Phosphenes versus Orbs?

[Aquamarine Springs]

I’m hoping the community can please help me figure out if I’m just imagining things or if there’s something real going on. Phosphenes are light patterns burned into your retina after you look at a light and close your eyes. They leave an imprint of the shape and are usually a blue color. These are completely normal and don’t have anything to do with spiritual orbs



However, I often see perfectly round orbs that behave like phosphenes, most especially after I pray to the Gods or meditate. They come and go, but even in completely dark rooms (with no light to burn my retina), I will see them after praying or meditating. They are a bright astral blue, though sometimes they appear other vibrant colors like yellow, pink, or green, but blue is the most common. If I try to focus on them, they disappear. They appear in varying sizes and sometimes in groups. I don’t have any vision problems, and I’m really trying to not confuse something that could be ordinary with something spiritual.

Could anyone please tell me what I am seeing? Are these just my eyes misfiring, or am I picking up on something?


The one time I saw an orb after a meditation, it moved on its own, and you could watch it as it fizzled away. These strange blue orbs are quite different from that experience.

 

[Aquamarine Springs]

Im returning to this with a theory I actually really think could be the cause. The phosphenes I see after meditation could be due to energetic surge from the meditation stimulating the visual neural pathways in the brain. I noticed that when I physically strain my eyes, like pressing on them or when I’m straining to look out of the corner of my eye I see exactly the same visuals I get after meditating, just multiplied. It made me wonder if what’s happening during meditation is kind of the same thing, but caused by the third eye and energy surging causing strain, which will also put physical strain on those same pathways. From what I’ve learned through JoS this actually makes a lot of sense. Maxine taught that the energy work we do has a physical effect on the body, and that when we work on opening the third eye, it’s normal to see things like lights, colors, and star-like points. It’s a sign that the energy is working. It also makes sense why the visuals pick up during energy surges. The more energy moving, the more those pathways get lit up, which in turn causes more strain. Overall, it feels like good confirmation that my third eye work is doing what it should be.