I and my boyfriend have been trying out the Kasina for 2 weeks now. I guess it is a bit early to draw results, but nevertheless I was hoping for some feedback from experienced users.
I tried out several programs from the different categories just curious what the experience will be like, and I can't really feel any effects on my mental state. Thoughts about every day life still come and go, I am not meditating or relaxing and some longer programms are tiring. I know how it feels like when I am relaxed and daydreaming. e.g. when I am looking at the reflection of the sun on the waves of the sea, and I can't reproduce that feeling with the Kasina yet.
I also only notice the colors at the highest brightness level, which is rather too bright, and mostly at the beginning of the programm - the longer it lasts the less I notice. I can't make out any shapes, let alone spirals or mandalas, so I didn't have my "wow"-experience yet.
My boyfriend which suffers from insomnia and had some strong psychedelic experiences in the past, on the other hand, sees very bright colors at the lowest brightness possible and at even this level he finds the flashing lights annoying. He even experienced one session with a binaural sound instead of music as agressive, and he wants to give the unit up. (Needless to say we can't experience a session together with 2 pairs of glasses, because at the level of brightness he is comfortble with and already seeing vivid colors, I only see darkness interrupted by a hardly noticeable flashing.)
It seems as if he is over-reacting to the sessions and I am not reacting at all.
Any thoughts?