The parable of the blind man parallels our post conversion process throughout many parts of our life, but we are given hope and a way of overcoming our lack of clarity. The first stage of the healing was being able to see people like trees, or in other words, seeing things as they not quite were; the second stage eventually showed complete healing where he could not only see clearly but process the information correctly. This shows that being healed does not happen all at once and can increase as more of God's Holy spirit is integrated into our life. One of the curses of Israel for disobedience was blinding, and being the spiritual descendants of them, that is the curse that will affect us as well if we remain hard-hearted. The three areas or groups of sins that can keep us blind or partially blind are: 1.) Mind not being focused on seeking truth, 2.) Heart is not committed or convicted of the path, and 3.) Our will is divided among this world and God's. However, we see when we return to repentance we often heal in stages and we begin to have spiritual anxiety that can expose more of our flaws, such as not fully believing in God's written word and also seeing that we can have a tendency to avoid clear cut definitions and doctrine. Fortunately, we are provided a way to avoid being like Laodicea by asking God sincerely and with humility to increase our spiritual sight realizing we cannot do it alone.