what do you see when you close your eyes?
That has the potential to be such a powerful question. It has all sorts of meanings as regards your imagination, innovativeness, creativity, spirituality etc.
But as profound as all those things are, what I have to say here does not centre around them. Perhaps, in some ways, it is linked to most of them. But I have a different spin on it.
Literally - what do you see when you close your eyes? I am not talking about your mind's eye here. I am not talking imagination. I am talking about your eyes. What do your eyes say they're looking at when you close your eyelids? Darkness? Probably.
What about if you look at something rather bright and then close your eyes? You will probably see a residual negative of what you just saw before your eyes closed. If you try to focus on it, chances are, you'll manage to see the details of what you saw. Your memory will fill in the gaps.
This image will start to fade soon, as your retinal cells get back to normal and stop sending the old message to the brain. The image will be replaced by darkness.
Sometimes when you rub your eyes and open them suddenly, it causes you to see phosphenes or little fireflies flitting about and at the periphery of your vision. Sometimes when you give your eyes a good rub with your palms or your bunched knuckles, you might see swirls of strange patterns. These swirl for some time before vanishing as well. After they vanish, if you persist in keeping your eyes lightly pressed with your palms, you might be able to discern some shape. What exactly is that shape? Try to focus your eyes on it while keeping them shut. The shape might fade and be replaced by another, or might vanish altogether. But if you are able to focus on it and make out what it is, the question is... where did it come from? Probably it is not something you saw before rubbing your eyes, because rubbing them pretty much wiped the slate clean.
What does this image signify? How are you seeing what you are seeing? Is it your brain trying to tell you something? Are your eyes trying to tell you something? Is it like gazing into a crystal ball and at things veiled in mystery? I don't know the answer. It's probably none of the things. But it's worth worth trying out and worth having a think about as well... and your eyes will thank you for the massage :)
But as profound as all those things are, what I have to say here does not centre around them. Perhaps, in some ways, it is linked to most of them. But I have a different spin on it.
Literally - what do you see when you close your eyes? I am not talking about your mind's eye here. I am not talking imagination. I am talking about your eyes. What do your eyes say they're looking at when you close your eyelids? Darkness? Probably.
What about if you look at something rather bright and then close your eyes? You will probably see a residual negative of what you just saw before your eyes closed. If you try to focus on it, chances are, you'll manage to see the details of what you saw. Your memory will fill in the gaps.
This image will start to fade soon, as your retinal cells get back to normal and stop sending the old message to the brain. The image will be replaced by darkness.
Sometimes when you rub your eyes and open them suddenly, it causes you to see phosphenes or little fireflies flitting about and at the periphery of your vision. Sometimes when you give your eyes a good rub with your palms or your bunched knuckles, you might see swirls of strange patterns. These swirl for some time before vanishing as well. After they vanish, if you persist in keeping your eyes lightly pressed with your palms, you might be able to discern some shape. What exactly is that shape? Try to focus your eyes on it while keeping them shut. The shape might fade and be replaced by another, or might vanish altogether. But if you are able to focus on it and make out what it is, the question is... where did it come from? Probably it is not something you saw before rubbing your eyes, because rubbing them pretty much wiped the slate clean.
What does this image signify? How are you seeing what you are seeing? Is it your brain trying to tell you something? Are your eyes trying to tell you something? Is it like gazing into a crystal ball and at things veiled in mystery? I don't know the answer. It's probably none of the things. But it's worth worth trying out and worth having a think about as well... and your eyes will thank you for the massage :)
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