Colours behind my closed eyes

Hello all,

For the past 2 or 3 years i've suffered from chronic fatigue syndrome. As there seems to be very little of use medically i've basically tried anything i can to try and be well again! Such as meditating, yoga, reiki, vitamins and minerals etc. Nothing is having any effect whatsoever and as a result i'm spending way too much time off work.

Anyways, to my point!

Mainly during meditation and sometimes just when i shut my eyes for a few seconds, i get these crazy purple and green shapes appearing behind my closed eyes. They change shape, get larger or smaller, drift in and out of "the picture" and sometimes change colour.

Is this connected to my illness? I'm sure my yoga teacher said last year that the purples had something to do with protection because of my illness. Or is this something entirely different?

Any help will be greatly appreciated.

Many thanks

SP

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It's completely normal and not having to do with your condition, at least from the information provided. Our eyes work because of light sensitive cells that go through a series of processes when exposed to light. Light triggers certain chemical and electrical processes that start reactions in these cells and these reactions can either happen without being triggered by light at all (more rare) or long after being triggered by light (more likely). When you see colors and shapes when your eyes are closed, it is most likely due to these chemical electric processes sustaining themselves long after being triggered by or exposed to light. It can sometimes be a symptom of a problem with your eyes, so you should get checked out by a trusted physician or optometrist, though certainly not anything to worry about just by itself.

Anyway, I hope this helps.


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The colours you are seeing are called phosphenes.
Its caused by pressure on the eyeball.

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As airspoon noted it's totally normal. You can read more here:

Closed-eye hallucination

Not really on the topic but I watched an anime once called Mushi-Shi that explored alot of strange things that happens to our bodies. The colors when we close our eyes, ringing in your ears, eye ghosts, etc. Of course in the show all these effects are caused by a creature called a Mushi not normal body functions but still interesting.

While we are all taking about it. Does anyone see a transparent shape floating around when you close your eyes? Peter on family guy calles it an"eye ghost". Not sure what it's really called or if im just crazy. I have had it my whole life. Only thing I can think it is would be something floating around in the fluid in my eye... But im no doctor so im not really sure. Funny thing is it almost looks like a DNA strain.

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With respect to the phosphenes answers, although accurate that doesn't seem like much help as to the possible "why" of all this so I'll give it a go as well.

My post is from personal experience as a long-time Reiki Master, I don't have any scientific citations on this, just my intuition.
Chronic fatigue can occur for a lot of reasons but anxiety can certainly be a key factor. I have a feeling the visual hallucinations are tied to the CFS. By the way, I think it's awesome you're trying holistic means to fix this and I wish you luck! One question - Reiki certificates are relativey easy to get and not all high level Reiki practitioners are really deserved of the title - is the Reiki person you worked with a Level III, Reiki Master? and what type of work are they doing... if they're doing chakra balancing and meridian clearing this is a good sign. If they're just putting their hands on you and not explaining what's going on, maybe not such a good sign.

CFS is associated with the Third Chakra among other things. As energy is sapped and overextended by the third chakra it will cause depletion in other parts of the body. Have you experienced neck pain, raspy voice, difficulty swallowing? Unexplainable loneliness and sadness? abdominal issues due to high levels of acid? These are all signs your third chakra is out of balance and affecting other chakras. A Reiki Master might be able to fix this, most likely temporarily, but I'd recommend acupuncture as well as some clinical therapy or group work.
(Please don't take therapy recommendation the wrong way - I have a Master's degree in Psychology and basically think everyone in the Western world could benefit from it!)

The colors specifically could be caused by a few things but you seem to be taking care of what I'd recommend with your Reiki, vitamins, yoga, etc. Regular massage for your neck, making sure your computer desk isn't too high, staying relaxed while driving - are a few other possible things I'd say keep an eye on; be aware of neck strain and shoulder alignment.

As a final note - the colors could be indication of higher awareness of some kind. I have synesthesia, which is a mixing of the senses. I tend to associate colors with just about everything but sense peoples emotions in color (in my mind's eye) and can easily see auras. I'd recommend "asking" if the colors mean anything and what you can do to develop that - either in a dream or journey of some type.

Best of luck with it. Ultimately for whatever the reason of the colors I don't think it should be something to worry about.

Hi guys, thank you for all the replies and links.

I have read a little bit about these phosphanes in the past and certainly thought it might have been what i was seeing, although i'd swear they've morphed into real pictures or faces occasionally. My girlfriend thinks i'm crazy! Then again she only believes what people in authority or the mainstream media tell her.

I should really get checked out by an optometrist as you say airspoon.

DrumsRfun:
I totally agree with your username. I got my first set a couple of months ago. A great addition to my home studio. There doesn't seem to be anyone in the UK selling the Greens+ stuff but i'll look into it more. Cheers.

Thermo Klein:
I don't know if this is relevant but the CFS all started a few months after my best friend of 30 years died suddenly. Docs thought i was suffering from stress to begin with but that wasn't the case.
I would doubt the woman doing the Reiki is a master. She's a complimentary therapist with her fingers in a few pies so to speak. I asked what she was doing rather than her telling me and she said something like providing energy to certain chakras that needed it. I have printed off lots of information about chakras from the internet but as yet haven't got around to reading it all. I seem to be on this thirst for knowledge at the moment. Whether its my health issues or the BIG picture. I'll have to delve into it this evening i think.
I most definitely experience neck pain and i can sometimes feel a bit down. A bit like hmm things should be different here! I've been taking a pill every day for years to deal with acid reflux.
I looked into reading auras about a year ago and found i was able to do it pretty easily. Well i could easily see the aura extended up to maybe a foot from the individual.
I found your post particularly helpfull so thank you.

Many thanks
SP

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What you have described (regarding what you see when your eyes are closed) is very, very common, and may be to do with this.

This Drawing is 100% accurate.



Which is the base “Partition Map” of the “Processing System” in the Soul which all, is manifested through.

There is a series of books being made available in Chinese, hopefully the first will be published in the first half of next year, describing in detail with many drawings (a few thousand) the workings of this “Operating System”, where it came from, how it was produced, and why.

We are not sure when the first book of this series will be made available in English but hope it will follow the Chinese version as soon as possible.

Many people are able to both see and study this for themselves, of their own Soul and only takes a little time each day, taking careful notice of what they see with their eyes closed in a very relaxed state.

There are many different ways that allow us to see these things, without entering a relaxed state with our eyes closed, using other physical systems involving Mechanical "Rotors" of various designs, Dynamic (Mobile) Geometry on Screen and strobes at certain frequencies etc. But I would recommend you learn how to do this on your own without the use of mechanical aids and not rely on mechanical Systems only.

However these Mechanical systems do have their own place involving Technologies.

When your mind focuses, these colours will change in their appearance, and a huge amount of dynamic Geometry will be seen as the “Operating System” itself, uses "Geometric Functions".

To observe what I have drawn above yourself, in your own Soul while your eyes are closed, requires you to focus your mind ("Vision") to a critical distance in front of you.

You can find a huge amount describing this, found in "ancient writings".
The most common place, we can find this material is in pre and early Christian writings and Geometric Art forms, but most people are not aware of this. In fact we can go back to before Plato and find this evidence in Byzantium Art and Architecture. First however we need to become aware, of what these writings are referring to, and how to interpret these ancient writings, found in most cultures across the Earth in some form or other.