#117｜The True Nature of Judging Through Darkness and Evaluation / Dialog in the Dark and the Practice of Letting Go of 'Evaluation'

Without sight, it seems humans become unable to judge others.

In daily life, we tend to judge people based on their clothing or facial expressions, but in the dark, those cues are completely useless. Inside the facility, you must sharpen senses other than sight, and in the process, you realize just how much we live our lives being swayed by appearances. Ryan Teru Kawabata talks in detail about the mysterious sensation he experienced.

The experience in the dark becomes a trigger for self-liberation.

In this facility, it is said that a natural sense of security—a feeling that "it is okay to be here"—emerges because the filter of visual information is removed. The feeling that you are contributing just by being alive, achieved by forcibly letting go of evaluation. The process of reaching that state is packed with hints for being released from the stress we carry in our daily lives.

A deep dialogue about "evaluation" begins from a single experience.

This time in the dark goes beyond a simple facility visit. We discuss the unique concept of "5-1=∞" mentioned there, as well as the "true nature of our own judgments" that we realize after the experience. Please listen to the full episode to hear the rest.