YT: ReligionForBreakfast - Aphantasia as an indicator of Atheism

[svinno777]

I was a huge day dreamer when i was a kid. I use to visualize a ball and it would just spin and spin id try and make it stop maybe successful for a few seconds but it just keeep going and going. id try and make it go opposite spin etc and its tough it would piss me off to the point of almost crying. But now its no problem i can turn that ball into a grenade toss it in the distance and watch it explode into a billion apples. My honest opion is thinking is the hardest thing there is and thats why so few seldom do it. I think thats a quote but long story short just practice......

for people who cant visualize images is honestly very confusing too me, what do you think about? I cant stop thinking and its really an noying at times, i think i should prob meditate more but even that sitting down doing NOTHING for 5 minutes is like a chore. cant imagine 30 mins. Any good book recommendations for meditation?

Anyone with that problem that cant visualize tell me what its like? its just blank when you go to your third eye? i dont even neeed to close my eyes and i can still "see" what i watn to see.

When i close my eyes tho ya its just black (sometime shapes, colors etc)theres been a few occassions when high on psychodelics like weed dmt or LSD that even when i closed my eyes the picture im thinking of was so vivid fascinated me. (like i close my eyes and instead of black i see a full blown picture moving of whatever i want to think of at the time) I think everyone can do it. With practice.

 

[FireBorn]

for people who cant visualize images is honestly very confusing too me, what do you think about? I cant stop thinking and its really an noying at times, i think i should prob meditate more but even that sitting down doing NOTHING for 5 minutes is like a chore. cant imagine 30 mins. Any good book recommendations for meditation?

Anyone with that problem that cant visualize tell me what its like? its just blank when you go to your third eye? i dont even neeed to close my eyes and i can still "see" what i watn to see.

When i close my eyes tho ya its just black (sometime shapes, colors etc)theres been a few occassions when high on psychodelics like weed dmt or LSD that even when i closed my eyes the picture im thinking of was so vivid fascinated me. (like i close my eyes and instead of black i see a full blown picture moving of whatever i want to think of at the time) I think everyone can do it. With practice.

For me, it’s more of an internal dialogue. The voice in my head just won’t STFU, but it’s a consistent flow, almost like a conversation with myself. I know the images, but I can’t see them. It’s not like it’s completely black, it’s just that the dialogue is so rich and in real time that I never really notice I’m not seeing anything visually. My inner dialogue is super fast and matches my thoughts, so it becomes automatic, I guess you could say it’s like a mental monologue that plays on repeat.

When I meditate and manage to quiet the voice, it’s like the world just goes silent and still. No images, no thoughts, just nothing. It’s a completely different space from my usual mental chatter.

But the third eye? That’s another thing entirely. No dialogue there. It’s just pure seeing, like a visual connection that’s separate from my mental chatter. Sometimes I’ll catch myself thinking, “What the actual fuck?” when I see something unexpected, but other than that, it’s just seeing without any thoughts attached to it. It feels like a whole different level of perception.

And yes, I realize how insane this all sounds, because it looks insane when I read it. Cool part is, I am not the only insane one out there! We might start a band, I dont know yet.