Comments on: Blindness Relieved by a New Method of Treatment

By: Thomas Thibault

Thomas Thibault — Fri, 07 Feb 2020 21:01:16 +0000

In reply to Christopher Lane. Hello, I not unterstand what is the method can someone explain me?

By: Darrel

Darrel — Fri, 24 Jan 2020 22:09:01 +0000

In reply to Cindy. Bates and his assistant Emily Lierman found that people born blind who consequently had no visual memory or imagination could gain at least some vision through their sense of touch. Even people born blind hopefully have tactile memory and imagination and this may well be of benefit when properly used. Bates said that a blind man will, if you let him, tell you of the marvellous variety of colours and forms that he sometimes will 'see'. Bates also said these kinds of illusions may be used to start restoring vision. With patience and proper practice we will hopefully get really good benefits.

By: Cindy

Cindy — Fri, 24 Jan 2020 19:49:53 +0000

In reply to David. Thank you very much.

By: David

David — Thu, 23 Jan 2020 18:30:14 +0000

In reply to Cindy.

There is some info on cataracts here. Anything is possible!
https://www.iblindness.org/929/natural-treatment-for-cataract-without-surgery/

By: Cindy

Cindy — Tue, 21 Jan 2020 07:41:28 +0000

I wonder if people with cataracts can benefit from the bates method and not have surgery? Also, is it possible for someone born blind to have site or some site? Must they have been able to have sight to recall in order to improve or have any vision at alk? Thanks

By: David

David — Mon, 02 Dec 2019 04:04:24 +0000

In reply to Darrel. I think it's a useful practice for people to treat their eyes' vision, particularly blurry vision, as merely a helpful data gathering tool, not taking it too seriously, and putting their attention more into the images in their mind of what all the objects might look like perfectly clear, as well as the distance and form. That way blind people can visualize all kinds of stuff if they get into the right state. I imagine that some of what they "see" is very accurate, due to our latent perceptive abilities, while other stuff is images mixing in from their thoughts.

By: Darrel

Darrel — Wed, 27 Nov 2019 16:11:22 +0000

Related to this topic are a few instances in the Bates Magazines where we are told that some patients, who ‘ought’ to be blind due to the eye’s lack of a macula, and so on were able to see without their physical eyes, mysteriously by some other means. This is so mysterious and yet I don’t doubt it for a second. It seems to be a case of not “we see very largely with the mind and only partly with the eyes” but in rare cases, “we see totally with the mind…”. This phenomenon has been reported outside the Bates Method sphere and there is a book by a Herbert Thurston about it in part and he was regarded as an authority in his field. Bates in the March 1921 magazine mentions an account where a patient told him of a blind friend who (without Bates knowledge) became able to see through the memory of a grey cloud and his vision was permanently restored. These two paragraphs are extraordinary, and end “Doctors who have examined his eyes since say he still has atrophy of the optic nerve and ought still to be blind.” Wow.

By: Christopher Lane

Christopher Lane — Sun, 24 Nov 2019 20:54:33 +0000

This case history is not an isolated incident. The authority of hope has a great power. An inspiration that intuitively guides possible direction. The source of that direction may actually be the sufferer. Ability to connect to that source and trust is the one in service. That process is unique, is energizing and has no doubts. Optimal results humbling.