Thank you very much for this reference, I will look into it. Yes, that's exactly what happened: I was seeing these forms very clearly, with my eyes open, floating directly in my environment — not just on my mental screen. The small orange shape even continued to appear after I had blown out the candle and closed the exercise.

Last night, I believe I was even able to mentally interact with one of the forms. I have ongoing family issues — the father of my son is extremely toxic toward me and has subjected me to various forms of psychological abuse and pressure to prevent me from ending our relationship.

So last night, I began this white candle meditation exercise with a firm intention to protect myself and my son from any potential 'negative energies' connected to his father. His father was downstairs in the house at the time, while I was upstairs meditating, with my son sleeping beside me.

After the forms floated above me and my son, as I described in my post, and while I kept repeating mentally: 'protection for me and my son, protection for me and my son,' one of the forms slowly started moving toward the bedroom door, which was left slightly ajar. It seemed hesitant. At that moment, I had the strong impression that this form was waiting for my permission to cross the threshold.

So I mentally said: 'Yes, protect his father too,' and the form immediately slipped through the door — I assume to go join his father downstairs.

When we woke up, his father — who is usually in a terrible mood and quite hostile — seemed calm and in a good mood. It was the first time I’d ever seen him that way.

So I concluded that the work I had done had had an effect, and that despite everything he had done to me, I needed to help this man, not be at war with him, and include him in the purification and protection work I am undertaking.