Comments on: Are You Resisting Your Experience?

By: Nancy

Nancy — Thu, 21 Feb 2019 17:04:18 +0000

In reply to Ronald E. Stiles. Hi Ron, and yes, I'm often pulled to find the middle ground between struggle and inaction. I just had to shovel snow and mostly ice slabs out of the driveway for the 2nd time this week. Slow and steady is the way to go! Do nothing and wait for the Spring melt will leave me with a mess for a long time. Hack at the ice with all my might and I'll get exhausted. Easy does it, as with most things, including vision. :)

By: Ronald E. Stiles

Ronald E. Stiles — Thu, 21 Feb 2019 01:47:28 +0000

…very thought provoking article. I have found that any type of behavior in my life that is not calm and accepting results in chaotic energy. This chaotic energy sometimes results in stubbing a toe against a coffee table or biting my tongue while eating. And yes, struggling for clear vision creates visual stress, even in someone with perfect vision…great thoughts; thank you for sharing!

By: Nancy

Nancy — Sat, 19 Aug 2017 17:37:39 +0000

Aureus, you can always write a blog post yourself. 🙂 I was dragged to Facebook to communicate with my world-wide energy healing group, and am selective how I use it. It can really suck up the time.
Yes, I prefer a bit of blur interpretation myself over glasses, which have so many drawbacks. I just want to keep reminding my brain that I want to see clarity, and imagining that.

By: Aureus

Aureus — Sat, 19 Aug 2017 16:53:32 +0000

After the closure of the forum, it looks like this is going to be the only place to comment and exchange some experiences for people who don’t have or don’t like Facebook. 🙂

For most people with a spoiled vision blur shouldn’t be any problem as we can function just fine even without 20/20 vision. The problem is discomfort. Looks like our brain simply asks for sharp images and you need to deliver.

By: Nancy

Nancy — Wed, 19 Jul 2017 14:29:48 +0000

In reply to Daniela. Thanks for reading, Daniela. Spread the word -- vision improvement is possible, and fun!

By: Daniela

Daniela — Wed, 19 Jul 2017 08:38:36 +0000

Thank you Nancy for this article. I always enjoy reading your posts.

By: Nancy

Nancy — Tue, 18 Jul 2017 23:26:13 +0000

Cyber, I’ve thought quite a bit about this comment, that myopes can tolerate a lot of discomfort, looking for clues to my own patterns. Was I too obedient as a child in accepting the new stronger glasses, and putting up with the resulting eyestrain? I’m not back there any longer. All I can do now is make sure my visual situation is pleasant, noticing discomfort when it arises and changing it. Posture, lighting, fatigue, hydration, attitude — all these play a part.

By: Nancy

Nancy — Tue, 18 Jul 2017 23:18:16 +0000

In reply to Tom.

Tom, good for you, both about dropping a 1/4 diopter, and about seeing blurry text clear up. There’s nothing like personal experience with our own vision to make us believers. And my knees are fine again now — thanks. After all those decades of running while not being grounded, and falling more often than I like to admit, I’ve gotten pretty good at recovering from leg injuries. 🙂

By: Cyber

Cyber — Tue, 18 Jul 2017 22:23:41 +0000

In reply to Tom. Just because myopes have to tolerate a higher degree of discomfort does not mean that they are better at tolerating discomfort. Unless one afflicts nonmyopes with the same degree of discomfort that myopes have in order to get a control group, and then performs a test to see who tolerates it best, we do not know who could tolerate discomfort the best. But I do not know how your vision teacher got to the conclusion that myopes can tolerate more discomfort, so maybe I am just addressing a strawman.

By: Tom

Tom — Tue, 18 Jul 2017 20:17:55 +0000

Another very helpful post, Nancy. Sorry to hear about your poor knees. I too am trying to be mindful of Resistance and other unhelpful frames of mind – and their potential impact on my vision. ‘Not sure if I’m continuing to make progress lately. Some days it feels like I’m slipping backward.

I’ve been reading Dr. Bates book before sleep each night while wearing my +2.75 reading glasses (down from +3.0). Frequently my vision becomes quite blurry while reading, BUT…when I stop and review what I’m learning about relaxing my eyes and mind, the type on the page clarifies. Pretty cool(!) even if the effect is only possible *while wearing reading glasses* at this point.

It’s encouraging because it demonstrates very clearly that RELAXATION is a real factor as Dr. Bates (and you) state.

Keep up the good work (and good works), Nancy!