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On the Lighter Side => That CAN'T be true! => Topic started by: Enchantress on 09/11/2017 20:59:47
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I was outside meditating and when I opened my eyes I saw tons of tiny clear circles and clear circles with a black center. They were all different sizes and moving. There were more clear dots than the dots with a black center. There was only one bigger than the others that was clear and looked like a double blob. When I put my hand in front they would move. I had to focus on seeing really close to see the dots. It was a cloudy day. When I went inside I tried to see really close like what I was doing outside, but it was just clear hazy. I went back outside and focused and saw the circles again.
I looked up visual snow and I do not think it is that because the circles are clear and clear with black dots. I do not have a headache.
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Hard to say.
Could be something like this
But you should probably talk to a doctor/ optometrist about it.
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Scintillating_scotoma
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Phosphene
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I was outside meditating and when I opened my eyes I saw tons of tiny clear circles and clear circles with a black center. They were all different sizes and moving. There were more clear dots than the dots with a black center. There was only one bigger than the others that was clear and looked like a double blob. When I put my hand in front they would move. I had to focus on seeing really close to see the dots. It was a cloudy day. When I went inside I tried to see really close like what I was doing outside, but it was just clear hazy. I went back outside and focused and saw the circles again.
I looked up visual snow and I do not think it is that because the circles are clear and clear with black dots. I do not have a headache.
Welcome to the forum, @Enchantress :)
My guess is that your meditation might have induced transient visual hallucinations.
What are you focusing into when meditating ?
See: https://www.quora.com/Can-meditation-induce-hallucinations
Take care,
tk
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I was outside meditating ...
Hopefully not sungazing (https://rationalwiki.org/wiki/Sungazing).
It is possible to see white blood cells in the retina shooting by...
Being awake with your eyes shut for some time could create the Ganzfeld effect (https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ganzfeld_effect).
... tiny clear circles and clear circles with a black center ...
(https://www.thenakedscientists.com/forum/proxy.php?request=http%3A%2F%2Fc7.alamy.com%2Fcomp%2FA4G5BH%2Fwoman-silhouetted-against-sunlit-sea-shot-with-a-500mm-mirror-lens-A4G5BH.jpg&hash=42a51d160abe32f03ddc7523a3f99ff2)
If you can persistently see "doughnut" bokeh (https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Bokeh), shown above, without a camera, you definitely need to see an ophthalmologist.