I had posted this elsewhere but removed it.  I'm not sure if this was a retrieval or not but it felt like one.

During a guided meditation I was walking with a guide through the woods.  He was an older man with a walking stick who appeared suddenly in the middle of the guided meditation that had nothing to do with retrievals (not a Moen cd).  

We reached a still pool of water beside which I was resting comfortably on the ground.  I looked up to the right behind me at my guide and saw a very brilliant light breaking above his head, extremely bright like the sun above his head.  

I felt a child, perhaps 2-3 years of age, pulled upwards "through" me to him.  I was not conscious of lifting the child myself but had the sensation of it being pulled through me.  The light was blindingly bright.  

The guide gave the child to a "heavenly mother" figure beside and behind him to his left.

Before the retrieval I felt the presence of an angelic being, and after the retrieval the angelic being seemed to return to me to end the experience.

This retrieval was during a guided meditation which had absolutely nothing to do with retrievals and a retrieval was not on my mind.  The entire experience felt extremely spiritual in nature.

love, blink

Well, Alysia, you see I was doing a normal meditation on peace with a guided imagery cd.  During the initial part of the meditation while doing an imagery exercise using white light I felt an angelic presence who was bringing the light through me instead of the normal procession where I visualize doing it myself.  I continued with the imagery as normal. 

At one point I was to forgive someone beneath a waterfall.  As I did this my guide appeared very suddenly and unexpectedly, an older gentleman with a walking stick.  We walked together through the woods. 

There seemed to be brief period where I phased out of consciousness and when I returned I was a short distance further in the cd. 

At the bridge instead of focusing on the bridge I found myself settling beside a shaded pool on the grassy edge.  It was very peaceful.  I felt very relieved. 

I don't know if it was an actual child or simply a part of me which was lifted and transformed in some way during this experience.   I interpreted it as a child but the "lifting" was a whooshing, very physical occurrence.  Whatever was lifted through me or from me, the experience was one of very bright movement.  As the "child" was passed to the "heavenly" mother type figure there was an ecstatic feeling.  Was it a "heavenly" mother, I don't know.  It was a being that I "felt" was like that. 

Then it seemed that my angelic being was back with me briefly--the other "characters" were gone and I was simply gently placed back into a simple light energy presence.  A normal experience of light energy for me is tranquil and not emotional.  The "retrieval" was emotional, and my emotion during it was of sudden awe.  Also, at the appearance of my guide I had a flash of sudden awe.  It was quite simply unexpected and very beautiful.

Perhaps that explains it better, love, blink

Hi Blink,

This feels like a self retrieval to me too. Thanks for posting it.

Love, Mairlyn

Hi Blink,
I once was on a mind-journey in which I expressed the wish to go to the Love Center on Focus 27. What I experienced was a source of radiation and in it was a child. I took it as symbol for PUL. These rays were going through me causing bodily feelings like a wind, very soothing but energizing too. I always do feel energy most strong when I imagine to let it run through me from a source which never will be empty rather than to imagine that I myself am the source (but the second works too, but not as strong). So, maybe you were shown love energy?
Bye, Spooky

Thanks, Spooky,
Yes, your description of the rays going through you sounds very similar.  It was just so fast, but I am sure it was a love energy as you suggest.  It was a very positive experience.

Alysia,
Thank you for your thoughts.  The man with the stick did not sit with me.  He appeared at the top left hand side of the waterfall which I was standing in front of in a viewing position.  After walking together and perhaps  something else occurring which I don't remember, when I sat by the pool he was standing behind me to my right side.  As the whooshing light experience occurred it seemed that I had simply twisted around in my seated position to look up at him, which was when the intense bright light broke above his head, and then the transferrence occurred very quickly so that my attention immediately focused on the larger and light-filled heavenly being which I interpreted as a heavenly mother.  Perhaps the intense bright light above his head was simply the arrival of the light "being" -- it all seemed to occur almost at once, but was a very distinct experience.  It is interesting that as you ask me questions I am able to bring more from the experience and bring a cohesiveness to the narrative that feels very much like the experience.

And, yes, I do feel that something has been released in me and that it is energetic in nature, if that makes any sense.

love, blink

I love the word grace...it's a beautiful one.  I don't know if I can maintain grace for any length of time to be perfectly honest...and that's okay.  I guess I'm like  sand in a bottle, just turn me over when I run out and I'll keep on going...was that your image or mine?

love, blink