darkness turns bright white while in meditation...

[kakkarot]

"what do you do to get beyond this stage?" become accustomed to it. when the extraordinary becomes the ordinary will your wonder and amazement fade and you can progress with calm once more.

~kakkarot

[Anonymous]

I think the brightness has something to do with the negative-images produced by gamma rays that are only picked up by your eyes when they have not moved from one spot in a very long time- I read something about it on some webpage when I was trying to get info on seeing my own aura. When I meditate with a light on, all becomes black. And if I meditate in the dark, all becomes white. Similarly, if you stare at something red for too long, when you look around everything has a blueish tint to it until your eyes can re-adjust. And if you stare at something blue, you get an orange tint.

[jason]

that's interesting.I never would have thought of that!

[jason]

does anyone know why this happens? it happens almost every time I meditate if I do it for long enough.it starts out as swirls of light and/or color while in trance.they eventually come together,and fill the whole field of vision.sometimes it becomes so bright that it shocks and surprizes me, then it dissapears instantly.I get too excited -"wow!,look at that!"-then it's gone.
 this happens too much! I react to signs of progress, then those signs of progress dissapear because of the reaction.
 what do you do to get beyond this stage? emotional control,probably.it's very difficult not to react though!