Are We Blind?

I read this blog post years ago on a friend’s blog….Sometime I have to ask myself how blind I am.
Are we blind? – Source: notsogoodphotography

Our eyes are delusional. When we see something like a nice dress or a nice shirt, you would want to try it on. Perhaps even buy it, for $100 bucks or so.When you see a fancy car, you would want to one day own that car. Perhaps make it as our motivation to work towards a goal to one day own a BMW M5. Our materialistic needs all begin with our eyes, what we see and what we imagine. So then what about a blind person? When he cannot see, he cannot know…he can only imagine. Can a blind man be materialistic then? Even if he got himself a really expensive shirt and imagines it so, does he feel the same satisfaction as a person that can see? or does he feel hollow within and is simply just lying to himself?
Materialism has always been the motivation for us to strive to live and work harder, then what is the motivation for a blind man who cannot see the things he likes? Perhaps, we are the blind ones ourselves….blinded by colorful objects and strangely worded brands that doesn’t even mean anything….

By Mario Yu