It might seem strange that when we are trying to open a particular troublesome jar, or are digging deep inside a bag to get something, or lifting a heavy weight, that we close our eyes, when we might be inclined to believe that having visual sight while trying to accomplish these tasks might be wiser. However, in actuality, by virtue of closing our eyes, it permits us to better focus on the immediate task at hand, to our betterment. So too, when we are enjoying music, or a lecture, or the smelling of a flower or tasting wine, there is a purpose to us closing our eyes, which thus permits us to remove the distractions that a visual provides to us, to give us instead, the utilization of our other senses at a heightened level.
The visuals that we come across day by day can if we don’t ever close our eyes, serve to distract us from what we would or could appreciate better if we would only close our eyes, from time-to-time, because without those visuals, we would be better able to utilize the more appropriate senses that would make for a better experience. As much as we might believe that we need to see everything, we find that in reality, such as when we are trying to remember a name or a specific event, that by closing our eyes, we can better achieve that recall.
So too, those that suffer from bad eyesight, and have taken off their glasses or misplaced them, will because of their lack of good vision, learn to utilize their other senses to get around and to still accomplish things, perhaps quite adeptly, because they are able to attune themselves with their other senses which will help them to accomplish what they have set out to do.
Another thing that we need to consider is that it is pretty intuitive whenever we close our eyes, so that we can concentrate more carefully on a particular troublesome task, because we do so naturally, and without even really thinking about it, for we are focused upon getting that task done, and a lot of times, it just seems natural to close our eyes so as to accomplish this very thing. So then, the lesson that we ought to learn from this is that as much as might believe that we are absolutely dependent upon our vision to do all things, that perhaps, to calm our overactive mind, we will discover that the closing of our eyes permits us to “see” that which we can’t see so well with our eyes open.
All of the above is indicative that we should at least consider consciously closing our eyes more often, when we are thinking, or listening, or just desiring to tune out all the “noise” that modern life presents to us, to provide us thereby with the opportunity to feel the world in a different way, which would make us therefore to be a more complete person by the better usage of our collective senses.