Blind Peace

Light disturbs darkness (reflected light hits the dark retina) and thus we see.
Noise disturbs quiet (sound reverberates a still inner-ear) and thus we hear.

In that when nothing gets in, when nothing happens, is it not remarkable that sleep, and various states of lower levels of consciousness are associated with seeing and hearing nothing? (As you simply could not be disturbed enough)

I guess this might interact with a range sensory states, that some people are afraid of the dark might relate through this idea. 'Eerie silence' is another concepts along these lines.

What's your view of total darkness and quietness?
Do you enjoy it when you're still very awake?

What does this say about a world before light and sound?

And, was there a world before light and before sound?

And if a tree falls in a forest does it make a sound?

I think the answer to the last two questions are that it was 100% the same except that life was not there.

To answer the first two I think quietness is very peaceful and gives me time to reflect on life without disruptions and darkness allows me to view the world in a different light (mentally) because everything seems so much calmer.

"In that when nothing gets in, when nothing happens, is it not remarkable that sleep, and various states of lower levels of consciousness are associated with seeing and hearing nothing? (As you simply could not be disturbed enough)"

The remarkable thing is not that these states are associated with seeing and hearing nothing but rather the exact opposite. Consciousness seems to be a continuing stream which only disconnects when our memory fails us.

The site I provided below gives a brief history of the Samadhi Tank or Flotation Tank (whichever you want to call it.) It's function is to eliminate sensory stimuli as much as possible. The results are interesting but not really surprising if you're familiar with lucid dreaming.

http://www.samadhitank.com/history.html

I want one. I'm agraphobic enough - can you imagine what I'd be like with one of those!

As an aid to meditation I think the ilolation tank would be fantaastic.

I was just wondering how a deaf and blind person would view this topic. Of course senses aside - experience is experience however it is derived so even in the silence and blackness of our own minds, our consciousness is still experiencing and through memory and past experience - still creating new experiences. It can get quite noisy and crowded inside my head, I don't know about yours.