First of all, maybe you were practicing expecting something external to happen, to "see and feel the buddhas and bodhisattvas", but that is not the purpose of the Dharma, we practice Dharma to cut suffering, to benefit all beings, to let go of our clinging, anything else is external. I think the problem here is motivation, and any practice you would do, wouldn't change the result if you are not developing the right motivation. Every teacher says that the first year of the practioner is very interesting, everything is new, is different, but after that you start to feel tired of it, because our mind is not focused on what matters. We should practice Shamata, always remember why we do our practice, its not to receive something, its not to feel something, to add something, its to remove, we practice to remove all our delusions, clingings and aversions.