u/ash_tar

Hi,

So I've been doing beginner trekcho meditation.
I've been getting different states, some bliss, but mostly a psychedelic state.

Now I have always had a looser perception than most, with acuity of sound and vision and a kind of estrangement to it. I've also for many years had rather intense migraines, though these had mostly ceased.

Simultaneously with the states, which I also have when not sitting, my migraines have returned, much more visually with intense auras and hypersensitivity. These can take multiple days and I'm having a hard time separating what is what.

Can there be a relationship between the two? My two lama's are away since summer so I have noone to ask. I'm scheduling an appointment with a neurologist.

Thank you

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I recently started doing mindfulness meditation, Waking up with Sam Harris and also some the Headless Way exercises.

These were very interesting and helpful, but I’m realizing I probably need a more grounded and structured practice rather than isolated insights or techniques.

I struggle with mortality and aging. I have had a difficult year with loss in the family and extreme stress at work. I am managing fine, but since staring meditation, I feel a sense of compassion, but also sometimes overwhelming empathy with people and their suffering.

Basically I feel that a more elaborate framework like Buddhism might help me, I have been looking at Dzogchen and Mahamudra and they speak to me from what I could glimpse.

I am basically an agnostic atheist of catholic culture, I don't hold metaphysical beliefs. I also studied East Asian cultures, so I’m cautious about projecting secular Western interpretations onto traditions I don’t fully understand.

I suppose I’m looking for advice on:

whether Buddhism sounds like an appropriate path for someone like me

whether Dzogchen/Mahamudra are reasonable entry points

and how to approach these traditions seriously without either romanticizing or blindly adopting them.

Any thoughts would be appreciated.