Since it comes when listening to or chanting Mahamrityunja or Sahasranaama I don't think thats whats going on. Its like the external vision shutting down, colour vision first. Ultimately the eyes are open and really you don't see anything, unless you decide to. The "color" grey is associated with Rahu and Ketu in Jyotish as well.
--- In FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com, TurquoiseB <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > > --- In FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com, "shukra69" <stephen4359@> wrote: > > > > I was wondering if someone might mention this. I have > > seen it many, many times. With eyes open everything > > can dissolve into a grey field. Also happened notably > > when I was invited to a Shiva temple on Shivaratri - > > when I was pouring milk onto the murthi. > > I have no idea what your experience was, but > in other traditions, seeing or experiencing > the color grey (gray?) is associated with > having tapped into the astral field, not with > any higher state of consciousness. Gray or > the experience of "grayness" is one of the > defining characteristics of the lower astral. >