Man : Blind Seeing

Blind Seeing

It's common for a sighted person to wonder what blind people see or for a blind person to wonder whether the experience is the same for others without sight. 

There is no single answer to the question, "What do blind people see?" because there are different degrees of blindness. Also, since it's the brain that "sees" information, it matters whether a person ever had sight.

When people 

a. complain about the myriad of challenges they face, and 

b. what holds them back from creating the life they dream of, 

many are not referring to physical challenges.

However, they’re grappling with deep internal blocks, fears and limitations. But what happens when those internal challenges are overlaid with physical ones, such as blindness? How do people come to terms — in productive, inspiring and empowered ways — with serious physical challenges that alter how they live?

What Blind People Actually See

Blind From Birth:	A person who has never had sight doesn't see. Samuel, who was born blind, that saying that a blind person sees black is incorrect because that person often has no other sensation of sight to compare against. "It's just nothingness," he says.    For a sighted person, it can be helpful to think of it like this: Close one eye and use the open eye to focus on something. What does the closed eye see? Nothing. Another analogy is to compare a blind person's sight to what you see with your elbow.
Went Totally Blind:	People who have lost their sight have different experiences. Some describe seeing complete darkness, like being in a cave. Some people see sparks or experience vivid visual hallucinations that may take the form of recognizable shapes, random shapes and colors, or flashes of light.     The "visions" are a hallmark of Charles Bonnet syndrome (CBS). CBS may be lasting or transient in nature. It is not a mental illness and is not associated with brain damage.
Legally Blind:	A person may be able to see large objects and people, but they are out of focus. A legally blind person may see colors or see in focus at a certain distance (e.g., be able to count fingers in front of the face).    In other cases, color acuity may be lost or all vision is hazy. The experience is highly variable. Joey, who has 20/400 vision, tells he " constantly sees neon speckles that are always moving and changing colors."
Light Perception:	A person who still has light perception can't form clear images, but can tell when the lights are on or off.
Tunnel Vision:	Vision may be relatively normal (or not), but only within a certain radius. A person with tunnel vision can't see objects except within a cone of less than 10 degrees.

Tall Story

Highly empowered and positive individuals and leaders use their challenges as a way to strengthen who they are, and build more accountability and courage in how they interact and engage — with themselves, others, the world and their highest visions.

Isaac Lidsky, an American corporate speaker, author and entrepreneur is one of those leaders. Dispelling any notion of disability, Isaac has forged his true vision and mustered the bravery to shatter adversity.

A blind CEO and entrepreneur, Isaac is now leading ODC Construction (Florida’s largest residential shell contractor), and author of the new book Eyes Wide Open: Overcoming Obstacles and Recognizing Opportunities in a World That Can't See Clearly. A graduate of Harvard College and Harvard Law School (magna cum laude), Isaac is the only blind person to serve as a Law Clerk for the U.S. Supreme Court.

Take a look around you. Can you see everything in your surroundings? Most of us would say yes. But the truth is, whether your vision is 20/20 or corrected by lenses, the answer is the same: no matter how hard you try, you cannot see everything around you.

Things about blind people.

Perception	a.    visual impairment does not equate with complete loss of vision b.    15.88% of people are visually impaired, face total darkness or are blind c.    84.12% have partial or residual vision, like color perception, light perception, movement or even form perception. d.    blurs or varying degrees of distortion, with literal blind spots in some areas.
Unhibited	a.    visual impairment as a mere physical challenge b.    Not debilitating or the end of their joy c.    be able to see in As you can see
Supervision	a.    ‘being’ blind is not their identity b.    master of their environment c.    assist when needed
Judgment	d.    treat them as people e.    unsolicited and extra assistance is something that may make them feel small.
Environment	a.    excited or hindered by their surroundings, as anybody else b.    some are introverted and prefer their alone time or controlled environments. c.    Others are extraverted and proactively seek varied experience.
Success	a.    proportional to the expectations that people around have of them, b.    Self-esteem, self-belief and self-image are partially formed through social interactions

As you allow this understanding to settle, just remember that blindness is not a defect or a stigma. It is a characteristic, just as sight is, and Helen Keller’s words capture this fact beautifully: “I can see, and that is why I can be happy, in what you call the dark, but which to me is golden. I can see a God-made world, not a manmade world.”

Reality about Human Blind

Blindness is a somewhat elastic term used to describe a wide range of visual limitations. As with those with blindness,  human has a blind area.

The human eye has a blind spot—a small area on the retina, about the size of a pencil eraser, without photoreceptors. We usually aren’t aware of this blind spot because our brain fills in this blank area with the surrounded images, making our vision field appear seamless.

We also have blind spots or gaps in our perception that keep us from seeing the truth about others and ourselves. Because we are at times blinded to reality, we are immobilized and crippled by guilt and shame, anger and bitterness, worry and regret, and fear and anxiety.

Too many people live needlessly in defeat, immobilized by their own mistakes or the mistakes of others. They stumble around in life with blind spots blocking the work wants to do.

