David,

I had a similar aversion to the idea of chiropractic treatment. However, I decided to give it a try early in my NVI journey after reading recommendations by NVI instructors/authors who had personal testimonies of its effectiveness. After the chiropractor’s initial assessment, he recommended soft tissue therapy (a massage therapist at the same clinic) instead of his treatment method. That’s when I began to learn about myofascial release and eventually self-trigger point massage to help relieve muscle tension in the face, head and neck area. I had big-time neck and shoulder tension.

In your most recent post, Rupert Sheldrake’s excellent talk about the dogmas of science captures the problem well with mainstream views. The simplistic, dogmatic model of vision being a mechanical/materialist light-receiving process is completely inadequate for understanding regular myopia, let alone cases such as this woman’s sudden blindness and eventual rapid recovery.

It’s amazing how many people willingly gulp down pills prescribed by a doctor who’s merely guessing at a cause, having total faith in some magic bullet powers.

Hi Rub,
I appreciate your comments as well.

I still deal with sensitivity to bright sunshine and the effect it has on hampering my visual acuity when I go back indoors. However, the sensitivity has abated gradually over the years such that my indoor acuity recovers much more quickly now.

This is simply a general approach that I take, not a specific approach per se. I spend a lot of time outdoors, regardless of the weather, to obtain as much natural sunlight as possible. Only under periods of extreme brightness do I wear sunglasses to help minimize the strain and squinting. During the summer when the sun is strongest in intensity, I mainly wear a cap or hat with a brim to shade my eyes.

I will occasionally alternate periods of brightness and darkness as suggested in the NVI literature. That involves palming your eyes for a brief period of time, then looking towards a bright light and swaying with your eyelids closed for a similar period of time. This procedure is alternated for several minutes.

Hi Doug
I really appreciate your comments
I have suffered recently from glare and sensitivity to light. Wonder if you could recommend any approach to improve it. Thanks

Yes, Darrel, sad indeed. Your comments echo those of Imre Lakatos, a mathematical and scientific philosopher. He was speaking about theoretical scientists, but the same attitude filters down to those educated in applied science and medical science: “Scientists have thick skins. They do not abandon a theory because facts contradict it. They normally either invent some rescue hypothesis to explain what they then call a mere anomaly and if they cannot explain the anomaly, they ignore it, and direct their attention to other problems.” He also added, “Blind commitment to a theory is not an intellectual virtue: it is an intellectual crime.”

Thanks for your comments, Ronald. Much appreciated. Kudos to David for hosting this website and for his posts and Nancy’s posts. We’re all doing our bit to help de-marginalize NVI from the fringes. It’ll require a massive shift in public consciousness and attitudes before it one day moves towards inclusion within the mainstream educational system of training specialists. In the meantime, the majority of people will crave the orthodox services of the colossal optical industry, unaware of the healthier option.