Thread: Vision blocking

Ever since I was young I have had a little hobby. Whenever I go to bed I tend to lie awake for quite a while (unfortunately). So to pass the time a little I used to focus on one point in my bedroom and then try to blurr out something else in my vision. So for example I would look at the door, focus completely on that and then try to blurr out the painting on the wall that was just within my field of view. Untill I could no longer see it and it would become a part off the wall. All while keeping my eyes focused on the door.

Now this works best with a kind of dark room. For instance a dark room with only light coming in from a window at night, or some lights from alarm clocks. Then you can focus on a lighter part and blurr out other parts.

So lately I got the hang of it. While I was young it would take me sometimes half an hour to blurr it out for only a second. Now I can blurr out entire parts of my room for longer periods of time. Last night though I went one step further. It sort of all clicked and I could blurr out pretty much everything around my focus point (the window) without much effort. Then I started to blurr out the window itself, which became more like a white spot removed of any details. When finally for only a second or two I was looking at my room with both my eyes opened fully and my vision was completely blocked. I couldn't see anything.

After that I had some trouble finding details again, so I put on the lights for a while and adjusted back to a detailed world, before I went to sleep. It was a really weird sensation to look at the world with your eyes opened without seeing anything. I know I have read some things in dream yoga (I think?) that had a similar proces of controlling vision, only with your eyes closed. I feel it is very similar to that.

Could this somehow help me getting more cotrol over my dreams? And do you think there might be a better way to go about doing these things? Also, does anyone else have experience in these things?

For those who are still curious I'll explain in a little more details how my vision changes while focussing in a spoiler. It is really hard for me to explain, so if you have any questions don't hesitate to ask!

Spoiler for Explanation:

So it's starts of normal. I look at a dimly lit room. I can't see many details but I can clearly see all the atributes in my room. For instance: the window, the mirror, my clothes on the ground, my chair etc. Then imagine looking at something in day light before you suddenly close your eyes. You can still see the scenery with your eyes closed for a fraction of a second, only it quickly blurrs into a stain (for lack of a better word) on your vision. Then everything slowly blends in together and you can only see some moving stains of color. At least thats how it is for me. When I focus on the window I blurr the surroundings untill it's just stains corosponding to the colort or darkness that is most present in that area. Then I blurr the window until it's more of a lighter stain. Finally I completely lose focus of the window (which is more like a stain at this point than any identifiable object) and I look directly at the moving stains. At this point the stains don't correspond to the brightness or color of the room anymore. What I see is like what I would see when I close my eyes.