# Do you see colors when you close your eyes, too? **URL:** \ **Category:** In My Humble Opinion\ **Created:** [September 14, 2003, 1:30am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/do-you-see-colors-when-you-close-your-eyes-too/201485 "2003-09-14T01:30:58Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 3\ **Page:** 3
**Author:** ![Inigo\_Montoya](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/inigo_montoya/32/124_2.png) [@Inigo\_Montoya](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Inigo_Montoya)\ **Post date:** [April 4, 2011, 2:10pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/do-you-see-colors-when-you-close-your-eyes-too/201485/41 "2011-04-04T14:10:41Z")
Damn. I though **Sanguine Spider** was back. She’s the only spider I never wanted to smash with a rock. ---
**Author:** ![Naim3D](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/n/bb73d2/32.png) [@Naim3D](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Naim3D)\ **Post date:** [November 3, 2012, 3:50pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/do-you-see-colors-when-you-close-your-eyes-too/201485/42 "2012-11-03T15:50:23Z")
> [@SanguineSpider](#): > > Now, first off.. I am NOT a drug user, I do not “booze it up”, I do not smoke or toke. When I am very tired, sometimes I see a very dim, neon green ring of color in my mind when I close my eyes. It seems to be moving away from me and it’s continuous (it seems to vanish only to have another follow it away). > > I can also make myself see little bright red glowing dots that I can make spin or get closer, ocassionally I can change the color to green or cyan. I also see (this is rare) the black and dim orange stripes of a tiger walking across my vision (eyes closed so it’s dark), just the stripes in a cat shape. > … :dubious: > > Yes, I know how this must be sounding to you, the reader. Again, I assure you… I do NOT take drugs. Perhaps my parents partook while I was merely a twinkle in daddy’s eye but they assure me, they have not. Now, I beg you, the reader, to reveal as I have, whether or not you have ever had this experience or one very similar. No, I do NOT take drugs or any medications whatsoever! > > Am I the only one?? colours, light ~ astral purple light ~ astral space As you practise the various techniques working on the third eye, you will encounter mainly 3 types of experiences between the eyebrows: 1) vibration, 2) colours and light, 3) purple light. Roughly speaking, the first one indicates an activation of the etheric layer, the second indicates the astral, while the perception of the purple light indicates that a connection has been made with the astral space (the terms etheric and astral will be developed further on in this book). Of course these indications are far too simplified to be completely exact. But from an experiential point of view they provide helpful references to allow you to find your way in the beginning. 1. Vibration, tingling, a feeling of pressure, weight, or density, all have the same significance when felt between the eyebrows. They indicate that something is being activated in the etheric part of your third eye. The etheric body is the layer of life force, equivalent to the prāṇa of the Indian tradition and the qi of traditional Chinese medicine. (The third eye is not a physical organ, it is predominantly etheric and astral.) The vibration (or any of its equivalents, such as tingling, pulsing, pressure, density…) is the sensation by which the etheric is perceived. Whenever you feel it somewhere in your body, it indicates that the etheric layer is activated in this area. So the perception of the vibration between the eyebrows is nothing other than a perception of the etheric part of the third eye. Since tingling, pressure, density or weight have more or less the same significance, to simplify I shall refer to all of them by the same word: vibration. Therefore, whenever you read ‘vibration’ in this book, it refers to any or all of these different forms. For instance, “Build up the vibration between the eyebrows,” means: build up the modality that is most natural to you – vibration, pressure, density, or their equivalent. Anyway after some time the vibration will be perceived as all of these simultaneously. There are different levels of vibration, just as there are different levels of etheric energy, some more subtle than others. The intensity of the vibration may vary from one day to the next. Apart from quantitative variations, it is also the quality of the Chapter 3 – Awakening the Third Eye 37 vibration that tends to vary naturally from one day to another. Consequently it is important not to cling to any modality but to flow with what comes each day. After some time the experience will become more stable and the energy movements will be more under your control. 2. The second type of experience that can take place between the eyebrows is that of (non-physical) lights of various sorts, from a vague haze, cloud, or glow, to colours and organised patterns. These various manifestations can be regarded as equivalent, and indicate that something is being activated in the astral part of your third eye. To simplify, I will refer to all of them by the term ‘light’. So each time you read ‘light’ in this book, it means all or any of these: haze, colours, light patterns, shining dots or anything that glows. Choose the one that comes most naturally to you and let it be gradually refined into a more and more brilliant light. The astral body is the layer of mental consciousness and emotions. The equation ‘(non-physical) light = astral’ is not absolute, for certain high frequencies of light come from far above the astral layer. But as you will quickly learn to recognize, the lights and colours that commonly appear between the eyebrows when you ‘switch on’ your eye are a clear indicator that the astral part of the third eye is being activated. 3. The purple light is often perceived as the background of the other lights or colour patterns. It gives the feeling of an expanse or of a space that extends in front of your third eye. The deeper you contact the purple light, the more you perceive it as a space that is not only in front of you but all around you. This space corresponds to what esotericists call the astral space. This space of consciousness is not always perceived as purple, but also as dark blue or even black. What matters most is the feeling of space, whatever the colour of darkness perceived. I will therefore use the word ‘space’ for the dark expanse at the background of the third eye, regardless of its colour. Note that the perception of the purple space is quite simple, and that many people have experienced it (in particular during childhood) without realizing its real nature. ---
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