At first, I thought it was just a glitch.
I was fully conscious, out of body. But no matter how hard I tried, I couldn't open my eyes. They felt sealed shut, like some invisible weight was holding them closed.
Turns out, it wasn't fear of the dark or paralysis. It was something deeper, something symbolic. My own subconscious wanted me to understand.
And when I decoded what it meant, everything shifted.
The Symbolic Message
Because it wasn't that I couldn't see. It was that, on some level, I was still unwilling to.
Have you noticed that some of your biggest obstacles in life seem to repeat? Like on some cyclical loop you can't break free of?
Some of the most persistent negative patterns, the ones that feel like Groundhog Day, may not be about your current circumstances at all. They may be the result of something stored much deeper. Unresolved frequency imprints in your subconscious mind.
My Experience
One night, I performed a standard astral projection attempt. Once successfully out of the body and walking toward my bedroom door, I experienced something I hadn't before.
Strangely, my eyes in the OBE state were physically glued shut. I tried everything to open them, but they felt completely sealed.
I decided to surrender and just feel into it. What I realized was that it wasn't that I couldn't open my eyes. It was that on some level I didn't want to. Because of fear. I was afraid of what I might see.
Tracing The Root
This unwillingness to see was symbolic. Symbolic of a fear that I was now ready to uncover and let go of.
When I meditated on it the next day, tracing the fear back using the Golden Thread technique, something clicked. I was shown the origin of this imprint.
I interpreted the image as a past-life scene involving profound suffering. That meaning was part of my spiritual account; the image did not establish a historical event or a clinically verified origin of fear.
In this life, it manifested as a subtle but consistent avoidance of witnessing pain or difficult situations.
That explained so much:
- Why I sometimes couldn't look at uncomfortable truths
- Why I had a visceral aversion to witnessing suffering
- Why I would unconsciously sabotage progress whenever things got uncomfortable
The Power of Symbolic Decoding
Astral projection gave me the missing link. It showed me the symbology of the energetic root. And from there, I could complete the cycle, collapsing that imprint back into neutrality.
Your subconscious, your soul, your higher self, it's always speaking to you. It often speaks in symbols. Those symbols are keys that can unlock the very patterns you've spent your whole life trying to outrun.
For more on the nature of consciousness beyond the physical, read Dreams, OBE and the One Behind It All.
To understand the layers where these imprints live, see Why Fears Keep Coming Back.
Reflect on the symbol, not a verdict
Write what you experienced separately from what you think it means. “My eyes felt closed” is an observation in the experience; “this proves a past life” is an interpretation. Consider what you avoid seeing in ordinary life without forcing a memory. If you prefer a waking inquiry, the Golden Thread reflection provides a gentler starting point.
Frequently asked questions
Does an image prove a past-life memory?
No. An image or felt sense can be meaningful to you without establishing a historical event. Treat interpretations as possibilities and avoid using them as evidence about other people or your past.