Quote Originally Posted by blackberry829 View Post
I have a few questions. Sorry if they've been asked before.

First, when you're looking at the image, are you supposed to see the colours at first? If not, when do you think an average person would start seeing colours?

Secondly, when you're trying to visualize the apple, is it best to do it with your eyes closed or open? And when you visualize the apple, once again, am I supposed to see it vividly, as if it were waking life at first, or is it supposed to be shadowy, possibly blurry?

Thanks.

You don't have to necessarily see the colors at first, you do have to see an image though.

It's best to do it with eyes closed in my opinion, that way its easier to focus on the world of inner imagery and take away the attention of visual stimuli with the eyes. With this exercise you should try to visualize it as vividly as you can in your minds eye, you do not have to see it as if it were a hallucinatory-real life image, by following the rest of the techniques one could develop that type of ability where you ACTUALLY see what you visualize in your immediate consciousness.