You being hoodwinked, how did you know that it was a door?

• A. By first meeting with resistance, and afterwards gaining admission.
• B. By feeling the door with the hand.
• C. By hearing a bell ring.
• D. The guide told me.

Answer: (D)

When you’re hoodwinked, your sight is blocked, so you can’t rely on visual cues to identify things. The reliable way to know what you’re encountering in that moment is to be told by the guide who is leading you. The guide provides the orientation and labels everything for you, so you learn through instruction rather than guessing by touch, sound, or incidental cues. In this context, the guide telling you it’s a door is the intended way you recognize the object, since you can’t see it yourself. The other ideas—feeling the door, hearing a bell, or inferring from resistance—don’t provide a definitive confirmation in the ritual setting.