Beholding the face of God (2 Cor 3) has little to do with eyes, in any sense of the word.
I will be doing a short video on this topic soon. In the meantime I would tell you that:
When you discern that God is in your life, and in your spirit – as your life – then that is a form of beholding His glory with unveiled face.
When you meditate on all those verses that speak of His glory, His works, His love, His holiness, etc, etc – then you are beholding God with unveiled face.
When you meditate on the supernatural things He has done for you, and through you, then that is beholding His face with unveiled glory.
When you worship Him, in His presence, unto tears of joy – you are beholding His unveiled face.
The goggles/the quiet times in the dark is us setting ourselves apart from all things, even our natural vision and hearing, so we can do such things with a laser focus. Doing this over time powerfully transforms us into that which we are “staring at”.
And, if we happen to see things or hear things, while in that space, then cool.