching the center of my head, then it may be a matter of time before the entire head is completely relaxed.
I think that relaxation is only a matter of the physical body, so there may be something beyond that. However, I believe that if the physical body doesn't relax and start moving, nothing will begin. Therefore, at this stage, I will focus on relaxing the center of my head through meditation.
Even when I say "relax," what I actually do is the same as before: I sit in meditation, focusing my awareness on my eyebrows. I follow the basic principle of meditation, which is to concentrate your awareness without using excessive force. The process is very simple, but when I start meditating and sit down, my mind starts to rapidly crackle and pop within 5 or 10 seconds.
When I continue this type of meditation for 1 or 2 hours, there are times when I reach a deeper state of stillness. If I'm already in that state from the beginning, there's not much change, but if my state of mind before meditation isn't that still, then stillness deepens during meditation.
And that stillness, which was previously a state that would be lost relatively quickly in daily life and gradually return to normal, seems to last longer and deeper in daily life at this stage. I think this is effortless samadhi. However, I feel that the effortless aspect has doubled since the energy from Ajna chakra started flowing more strongly. It can be seen as a level-up, or it can be seen as a matter of degree in a gradual change. In any case, I think I have reached a certain level-up because the energy from Ajna chakra is flowing more strongly, meaning I have "exceeded the threshold." From a broader perspective, it's a slight change, and it's just a part of a gradual change, but I think this is the point where I have leveled up.