I am myopic. In sight, that is, not in judgment (though I surely know a few people who'd think otherwise).
Without my glasses - contact lenses never caught up with me, for some reason - I cannot discern things as definite as facial features. I fact, I can barely tell , coming from afar, whether you are a woman or a man. I only see your overall shape and colours.
Yeah, something like that.
A few days ago I decided, for no obvious reason, to take my glasses off as I walked in a crowded location. I could still see the people coming my way to avoid them, but not nearly enough to wish to give them a second glance.
In effect, taking off my glasses allowed me to neutralize the crowd's noisy visual attractiveness into the mere shadows they really are. Adding a little more music - this song was playing in my ears then, actually, and I recommend it - created this bubble of self-focus and introspection that I seldom ever have, let alone carry along as I went about a busy day. I enjoyed an unusually clear mind, as the absence of external distractions allowed me to focus on my own thoughts that flowed freely with the rhythmic beat of my footsteps.
Try it. Block the world out. Take your glasses off, and turn the music up. Have some you time in the midst of the crowd, and revel in it.
Happy new year!
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I am also horribly myopic and it's fun to take off my glasses sometimes and see the world this way. Although never at a street crossing. ;)
Lirun - what is, blurry sight? I know. Thank god for opticians.
Vicki - I'll keep that in mind next time I'm trying to cross the street! :)
Cool! I'm gonna try this. I'll let you know what happens. I trust you take liability for any claims that may arise as a result :)
This is an anonymous blog. I am not liable for any accidents incurred by kind readers.
I will, however, gladly publish photos. :)
Sounds like my first experience with ecstacy. :-)
Eeeeh.... I'll have to get back to you on that. :)
What you describe is similar to a Jewish meditation practice called "hitbodedut," which would literally translate as "to be along with your yourself." Followers of Rebbe Nachman go out into the woods at night, but they also teach when you are good at it, you can do it anywhere...
Did the rav Nachman wear glasses too? :)
Read up a little on hitbodedut.. Very interesting. Sounds very confucianist to me!
Interesting... I usually try too hard to focus without my glasses, and then get a headache. But to deliberately NOT to focus.. hmm.
Mo-ha-med said...
Did the rav Nachman wear glasses too? :)
Read up a little on hitbodedut.. Very interesting. Sounds very confucianist to me!
It's actually Taoist but never mind. The important thing is to listen to the discourse by grass and other plants. One you have accomplished your first intellectual debate with vegetation, you will no longer need your glasses anymore.
No need to rush these things. Old age takes care of it all: loss of vision, loss of hearing, nothing but time for hitbodedut!
tfu tfu hamsa hamsa shum baztal i dont need them yet..
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