Is it possible to see in the dark?

[Phlux]

hi general,

I know your asking about the "psychic" part involved. To that ends I know u can see in the dark while in astral/trance(sometimes) but dunno how easy it would be while awake and moving.

But also remember your eyes can be involved also. Depending if theres any light or no light. Heres and interesting little known fact: your eyes secret special chemicals to aid night vision after short periods in the dark. I first discoved this while reading a site on astronomy. Unfortunatly I can't find the link at the moment. But, there it states that after about 6 minuits in the dark, your eyes will secrete a chemical to improve night vision. Perhaps it helps to stimulate your rod cells. Rod cells "view" in black and white only. They of course are more sensative to light than the color sensative cells. Thats why you usually only see in black and white at night.

As I have discovered first hand (running every night for 6 years), there is some truth to this. I have noticed drastic improvement in my night vision. To the point where I can see quite well even in the darkest nights. I perhaps can speculate that this comes from more exposure to that night vision chemical. Or its possible that my long exposure to dark periods might have helped some kind of "psychic night vision" to kick in. There is of course other possibilities.

Would be interesting to look into.

Phlux

aka Phrozen from astraltravellers.com

Take care.

[kakkarot]

does it count if i can still percieve while in the dark even though i'm not using my eyes? i have sometimes been able to just percieve my surroundings, eventhough i couldn't see them, while in the dark. it's like just "knowing" where everything is, and eventhough i couldn't make out details of objects i could easily walk right over or around a mound of clothing on the floor, or my backpack, or other things. it happens most often when i am just waking up and i am forcing my body to move even before my mind has made a solid connection to my body.

~kakkarot

[kifyre]

Hey Gen-Army,

In Take Off Your Glasses and See, Jacob Liberman describes a Frenchman who lost his eyes in a war. Apparently, from his journals, he could see fine unless his emotions became too intense. Also, one of my father's friends is a healer. After a treatment, one of this healer's blind clients (I don't know if from birth or not--probably not.) was able to see for about 9 months and then the ability faded.

As higher states of consciousness are gradually accessed through meditation (or luck, or natural ability) one can apparently see with one's energy body. Robert Bruce refers to this as "astral sight." I know several people on the forum have mentioned experiencing this at one time or another. (I haven't managed it yet myself.)

I guess the trick is to do it while you're up and moving. [] But apparently some people have. Jacob Liberman mentioned above says that, objectively (light focusing ability), his eyes are still slightly myopic, but he claims to have 20/15 vision. (Better than 20/20.)

Anyway, if you're bypassing your physical eyes, I don't think seeing in the dark would be much of a problem. []

Mark

[sargon]

Seeing in the dark with physical eyesight is completely possible. I read an article about peripheral vision. That is the key to auric vision and night vision. That plus your left and right sides of your brain need to communicate effectively. That happens automatically (according to this document I practice with) when you develop better peripheral sight.

http://grillflame.com/forums/viewtopic.php?t=340&highlight=peripheral

[fredhedd]

of course it's possible to see in the dark.  you see the dark.

[Leftypilot79]

Hi guys,

Just thought I would post this article on Night Vision. Its from a aviation website...but it goes into detail about the structure of the eyeball and light and stuff.

"

A veteran pilot once remarked that night flying is no different from day flying-it's just that at night you can't see anything. Although his statement carries a good deal of truth, you can usually see something. To compensate for what you can't see, you need proper instrumentation. To make the most of your vision at night, you need to understand how the eye operates in darkness.

"Autokinesis" (short for autokinetic visible light phenomenon) is one of the special visual hazards of night flying. It resembles vertigo in some ways. Autokinesis occurs when you stare at a pinpoint of light in a dark sky. After a while, you get the feeling that either you or the light is in motion. To prevent this from happening, keep your eyes moving. Don't stare at a single light too long. Autokinesis used to be responsible for numerous aircraft disasters, until we discovered the cause for this optical illusion.

Night flying requires a different visual technique than day flying. You can see an object best during daylight by looking directly at it. At night, however, a scanning procedure is more effective-to permit "offcenter" viewing of the target. In other words, you will find after some practice that you can see things more clearly and definitely at night by looking slightly to one side of them, rather than straight at them.

The explanation for this lies in the dual structure of your eye. There are two kinds of light-sensitive nerve endings at the back of your eye: (1) the cones, which distinguish color and require considerable light to function, and (2) the rods, which detect objects only in shades of gray but can operate in very dim light.

The cones, because they need greater intensity of light to function, are used in day vision. In fact, the cones stop working altogether in semidarkness. Millions of these tiny structures are clustered at the back of the eyeball, directly behind the pupil. Not only do they distinguish colors, they pick up distant objects.

The rods are concentrated in a ring around the cones. Being colorblind, they see only in grays and are used in peripheral vision during the day-that is, to perceive objects in motion out of the corner of the eye. Because the rods can still function in light of 1/5,000 the intensity at which the cones cease to function, they are used for night vision. These structures are 100,000 times as sensitive in the dark as they are in sunlight. However, they do need more time to adjust to darkness than the cones do to bright light. Your eyes become adapted to sunlight in 10 seconds, whereas they need 30 minutes to fully adjust to a dark night.

The fact that the rods are distributed in a band around the cones, and, therefore, do not lie directly behind the pupils, makes "offcenter" viewing important to the pilot during night flight. If, in your attempts to practice the scanning procedure mentioned previously, you find that your eyes have a tendency to swing directly toward the target, force them to swing just past it so that the rods on the opposite side of the eyeball pick up the object.

Rods lose their sensitivity after short exposure to alight source, but regain it quickly after a moment of "rest." Consequently, a prolonged blink may be enough to renew the effectiveness of your vision if you are simply using the "offcenter" technique, without scanning. Remember, too, that rods do not perceive objects while your eyes are in motion, only during the pauses.

Good sight depends upon your physical condition. Fatigue, colds, vitamin deficiency, alcohol, stimulants, smoking, or medication can seriously impair your vision. Keeping these simple principles in mind, you should be able to safeguard your night vision. "

[General-Army]

I remember a while ago in a different forum, someone said they were able to see in the dark and go through very easily in the pitch dark. He said it had to do with his third eye or something related to that. Is it possible to see in the pitch dark where theres no other light at all?