I was thinking about the half-covered eye a short while ago.
I think it might indicated that she is no longer "fully enlightened"
Eyes take in light.
When you cover one eye, you're taking in half the light.
The Light is the Truth.
So when you cover one eye, you are willingly seeing a Half Truth.
Half Truths are not Lies, but they are still deception. Rather, they are a form of leverage over another. You are more than them because they see only half of what is true while you see it all.
But that's what happens when you cover another's eye.
What about your own?
When you cover your own eye, I think it means you are willing to accept half-truths.
Why might you do that?
So we can all live in our Lies free of the Truth?
Or, maybe, you will elevate another by reducing yourself?
If half the world had an eye covered, the man with both eyes revealed will be as a god among them.
An eye for an eye makes the whole world blind
But... What about the last guy? If everyone takes another's eye, then surely there will be one last man whose eye cannot be plucked for lack of one with a good eye to do the plucking?
Wouldn't the last man with the last eye be superior to all others?
I think you can figure out who they would want that to be. Consider it the false god of Equity.
Anyway, I figure half your eye being covered could mean a rejection of the Half-Truths.
That you once were among those willing to gouge your eye out so that one would be greater among you, but now you are reclaiming your eye and seeking the Truth once again. You'll never fully uncover your eye, because what is lost is lost, but you are not letting past mistakes stop you from brushing the hair aside and seeing for yourself.
I was thinking about the half-covered eye a short while ago.
I think it might indicated that she is no longer "fully enlightened"
Eyes take in light.
When you cover one eye, you're taking in half the light.
The Light is the Truth.
So when you cover one eye, you are willingly seeing a Half Truth.
Half Truths are not Lies, but they are still deception. Rather, they are a form of leverage over another. You are more than them because they see only half of what is true while you see it all.
But that's what happens when you cover another's eye.
What about your own?
When you cover your own eye, I think it means you are willing to accept half-truths.
Why might you do that?
So we can all live in our Lies free of the Truth?
Or, maybe, you will elevate another by reducing yourself?
If half the world had an eye covered, the man with both eyes revealed will be as a god among them.
But... What about the last guy? If everyone takes another's eye, then surely there will be one last man whose eye cannot be plucked for lack of one with a good eye to do the plucking?
Wouldn't the last man with the last eye be superior to all others?
I think you can figure out who they would want that to be. Consider it the false god of Equity.
Anyway, I figure half your eye being covered could mean a rejection of the Half-Truths.
That you once were among those willing to gouge your eye out so that one would be greater among you, but now you are reclaiming your eye and seeking the Truth once again. You'll never fully uncover your eye, because what is lost is lost, but you are not letting past mistakes stop you from brushing the hair aside and seeing for yourself.
Well, at least that's my optimistic take...