Have you ever felt the presence of spirits or entities while doing mindfulness (breath) meditation or loving-kindness meditation?

When I am doing the loving-kindness meditation, feel the presence of many loving entities and souls that surround me. They fill me with their light and I feel their spiritual embrace. Sometimes they are people and animals who are dear to me but who have crossed over. Other times they are the souls of spiritual masters who bring a message. I don’t go into meditation seeking them but they come when they want to appear.

This is appropriate for the loving-kindness meditation, which is a natural opening of a compassionate heart, towards ourselves and to others. During it, we express the wish that everyone be happy. We begin with:

May I be filled with lovingkindness
May I be held in loving kindness
May I feel connected and calm
May I accept myself just as I am
May I be happy
May I know the natural joy of being alive

Then replace “I” with “you,” then a neutral person, then someone we love, our neighborhood, the nation, the planet, and so on.
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During mindfulness meditation, I don’t experience the presence of entities or spiritual guides. This is because mindfulness is about paying attention to the present moment in whatever activity I am undertaking. Opening the heart may not be the object or aim of this type of meditation. Awareness and clarity are key, so feeling the presence of loving souls is not what happens for me under these circumstances.