Bharathi’s Reviews > How to Know a Person: The Art of Seeing Others Deeply and Being Deeply Seen > Status Update

The author grounds the importance of truly seeing a person at the consciousness that they display. He defines Illuminators as people who have a persistent curiosity about others, and shine the brightness of their care on people and make them feel bigger, deeper, respected, lit up.
Diminishers, on the other hand, make people feel small and unseen, and see people as things to be used.