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These strange blobs you see have a name; they’re called “phosphenes,” and researchers believe that actual light may play a role. But not ordinary light — this light comes from inside your eyes. In the same way that fireflies and deep-sea creatures can glow, cells within our eyes emit biophotons, or biologically produced light particles. “We see biophotonic light inside our eyes in the same way we see photons from external light,” said István Bókkon, a Hungarian neuroscientist who works at the Vision Research Institute in Lowell, Massachusetts...
These phosphenes can be heightened by all kinds of everyday stimuli, such as an intense sneeze, hearty laughter, coughing, blowing your nose or standing up too quickly. Other factors such as low blood pressure or low oxygen intake can increase the visual show even further, and certain drugs like '___' can take it off the scale. Another way to induce a charge of activity is to apply some light pressure on the eyelids when closed. This pressure triggers a different pattern of light activity and, all of a sudden, a whole new light show can be induced in a fraction of a second because the brain believes it is seeing a form of light....
Seeing colors during meditation is a common, healing experience. According to Ayurveda and other Eastern healing systems, each color relates to a specific chakra or energy center in the body, so when you see a given color, it means that healing is taking place in that area of the body. If you see green colors, for example, your heart chakra is being rejuvenated and renewed. Visions of blue indicate that the throat chakra area is healing itself....
I already searched everywhere from pdf books on the subject to good ol' google.
originally posted by: libertytoall
this is out of my understanding so I won't make any ignorant comments.