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Originally posted by ahamarlin
Hi,
I was wondering what those white spickels are that are crawling around in front of your eyes when you stare into a blue sky for instance.
It looks like tiny energy dots swirling around, do anybody else see it?
Is it what yogis call prana? I see it for years and my eyes are ok.
I think I see it most during sunny conditions but I can can see it anytime I concentrate on it, also in the dark.
I can not manipulate it (yet?)
What is it?
Originally posted by MurderCityDevil
reply to post by ahamarlin
just little ameoba of sorts, most people have them, some have them worse
i had an eye injury as a kid so a few of mine are dark and follow my eye when it moves and seems to glide across my eye like they are floating
most call em floaters
no conspiracy, think of it as the physical metaphor as to how you hear high pitch ringing in ears all the time, sure you dont realize it all the time but its there
Originally posted by ahamarlin
reply to post by MurderCityDevil
There are millions of them, little light white spickels and they move around
each other real quick. OMG is nobody else seeing them?
What a fascinating thread. I'm glad it got revived. I'd not seen it before and just a couple of months ago my daughter and I both noticed these things while walking our dog. We couldn't figure out what they were as we knew they were not the typical floaters. I'm quoting Ian's post because this explanation makes the most sense to me out of all of the ones presented.
Originally posted by Ian McLean
While floaters are the most commonly seen phenomena, what the OP is describing actually sounds a little more like Blue field entoptic phenomenon:
The blue field entoptic phenomenon or Scheerer's phenomenon is the appearance of tiny bright dots moving quickly along squiggly lines in the visual field, especially when looking into blue light (such as the sky). This is a normal effect that can be perceived by almost everybody. The dots are due to the white blood cells that move in the capillaries in front of the retina of the eye, near the macula.
Or possibly scintillations due to ophthalmic migraines (which are typically painless):
Guide to Ocular Migraines
Don't worry, you're not crazy (at least, not from that ). See a doctor if you think the symptoms are extreme or interfering with your well-being.