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Hey, here's a poll. You're in bed. It's dark. You close your eyes. You start thinking about events of the day. What is the background color of what you see in your mind?

Black
61.7%
White
3.3%
Many colors
27.5%
Other (comment)
7.5%

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JSON Baumgartner

@jasonbaumgartne

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@olafurw

I get the weirdest shit. It starts out as barely perceptible abstract colors and images and then as I meditate they take on almost photographic quality. My best guess is that it is some form of visual hypnagogia.

11:05 PM · Oct 8, 2019Twitter Web App

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Damn, that sounds both cool and a bit frightening.

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It's was a bit weird the first time it happened but it's more cool than anything else. I'm not sure what causes it but now I'm interested in looking up the causes. Question for you -- have you ever had a lucid dream?

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Also, when I saw photographic quality, the images themselves are still dark -- but the forms take on really defined shape and I'm able to recognize animals, people (but not individual persons), etc. It's very cool. It usually will start after laying down and relaxing for 10 min