Flashes of White Light During Meditation

[8bit]

When I meditate on the third eye I see flashes of white, and faces sometimes. What is this?

[Szaxx]

Hi,
Ive seen em too just before an astral hand slapped me in the face.
Only on this occasion though, other than that Im not worried.

[tomcat941]

On the few times i have meditated i have experience the flashing white light, and also an astral presence that pulled my head back (quite possible that my head just fell because it wasn't supported) I think the light is a sort of electrical discharge, but I'm not certain. When i saw it, it was pulsating. As for the presences, i have no idea, but it is very possible that it is an illusion created by being in a deep state of relaxation.

[8bit]

On the few times i have meditated i have experience the flashing white light, and also an astral presence that pulled my head back (quite possible that my head just fell because it wasn't supported) I think the light is a sort of electrical discharge, but I'm not certain. When i saw it, it was pulsating. As for the presences, i have no idea, but it is very possible that it is an illusion created by being in a deep state of relaxation.

Probably, but it's pretty cool if you ask me. Lol, my hands move as well. It's freaky.

[8bit]

Hi,
Ive seen em too just before an astral hand slapped me in the face.
Only on this occasion though, other than that Im not worried.

Lol hopefully that doesn't happen to me.

[tomcat941]

oh yeah, freaky stuff is always cool!  After the event of course XD
I think i'm going to get back into meditation, and do it daily this time.

[Szaxx]

Hey, dont be scared, you know what happens the second fear takes over...
It could have been my own. It looked the same as it was in the seventies. I did jump though..lol.
And retaliated instantly, in a nice way of course....

[roman67]

When I meditate on the third eye I see flashes of white, and faces sometimes. What is this?

It also happens with me.

[Stookie_]

It's common for flashes of light to happen when the crown chakra increases in activity and the energy pulses down into the brow chakra, creating the pulsing/flashing light.

I'm not saying that this is definitely what is happening, just putting that option out there.

[Lionheart]

 I find the "flashes of white light" to be just another one of the many "sign posts" that we experience on our way to the Wider Reality/Astral World! 

[NoY]

I'm with stookie id say brow center activation 


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[8bit]

I'm with stookie id say brow center activation 


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I agree. I didin't meditate yesterday so I'm gonna meditate today. I like listening to those 936hz tracks. I found a really good one on demonoid.

[Xanth]

When I meditate on the third eye I see flashes of white, and faces sometimes. What is this?

I can't say where the flashes are coming from, a lot of people including myself experience them... I don't really focus upon them on all and ignore them best I can.

The faces, however, are hypnogogic in nature.  Doesn't mean they're not real or anything objective though. 

[sanjayrao1010 on twitter]

I guess its common enough  feeding off the  the responses on this string, I experience two types of white lights

1) Floating through this white lit tunnel , with very very soft,  just a bit off-white luminescent walls , Its so blissful , so soft and one feels like its a beautiful soft dream

2) Then there is the stationary extremely powerful white light than comes on from somewhere on top of ur head , from inside. This white light is so blinding, that although the eyes are closed and its shining seemingly inside your head , it literally hurts the eyes , with the intensity of its power ,and the brilliance of the white. its so powerful it can disrupt the meditation.

3) You float through this darkness like u are loose in space with the little stars (glow worms) drifting past you , like u r a silent space ship floating silently in space

4) Sometimes you approach this wall that is blacker than black. A black that no known language can describe . although its empty, u feel a force field , and as you come close to it, the cells in your entire body, every single one , seems like its all electrified with extremely high voltage, every cell is alive. You start gasping for breath, you feel your lungs are starved, and you are drowning in water, You  fight hard to stay in meditation till you break out of it gasping for breath. Its like u hit a invisible force field and were thrown out

The point still is ................you are supposed to ignore all this and keep hacking away at your meditation.

Just wanting to know anyone out there who finds this familiar?, anyone smashed through that intense dark invisible force field? What lies beyond?

regards

[Contenteo]

The are hundreds of varied and well documented phenomenon of the sort studied by eye doctors across the world. Most understood but some are not. IMO I'd throw this into the understood pile. I'd say it is the spasming of the rods in your eyes or something to that effect happening to your photoreceptors during the relaxation process. Your visual cortex is not shut down during that stage of meditation. Information can still get through from physical electric signals.

Cheers,
Contenteo

[sanjayrao1010 on twitter]

Dear contentio,
                     Have you had such experiences? do you meditate? I worry about  "experts" who give explanations with no personal experience, to search for explanations in isolation is brain dead simple. I could even come up with explanations such as , Lightening struck me to i saw lights flashing within me. Or someone hits me with a base ball bat on my head so i see lights.Or i have a severe congenital weaknesses, or i ate barium in contaminated vegetables and my nerves are having short circuits . i could go on with creative theoretical explanations . I have a masters in sciences , and trust me i can come up with many "logical " explanations 

It would also be hard for the scientists to prove if i claim that the sun is the center of the universe and does not move , and all the galaxies revolve around it.

If you did undergo these experiences , you may realize its not just a sight only phenomenon. there are massive physiological changes all over the body. the visions are not eye based at alllllllllllllll. it the inner mind and a sudden expansion there where its a complete all pervasive and integrated experience

There is a reason Yogis meditate in Himalayas for over 10,000 years and walk out with powers that defy all laws of nature as we know it. and a simple, eyes relax and we see flashes does not explain all.

But then its hard to explain all to someone who does not meditate and has not had these experiences

Sorry i dont mean to be rude, I have a scientific back ground and am aware of the short comings of science as it stands today. and i worry when scientists run around trying to explain everything with the art still in its infancy

Regards

[Contenteo]

I have been successfully projecting and meditating for nearly two years now.

These white flashes seems to be extremely commonplace going into the F10(mind awake/body asleep) state. I experience them very frequently. Almost nearly every-time while attempting projection. They come out of the corner. Your peripheral. A good deal of hypnogogic imagery is still unexplained, but white flashes can be strongly correlated with the rods in your eyes. I wondered about these for some time, then I consulted my eye doctor on a routine visit and he gave me the lowdown.

This phenomenon being commonplace in an F10 state(before your visual cortex shuts down) leads me strongly to believe that this particular phenomenon is not non-physical, input, but rather electric pulses from spasming from prolonged suffocation from sensory input (i.e. Your eyes have been closed for a while and they are tired of seeing black) To give you a common correlation, it could be similar to that negative color phenomenon after staring at a given frequency wavelength for a while. When you look away, you see the negative for a while.

From my personal experience and on a subjective, qualitative level, astral images tend to be more robust and detailed then a simple white flashes. 

Cheers,
Contenteo

[Stookie_]

Flashes of light I've experienced begin with a slight pressure in the head and a bright pulsing light that comes from above in a downward motion, not peripheral. There is some feeling associated with it (chakra pulsing sensations), not just visual. Most of the time it levels off and my awareness drastically shifts and it turns into visions.

I get other types of light, swirling patterns, and other hypnogigics during meditation too, but the first type of pulsing is much more intense and tends to start after hypnogogics.

In other words, we may all be talking about different things and it's probably best to keep an open mind.