Just an odd observation. There are at least three states of being with one's eyes closed - first, sound asleep; second, eyes closed preparing to sleep - not seeing anything; three, eyes closed but looking and seeing anyhow. That is, there are times when I close my eyes but stay awake and aware - I am looking, in essense, at the back of my eyelids, as people sometimes say. I don't see much, but it's not the old blackout curtain effect of shutting my eyes in order to sleep. There's an almost luminous quality - something to experiment with.......


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