Seeing the color purple?, page 2

Originally posted by lernmore

Originally posted by Gumerk
I could close my eyes and see the coolest swirls and vivid colors. One object would turn into another, and it was like an adventure. I remember seeing more red back then though.

Some time ago I posted nearly the same thing, and had always thought everyone experienced this when their eyes were closed. I was completely shocked to find out that it wasn't the case. I asked my dad, my brother, and a few of my friends if they ever remember such a thing, even when very young, none had.

I'm in my forties now, and have tried recently, with some success, to see in my mind what I used to regularly as a child during nap-time. What I've noticed is that the colors and shapes aren't as pronounced and vivid. Shades of grays and dark purples have mostly replaced the dramatically bright blues and reds that were the first colors I would usually see first.

I've often described it as overwhelming shapes of geometrical perfection, spinning into infinity, in vivid color. It's almost like looking down an ever changing vortex turning itself inside-out. That image, however, merely starts the sequence of images, which would eventually turn into distinct objects and morph into something else.

Again, when I was young, it would usually start with a very bright flash of a blue shape, and most often the next color I would see is red, and it would continue to get more defined as it progressed. This was way before all the cool screen-savers we have nowadays on our computers, or even the spiro-graph mind you.

This experience alone, is the single most influential factor when it comes to my belief that there's more to reality than what we experience around us every day. To my surprise, digging into physics has only furthered that belief.

The way I see it, either the human brain is so much more capable than any of us can imagine, (see what I did there) or those images came from somewhere else. I mean, how can I be a witness to something I've never seen? As hard as it is to believe, I have to, because I have, and I'm not nuts...I think...clinically anyway.

Hopefully you'll breathe a little easier now knowing that others have encountered nearly the same types of "visions", and can probably rule out that point in your future where you find out you're actually a God or an alien with some impossible task to perform.

Peace

Thank you lernmore. This describes almost perfectly what I'm speaking of. The way you describe your experiences as a child, sounds beat to beat exactly what I experienced, and experienced again last night. Last night they were almost as bright and vivid as my childhood experiences, just a tad bit dimmer, but not by much, especially the purple flame. Now I'm really intrigued. This is really cool. Thx yall. Kind of like you said, it's almost like an infinity of different shapes, and they build on one another somehow, only to make something else. I've found that when I really relax, the experience gets even more detailed. It kind of feels like flying in a way. What gets me is I'm seeing all this with my eyes closed lol This purple flame last night was dancing around like nothing I have ever seen. It was taking all kinds of form. The reason I say flame is because it was like a candle light in the wind. A beautiful, ever changing, vivid, florescent, and kind flame. Then when these white rings started encircling it they got faster and faster flying by, and then turning to a triangle shape.

[edit on 18-8-2009 by Gumerk]

[edit on 18-8-2009 by Gumerk]