Thread: When you close your eyes, what do you see?

But do you also see them whenever you're not trying to wild? And with that I mean awake, really awake. When you're working out, writing a letter, having dinner... that kind of awake. Take a pause and close your eyes. Do you see anything? Not the afterimage or those little dots 'n sparks, but something concrete? Like a chair, a person or a garden filled with flowers? I know someone who does...

He just wonders if he's the only one.

Originally Posted by Wezel

But do you also see them whenever you're not trying to wild? And with that I mean awake, really awake. When you're working out, writing a letter, having dinner... that kind of awake. Take a pause and close your eyes. Do you see anything? Not the afterimage or those little dots 'n sparks, but something concrete? Like a chair, a person or a garden filled with flowers? I know someone who does...

He just wonders if he's the only one.

So I have been a lucid dreamer most of my life, the Wonders of the Internet finally allowed me to understand that. What I have never been able to get an answer for and finally found talk of it here is this topic.

So here is what happens to me, I can do it any time I like, instantly. While relaxed when I close my eyes I can bring on what I can only describe as dreaming. I see vivid landscapes, vast spaces, rooms, furnishings, aliens, other people, etc. The scenes are mostly coherent, although sometimes strange, again very much like dreams. They are very fast usually. The scenes have a tendency to jump around, not staying on one topic for more than ten to fifteen seconds. In one scene I might be flying in a one man small spacecraft chasing a group of other ships and then suddenly find myself the next second alone next to a deep jungle tranquil pool.

These feel very much like dreams to me, however I have almost no control unlike a LD. A few things to note. This does not happen automatically, I must be relaxed and not be "thinking of anything" I need to be in a state similar to what you recommend For a WILD. I can do it with a tv on in the background or music etc. I just need to tune those things out. Also it will not work if I am remembering something, thinking of anything......bills,what I want for breakfast the next day,what that noise outside is...you get the idea. I need a blank mind, not that hard to do. If my eyes are closed and my mind is calm the dreamlike visions are there, absolutely. I go to sleep with them every night. It is like dreaming before dreaming.

Some other interesting things to note. I said before I have almost no control in these dreamlike visions. I can talk while these are going on. I cannot carry on a conversation, but have often told my wife what I see as it is happening. She can break them by asks nag me a question or otherwise breaking my concentrated state. She has been amazed at this for 20 years and we have never heard of anyone doing this, until now. Another interesting thing to note is that she tells me my eyes twitch and look very similar to REM. My classes send eyes do not twitch while I am recreating in my head the Simpsons episode I hear on TV, nor while I am remembering what my drive home was like, they do though the instant I start my visualizations.

The OP is fairly old, but I am hoping to resurrect this topic and see if someone can help me get to the bottom of this. Is it something of note or just and abstract thought process. I am really hoping someone else knows what I am talking about.


Beppo

I never quite honestly knew that this was a thing. I am shocked to see the mixed results on the poll.
I never get to see images when I close my eyes unless it's shortly after waking up

Yes!! I have been looking for others who see these things. The last year or so.. I started to see a purple swirling flame, that if I focused on long enough, would go "into it" like a purple fog and see pictures appear. Now I see it as a small purple spark, even with my eyes open in front of me. It's always there.
Another crazy visual I get when waking up from vivid dreams, are like these groups of portals.. they look like targets, or rings within rings... like sound waves grouped together. Another one I see in the morning upon waking now, is a group of mazes.. labyrinths that all seem connected together. Then I will see flashes of rainbows shooting through them.

I see back and red with lighter after images of what I was just looking at. That's really interesting about your friend. I have a friend who swears she sees all kinds of creatures sort of superimposed over over normal reality. She's a very honest person without any real eccentricities so I tend to believe her.