Will a bright infrared light damage your eyes if you look at it too much. Oh no.
Please don't listen to these people. Yes, absolutely you can hurt your eyes looking at an IR light. And if you were looking at one, you would not know that you are looking at it since it's invisible to you. Of course, it depends on what wavelength of IR you are talking about. Bending Light - Index of Refraction, Light, Snell's Law. The Physics of Light: What Is Light?