I recently started meditating. Evidently it is supposed to be very good for me, and I do agree that after I meditate I do feel good. Last time when I was meditating I saw a bright white flash of light, like a big lightening strike, even though my eyes were closed. It jolted me out of my meditation, and I just lay there, wondering what I had just experienced. I wasn't thinking anything at the time, just blank nothingness when this occured. Can anyone with experience in this sort of thing maybe give an idea as to what this was??

I dont know and i am just going to take a wild guess here. Maybe it was a build up of energy that was released all at once within ur mind or something?
I i am not an expert but hope this helps

Probably muscle spasm in the eyes, umm.. something like that.

I see white lights buzzing around my eyes sometimes, it's pretty natural.

Common, though I usually don't get a flash quite that bright. More often it what I would visualize and millions of neurons firing nearly simultaneously. Just one of the things that can happen when you actually let you mind relax that much. Used to startled me, just learn to let it pass, or watch the mental light show one Maybe just your minds way of discharging energy it doesn't need as you go into a light trance.

You may have begun to astral project. Did you feel ANYTHING strange while meditating?

It could of been energy being awakened,like a rising of kundalini.You do get neural discharges(hope i spelt that right) when you meditate but they're colours and lights that float around infront of you,they're usually not anything as intense as what you discribed and ive never seen them flash.They tend to gradually build up and fade away.

I doubt anything was awakened. That sounds like DBZ.

I have seen things like that right before going out of body.My first time going out of body was spontaneous and i saw a white light then but when im going out by will i dont get the light as much.

Hey kazuma.Im sorry i dont know what dbz is?

or a brain tumor

could be more than a few reasons for it... need more input

Edit: DBZ is a great cartoon

In my experiences of meditation and chakras (A different form of energy-meditation) I sometimes do get flashes like these.
It is my thought that they are simply energy waves being released that get built up due to physical and mental inhibitors (Illness, stress, injury, ect.)
One you release this energy past those points they may sometimes cause a physical effect (flashing lights) That is seen in your consious mind. You most likley have experienced these before but on a much smaller scale that mainly affect your body's well being and subconsious mind ( i.e. the sense of well-being and calmness after meditation)

So there you go. Those are only my thoughts that I have come up with throughout the past few years. I hope they are of some help to you. Any questions, feel free to message me on here or just ask in the thread.

Sorry......Flashes of white light are caused by the lining in your eye temporaily separating from the inside of your eye. It's common and pretty much harmless as far as I know.

But, as far as I know, it could have been related to the meditaion.

Hmm... interesting. Didn't know that. Thanks for the info, I'll add it to my mental library.
No sarcasim intended there.

it could also be the first signs of a more serious problem, namely inter cranial pressure, caused by a fluid build up in the head usually. it is caused by a blood blockage (blood clot) to resolve this issue you would require a lumber punch, CT scans to check if it as cleared and a course of anti coagulation drugs.
on the other hand your probably a special person with a gift