--- In FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com, cardemaister <no_re...@...> wrote: > > > During the first years of my "doing" TM I often "saw" a > "blue sun" somewhat like this: > > http://www.nasa.gov/images/content/166805main_image_feature_736_ys_full.jpg > > As I recall it, the color was more even, and the "sun" had > small flames on the edge. I also seem to recall it was > very slowly "approaching" me and the disappering to start > the same all over again. > > Can't recall when I stopped "seeing" it. If it occasionally > appears nowadaze, it's rather "ragged"... >
A number of physiological possibilities as well. As one example random activity in the visual cortex in the brain sometimes is interpreted as a pattern. Similarly, neuron activity in the retina can create lights (rub you eyes, you li see lights). Many people have this experience, whether meditating or just closing their eyes before they sleep.