I’ve been curious about this for awhile now. Mostly because it’s not always there. Often when I try to get in a meditative state I’ll start seeing a purple orb inside my closed eyes. It’ll grow and swirl. It does all sorts of things. Is this just a normal thing that can be scientifically explained or is there something more to it?
In another group someone mentioned that the next stage for them is kaleidoscopes and then it eventually turns into an image. Then another person shared this in the post: 
So now I am wondering if the image it turns into is random or if it's a distinct message to us?
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Seeing a purple orb with closed eyes is just barely getting started. I see the orb in public floating around in the air with other people nearby.
I recognize the art from this image as being part of our subreddit, so it is interesting that people aren't citing where they got the images from. This image is also very beginner level, so if people want to get further, they need to start here.
What is the orb though?
I would recommend to just start reading around here.
You can find out more by searching on this reddit for puffs.
https://www.reddit.com/r/castaneda/wiki/introduction/
Danl999 told you it's a piece of your energy body. You can look up sunlight glitter on this sub and you'll get a nifty technique that'll let you turn those orbs into images easier. Your friend that mentioned kaleidoscope probably meant to say fractals or geometric patterns.
To answer your question. It's random until you develop more power.
Right now you're meditating with eyes closed. This place advises you meditate with eyes open in a pitch black room while doing tensegrity. Eventually those orbs will float around you. Good luck
Awesome. Thank you for the advice!
It's a piece of your energy body. When you fully develop it, you can break the laws of physics on demand.
The key word being "fully"...
That's a tall order.
So we only get "previews of magic" from time to time, just to keep us motivated.
Such as walking through a solid wall, while practicing.
But get those eyes open! Closed eye meditation effects are a death trap. That's an Asian scam, for stealing money from naive westerners.
If you keep going down that path you'll eventually declare yourself "enlightened", and start sitting on a throne, thinking you're better than everyone else.
In fact, the more of the real thing you learn, the less you think you're better than everyone else.
The opposite happens, so that we have secondary techniques such as "recapitulation" to help with the shame you feel, as your mature in sobriety from viewing real magic.
I suppose, theoretically, you could use that purple orb to soothe yourself, when you're feeling badly for whatever reason.
I use them to get my butt out of bed when I want to practice at 2AM. I just watch for those blobs, and when they get vivid, getting up is a pleasure.
Magic won't hide real physical pain you couldn't overcome by sleeping, but it's a very good cure for minor depression which has no physical basis.
It gets you past "self".
So you get past psychologically induced mood disorders.
Thank you so much for the advice!
So you do it open eyed in the dark?
Absolutely!
However, you can also do it in daylight, if you find a place with less distractions.
Such as quiet corner of a college which has nice landscaping and lets you be alone.
Darkness is a great help though, and it's traditional in our magical system.
NEVER do your magic closed eye.
You'll end up being a faker, like everyone else.
There's a good reason that happens, but it would take too long to explain.
In short, you go "inside" instead of luring your energy body (your double) out into the real world.
So your magic exists only in dream realms.
You'll end up as delusional as a Yogi or Buddhist "Master".
Meanwhile, sorcerers eventually get to leap over houses. Fully awake, in the real world.
Or so it seems at the time. It's impossible to figure out what really happened, but since you can do that with others, it doesn't really matter much what's actually going on.
I've chased Cholita the witch for what must be around 20 miles, from Knotts Berry farm in Buena Park, to the oil refineries near Long Beach.
Leaping from high power line to high power line.
I can't keep up with her though, she always gets away.
Speaking of Cholita, I recently tried to find out if she was actually shapeshifting into a Calico cat.
But it was a "diffuse" Calico cat, something I'd never heard of (they're rarer) until I saw her in her cat form.
I was careful about it though and didn't ask her outright. I only asked if she'd ever seen one.
She began to laugh uncontrollably, and it was impossible to continue that conversation.
You get just one chance asking Cholita a question, and if you blow it, it's over.
Reading this post makes me wonder: how is it possible that I have already, on two occasions, encountered inorganic beings while my eyes were closed but I was awake? As if my eyelids were a wall? Even having had other experiences with my eyes open while practicing Tensegrity in a dark room and outside of it. However, they don’t appear—or maybe I don’t yet have enough energy to see them or shift my assemblage point—when I notice they are around me through sudden changes in temperature, noises, quick and abrupt movements of smoke-like masses, doors opening and closing, etc.
On both occasions when I saw faces, it was in the early morning, just after waking up, but only with my eyes closed; so I understand it could be due to heightened perception from an involuntary shift of the assemblage point caused by sleep, or as I’ve read: micro-sleeps, though I don’t quite agree with the latter. I also don’t want to start a debate about it, I’m not interested.
The explanation of the involuntary movement of the assemblage point seems the most accurate one I can find from reading your reddits and CC books.
At least in the most recent instance, they seemed intent on scaring me… I congratulated them for it but asked them to show me a friendlier face. It transformed into the face of a child which, after a few seconds, melted and distorted, and whatever remained leapt into a void. I share this just as an example—I’m not looking for answers about it—but the doubt lingers and I have no one else to talk to about it, so forgive me but, without compassion, I say: put up with me. Best regards.
From what I've read from psychic mediums, this was the first true stage to developing their skills to talking with extraterrestrials and such.
Wtf?? Let's focus on Toltec wisdom, okay
Why does that offend you so much?
Y en serio os respondo. No me ofende. Lo que comentas no tiene valor alguno para mi porque corresponde a mi pasado respecto a ser lo que indicas "un médiums de energías o seres espirituales" por trascendencia familiar, vamos a decir que era mi camino predestinado; olvida a los extraterrestres. Sin embargo lo rechacé completamente a lo largo de mi vida, por lo que es una perdida de tiempo e intención.
He escogido las enseñanzas de CC y DJ como mi camino de intención o éste me ha escogido a mi y yo solo lo sigo, ya realmente ni sé, ni me interesa.. solo sigo el camino.