the eyes are highly photosensitive, and i can't yet explain it but there's something that changes in the mind when the eyes are closed as opposed to when they are open, regardless of the presence of light, which seems to allow me (while eyes are closed) to percieve even minute changes in the ambient light in my surrounding environment.
for instance, just last night as i was heading to bed after turning off my computer (and it's normally pitch black as i sleep in the basement), i closed my eyes and tried to see my way to my room without using my physical sight (which would have been useless anyways as it was "pitchblack" ^_^). interestingly enough, when i came upon the short "hallway" that occurs just before my bedroom, my vision seemed to get darker... which was strange to say the least since even with my eyes open i could percieve no difference between that area and the rest of the basement. i turned my head a few times with eyes closed to check it out some more, and even moved over to about where there is another doorway and once again i could percieve a change while my eyes were closed but not while they were open.
something in my mind told me that it was a physical effect and not a metaphysical thing, so i opened my eyes and looked around the basement again, and sure enough my brother's monitor was turned on: though he normally turns it off, as do i with mine, which is why i at first took for granted that there was "no" light down there when i had looked around the first time. i guess my eyes just needed time to adjust to the darkness before i could see the faint light the monitor was giving off. and yet, even before my eyes adjusted while open, i could distinguish the patches of darker darkness while my eyes were closed.
truly a strange thing ^_^
~kakkarot
for instance, just last night as i was heading to bed after turning off my computer (and it's normally pitch black as i sleep in the basement), i closed my eyes and tried to see my way to my room without using my physical sight (which would have been useless anyways as it was "pitchblack" ^_^). interestingly enough, when i came upon the short "hallway" that occurs just before my bedroom, my vision seemed to get darker... which was strange to say the least since even with my eyes open i could percieve no difference between that area and the rest of the basement. i turned my head a few times with eyes closed to check it out some more, and even moved over to about where there is another doorway and once again i could percieve a change while my eyes were closed but not while they were open.
something in my mind told me that it was a physical effect and not a metaphysical thing, so i opened my eyes and looked around the basement again, and sure enough my brother's monitor was turned on: though he normally turns it off, as do i with mine, which is why i at first took for granted that there was "no" light down there when i had looked around the first time. i guess my eyes just needed time to adjust to the darkness before i could see the faint light the monitor was giving off. and yet, even before my eyes adjusted while open, i could distinguish the patches of darker darkness while my eyes were closed.
truly a strange thing ^_^
~kakkarot