A Conundrum In Middle Of The Night

Confronting the stubborn perception of the mind — inner blindness

I expected nothing troublesome when I changed my bedroom I fell asleep without much trouble but waking up in the middle of the night to look for the toilet exposed me to my own inner blindness which was the compulsiveness to see through the mind’s eyes

got up and sat on the bed with no lights turned on facing the greatest trouble which was to not see through the mind’s eyes the mind perceives everything as from the perspective of my old room but the room had changed, the direction had changed, I certainly needed a fresh perspective yet I (or my mind) refuse to drop the old way of perception for I do not know what may come

I am faced with a conundrum whether to wait until the old perception drops off or to give in to the compulsiveness of the mind and expect blind luck to save me I could not wait I give in to the blind urge but luckily found the switch for the lights with the lights turned on I am saved from the uncomfortable challenge of allowing the old perception to die in its own time and allow fresh spontaneous perception to arise before I make my move

…I don’t think we did go blind, I think we are blind, Blind but seeing, Blind people who can see, but do not see.― Jose Saramago

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