Phantasia

[Jhanananda]

Primarily requiring being on a respirator most of the time due to COPD, then I find myself listening to the radio for company and most of the time I listen to NPR. I have particularly enjoyed some of their regular programs, such as Science Friday, and RadioLab. Last week's RadioLab was on Aphantasia, which is the inability to visualize. I didn't know it was a issue for some people, but the program reminded me that we had a discussion with Karen a few years ago regarding what she called "the black." At the time I was not sure what she meant, but it sounds like she was reporting aphantasia. I don't really know if all mystics have hyper phantasia, as I do, or if anyone with aphantasia ever became a mystic. It would be interesting to discuss this topic here.

[Alexander]

It seems common on OOBE forums, particularly with the visualization-projection methods of teachers like William Buhlman.