If you fix your gaze on one object long enough while you yourself are in motion, your peripheral vision goes blind. This phenomenon is called “Motion Induced Blindness“.
Live Demonstration: Watch this video. You will see a revolving array of blue crosses on a black background. There is a flashing green dot in the centre and three fixed yellow dots around it. If you fix your gaze on the green dot for
more than a few seconds, the yellow dots will disappear at random . . . , either singly, or in pairs, or all three together. In reality, the yellow dots are always there. Just watch the yellow dots for some time to ensure that they don’t go anywhere!
Practicing ‘sense’lessness: Isnt it amazing that our senses are so smart in lying to us đŸ™‚ and we rely upon them so heavily. Its good to spend some time in ‘sense’less state which sometimes is also experienced in meditation when we sit with closed eyes and take a break from the data stream our mind receives from the sense doors. Reduction in noise from the senses improves clarity of the mind and in a way leads to improved productivity in our day to day activities.
Thats why its very practical to sit in the quite everyday and spend some time meditating. There is nothing “great” about it. Its just self-help.
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