ray charles | too painful to see

Ray Charles was not born blind, but slowly started losing his vision at the age of four or five, due to what was later diagnosed as glaucoma. Interestingly enough, his brother George accidentally drowned in their mother’s laundry tub when he was four years old. I don’t think it’s a coincidence that this is around the same age that slowly, but surely, Ray Charles started losing his vision. On an emotional level, I see it as his way of protecting himself. « I could not save my brother by seeing him drowning. I don’t want to see anything else that will make me feel powerless and cause a potential terrible death. » 

His luck, in a way, was his mother Retha had no patience for sympathy and raised him to not feel sorry for himself. And, I do feel even though it might have been too tough for such a young child, it is why he’s never seen himself as a victim and became a genius in music. 

Ray Charles later recounts that, “When I got to feeling sorry for myself, she’d get tough and say, ‘You’re blind, you ain’t dumb; you lost your sight, not your mind.’ And she’d make me see I could do almost anything anyone else could do.” This determination and rejection of his blindness stuck with Charles for the rest of his life.  

That example is to show you how the body can create a protection that can be seen as a curse or handicap, when it is actually happening to help the person feeling more protected within themself.  

Have you been dealing with health issues and are still clueless about what’s going on? Have you ever considered looking at it from an emotional perspective? Again, 90% of diseases have an emotional root, so it’s not only taking care of the symptoms but also healing the root of it. This is when you can reclaim a vibrant life, and so, health.

Book an appointment today to reclaim your vibrant life.  

Much Love, 
Marine Sélénée