HI Unis
Happy New Year to you!
Even if you don' visualize with eyes closed, I believe that your unconsious mind still processes the information. The ability to visualise with open eyes is still there, so the circuits still exist. Perhaps you do not need to be consious of the visuualisation...
Back tot he positives--- can you work with what you do have? Perhaps self suggestion that your unconsious mind will process images at a different time...
As for hypnosis- lots of different useful trance states can occur with eyes open. If you visualise with eyes open and will not be distracted by environmental elements, why not go for it? Maybe a cheap eye mask like the ones from a travel store may help...Nohing to lose...
Besides, you will have the mask fro when you finaly get tot the west coast for cofee <grin>
vitaman
