Sometimes when I've lain in a darkened room with my eyes closed for a while (say 30 mins), I sometimes experience this strange thing. Since I am in a dark room with my eyes closed, I see darkness inside my closed eyelids, but then, it is as if someone turns on the lights in the room and my eyelids lighten up. It remains light for maybe 2 seconds, then goes back to dark, then back o light and so on. The first time this happend I of course thought a light had been turned on, or that some light outside was coming in. But I've opened my eyes when they were light, and the room was still dark. I've got the curtains on the window, so lights from the outside really don't come into my room. Also, this only happens after I've been resting for some time, never instantly.

It is as if there were a lightbulb in each of my eyeballs, and they turn themeslves on and off after I've been realxing for some time in a dark room. Does anyone know what this is, and what it means?

Illusion of the mind as Dr. Bates said. What in particular it means I don't know, but as you are aware there isn't any light for your eyes to see anyway, so it is obviously your brain. That is all I am able to say though…

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FIAT LUX! Translation = "Let there be light!"

Thanks. I was hoping it was a sign of relaxation, since it is light that troubles my eyes the most in daily life. It's interesting nonetheless...

Don't forget about Sun Gazing. Before I started the Bates Method bright lights would, if not hurt my eyes, at least leave a long (several minute) afterimage. But now, although I haven't cured my vision I know enough to recognize signs of strain, such as "ow that light really hurts!" In fact, yesterday I was reading a magazine and suddenly some of the print looked smeared where it hadn't just seconds before. What does that indicate? Strain. Palmed for a moment and the smear was gone as long as I swung often enough.

I don't know what you have or haven't read, but some of THE BEST resources I've found on the Bates Method are: Perfect Sight Without Glasses (his book, just make sure nothing is omitted in any of these), Better Eyesight Magazine, Nancy's (a member here) blog, and of course this site. I can look with each eye individually right into the core of the Sun without discomfort, also when I'm not straining afterimages are usually less than 20 seconds, or perhaps a minute if I have too much strain, I'm still working on getting both eyes together to look at tge Sun though.

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FIAT LUX! Translation = "Let there be light!"