It was right when I was falling asleep, and I opened my eyes for some reason to look at the physical world, right as I was falling asleep. The visual physical realm and my imagined visual realm were completely merged. I believe it's kind of like a way to hallucinate naturally, as my thoughts/impressions were the basis for what I saw.
That sounds like a HH/hypnagogic hallucination. Fun stuff.
Also, as I believe these to be related, I'm trying to figure out how to change a 2d image into 3d.
I saw this cool thing awhile back on how to do it, with any 2d picture. Like you say, like magic eye, in this technique, it's for those less gifted though, one takes two identical photos, place side by side, and do that magic eye thing, bam! now you have a 3d pic., perhaps you just have a natural gift? I imagine though that's not what you mean ...
like she'll be trying to read her book and then suddenly the words just pop out at her.
Ugh. yes, familiar with that, I blamed it on tiredness+lots of intense reading+dyslexia=words floating on page.
I tried focusing on images using this technique, and I can begin to see them turn 3d, but my eyes quickly snap back to normal!
It takes practice, you're exercising a muscle. I tried to do it real quick and analyze the process...what I got IMHO, is that when you are doing this technique(magic eye-soft gaze), you are um..not sure how to say this well, but you divide an image up into two copies, your brain is holding the images separately, then overlay mentally, like separate but together, then POP, 3d. There is a "sweet" spot, it takes focus to hold, but can be done.
Once, during a deep open eyed meditation, the objects I was staring at on my bed completely morphed into something that they're not. I was able to imprint my own impression onto them, with only their previous shape and form staying intact. I can't seem to do it again though, and it took a lot of concentration!
IMHO, Playing with one's own visual perception can be tricky. I call it play, that's not to say you were playing. I don't quite understand this statement: "I was able to imprint my own impression onto them, with only their previous shape and form staying intact." but from what I understand, you realized that your internal state/thoughts affected your visual perception.
Personally I haven't played with visual perception much, and that which I have, I certainly lack adequate experience... I do think people do it often, although unconsciously, (which can be why eye-witness reports are tricky, etc.), but I digress, I have noticed that in my own perceptual play, as you have stated it does take a certain amount of concentration, as well as a particular state of mind per se, the closer to say "theta" the more "real" the play is, as well as the effects one is trying to achieve, if any at all. That's not to say one can't do the same in other states, but it takes a bit more umphf, or at least for me it does. There are other things at play as well, but as I've already written a novel, I'll stop there, plus it's not something one doesn't discover one one's own.
IHMO, I just recommend to continue to practice, experiment, test, and keep a journal.
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