Blinded

1.   Stubborn Resistance—Blinded by Denial

We have physical blind spots and “MENTAL (cognitive) blind spots” – gaps in our perception that blind us from seeing the TRUTH about ourselves and others.

a.   developed certain BELIEFS (blind spots) that keep us from CHANGING.

b.   struggling with “STUBBORN RESISTANCE”

c.   keeping people stuck in their CONDITION    

d.   prevent you from SEEING your blind spot, and it feeds the belief 

e.   NO HOPE for getting past the wall that prevents you from experiencing a new life

f.    “think” is a problem, isn’t really the problem; a DEEPER REALITY is the real problem – this is the “IT”

We do the same thing. We become kings of stubborn resistance in our own little worlds. We develop habits and hang-ups we will not even think of releasing. We hurt ourselves and those around us, allowing boils to fester in almost every area of our lives. Rather than looking for a way to remove these blind spots, we deny we have a problem.

2. Arrogant Entitlement—Blinded by Selfishness

Self-centered people want from others what is “due” to them. They’ve staked out their territory, and they expect everyone to honor their boundaries and their rules. In short, they are stuck in an immature way of thinking. Often their message:

•     Go out there and get what you DESERVE, no matter what it does to others

•     Many feel ENTITLED to be happy at all costs, no matter whom it HURTS

•     convince ourselves that our wrong actions are JUSTIFIABLE

•     bottomless pit that can never be FILLED – you become a TAKER

•     an ADOLESCENT state of mind                       

•     causes an INTERNAL conflict, because most people know in their hearts what they should and should not do

With this state of mind you are always grasping for MORE than you have and believing you

3. Justifiable Resentment—Blinded by Bitterness

The Toxic Enemy Inside

i.    JUSTIFIABLE resentment can eat you alive

ii.   We all have minor irritations with others that remain just that: minor irritations we let ROLL OFF and learn to LIVE WITH

iii.  Some hurts or affronts go so deep that they implant in our hearts a ROOT of bitterness

iv.  Bitterness EATS away at us, takes away our drive to fulfill our purposes in life, and TAINTS all our relationships

v.   Bitterness DISHONORS,

It’s as dangerous as radioactive material. And it can eat away at who you are at the deepest levels of your being.

4. Disconnected Isolation—Blinded by Detachment

Isolation is a blind spot that blocks us from deep joy and the way humans are designed to live as relational beings in a community with others.

Life alone is easy, but it’s emptier.

•     Isolated from relationships that bring out the inner truth about ourselves, we don’t have to face who we really are. 

•     remain unaware of the areas in which we need to grow.

•     We stop developing the maturity and wisdom for us.

•     The disconnected life is based on an assessment that the world is unsafe, people are not dependable or worth the trouble, or their own relational skills are inadequate.

5. Willful Ignorance—Blinded by Disobedience

It is so easy to be blind to the REALITY of our own lives

a.   When we are caught up in our own world, seeing things the way we want to see them,

b.   it is hard to see the truth about what we are doing WRONG

c.   Keep lying to myself. We all do it.

d.   Even when we don’t lie to ourselves overtly, we keep busy enough to avoid looking at the true reality of a situation. So often we are ignorant of our own blind spots.

 

Dealing with blinded spot

1.    Blinded by Denial

a.    The Key to Overcoming Stubborn Resistance; Willingness:

b.    be GRATEFUL

c.    it will take TIME and WORK

d.    Open-Mindedness

• Ability to see things from another person’s PERSPECTIVE

• Realizing you are not always RIGHT, but making things right when you are WRONG

• Be quiet for a while and LISTEN to someone else who might have something valuable to contribute

• Willing to consider RECOVERY or COUNSELING – know there is a

2.    Blinded by Selfishness

a.    The Key to Overcoming Arrogant Entitlement; Humility

b.    humility eliminates the self-centered arrogance that results in entitlement.

c.    connect with others, appreciating them for who they are, not for what they

d.    use whatever strength or position he has to help others and meet their needs.

e.    the relational blind spot is removed, giving him access to a rich life full of valuable connections with family and friends\

f.     “learn to live with” means we adjust to or accommodate the HUMANITY of another reality of being IMPERFECT people

3.    Blinded by Bitterness

a.    The Key to Overcoming Justifiable Resentment : Forgiveness:

b.    without exception we are to forgive, no matter how strongly we feel that the severity of the offense justifies our continued resentment.

c.    look for any possible loophole to withhold forgiveness,

d.  when the hurt is deep, forgiveness can seem too much to ask.

e.  we must courageously move toward giving up our resentment and begin replacing it with forgiveness.

4.    Blinded by Detachment

                        i.        The Key to Overcoming Disconnected Isolation : Intimacy:

                     

           ii.        The expression “learn to live with” means we adjust to or accommodate the HUMANITY of another person

                          iii.        learn to accept it as part of the reality of being IMPERFECT people

                     iv.        When we hold fast to resentment, we either CHAIN ourselves to a past or to a person who produced pain we cannot UNDO and whom we cannot CHANGE

5.    Blinded by Disobedience

i.              The Key to Overcoming Willful Ignorance : Obedience

ii.            overcoming willful ignorance with  KNOWLEDGE, The key is OBEDIENCE.

iii.           more than just READ about it; the need to DO

iv.            Many of us go through life looking for the EASY path If you find yourself in the midst of something you KNOW is not right and decide to look the other way, you are not being obedient to the TRUTH

ACTING on truth removes our blind spots because truth helps us see beyond those blind spots into the wide-open REALITY.

Excerpt and extracts taken with thanks"

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https://www.lifehack.org/articles/communications/13-things-may-know-blind-people.htm

https://www.thoughtco.com/what-do-blind-people-see-4153577