It's been a while since I posted here but something has drawn me back and pushed me to post again. I have reason to believe I am in the dark night stage, but I do not let myself get mentally stuck on it. I keep meditating but still have a lot of work to do in terms of the quality and skill of my sits.

Anyway, the reason I am posting is because it feels like my reality is vibrating. It is not subtle, but it is definitely noticeable, especially in the classroom when I look at this particular carpet. I cant focus on the carpet and it seems like it is moving and vibrating. Also, my professor wore a striped shirt and the stripes were tripping me out. Its like they were waving together, again subtlety, but I could still easily pick up on it.

My question for the board is this: what am I experiencing? I believe it has something to do with the state of consciousness I currently live in (not sure how else to describe it).

Hahaha. Your response gives me the impression that I am either insane or crazy...!

I do not drink coffee

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I think the title may be misleading. When I say head vibrations, I more so mean eye vibrations I suppose. Its not like my head is just shaking uncontrollably, its like my vision (the things I look at) seem alive. Almost as if there was a 10% grainy photoshop filter over everything in my field of vision. It is not noticeable when I am engrossed in activity, but when I am still and sitting it is easily noticeable. Hopefully that clarifies this hehe.

I think it's a relatively normal phenomenon that comes up when you pay attention to your experience in a certain way. At least if it's relatively mild, as it seems in your case. I can tune into visual vibrations whenever I want to and I noticed this a few months after starting insight meditation.

Maybe if you describe your practice in more detail somebody can say something more specific. Here are some questions:
What does your practice look like? How often do you practice? How long? How does a session of formal practice usually play out? Did you do any visual concentration practices (like kasina or candle flame)? Do you sit with eyes open or closed? Do these vibrations bother you? Any further unusual / unpleasant phenomena?

You might also find something helpful in previous threads. There are some about similar visual phenomena, you just need to dig them up.

Best wishes
Christian

It's an optical illusion. I remember seeing the exact same thing, and yes it works particularly well with carpets. It is an artifact of the eyes and not one of anicca.

Think I have the same thing. Try to focus on this shirt, pretty weird?