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Thread: Starting Bates
Post: Re: Starting Bates

Determined Wrote:i need to wear my full power glasses for around 8 hours a day, because i go to school and i need to see the board. Will this stop me from making progress? I don't wear glasses on week...

Summon-Pretty-Peace

Bates Method

31,757

02-13-2010, 06:34 PM

Thread: better vision habits (split from: Need Help going cold ...)
Post: Re: better vision habits (split from: Need Help go...

spydermann Wrote:How do clear seeing people think and treat the objects they look at? compared to those with bad vision? (maybe myope's have worrisome thoughts they unconsciously think? treating objec...

Summon-Pretty-Peace

David's method

27,215

02-22-2010, 03:31 PM

Thread: Alternative to Palming
Post: Re: Alternative to Palming

Palming feels so good! I don't see why anyone would want an alternative to it.

Summon-Pretty-Peace

Bates Method

10,478

03-06-2010, 07:10 PM

Thread: Eccentric fixation at night
Post: Eccentric fixation at night

In my high school biology class we just learned that while cones, which perceive light and color, are located on the fovea, rods, which perceive things in the dark, are located outside of it. Bates's ...

Summon-Pretty-Peace

Bates Method

3,348

03-13-2010, 03:30 PM

Thread: Spring and sight related thoughts and motivation
Post: Re: Spring and sight related thoughts and motivati...

Thank you so much, Alexandre! I feel so different in the spring and summer than in the fall and winter. In the spring I feel much more engaged in the world, and also more overwhelmed by it in both goo...

Summon-Pretty-Peace

Bates Method

6,437

03-20-2010, 03:51 PM

Thread: Weird clear flashes
Post: Weird clear flashes

I got some late last summer, and I got one yesterday night. They happen when I'm "not even trying"-- even by Bates Method standards. They don't go away when I blink, and I don't feel any tears in my e...

Summon-Pretty-Peace

Bates Method

5,377

03-23-2010, 04:55 PM

Thread: Definitely a difference in personality.
Post: Re: Definitely a difference in personality.

I just have to say-- I love your signature, Spydermann!

Summon-Pretty-Peace

Bates Method

29,151

04-07-2010, 05:31 PM

Thread: Definitely a difference in personality.
Post: Re: Definitely a difference in personality.

Nancy Wrote:For a recovering introvert who still usually prefers solitude to company, this is a big deal! I know I have to reach out socially more just like I have to reach out visually more (see far!...

Summon-Pretty-Peace

Bates Method

29,151

04-08-2010, 03:59 PM

Thread: Clear Flashes Get Clearer
Post: Re: Clear Flashes Get Clearer

spydermann Wrote:haha, what are some symptoms of a nerdy blocked throat chakra? From what I understand, it has to do with difficulty speaking up for oneself, and a fear of the truth, whether it's lyin...

Summon-Pretty-Peace

Bates Method

18,285

04-17-2010, 06:35 PM

Thread: does anyone else have speech problems ?
Post: Re: does anyone else have speech problems ?

That is odd; when I was a little kid I stuttered, talked too fast, and had a lisp. After some speech therapy I improved for some time. Later, on the same year that I became myopic, I reverted back int...

Summon-Pretty-Peace

Bates Method

7,637

06-06-2010, 02:13 PM

Thread: The Vice of Concentration
Post: The Vice of Concentration

The article's here. Reading that article has really changed how I approach the Bates Method, or how I approach anything really. I used to think that my main obstacle in my vision practice was not bei...

Summon-Pretty-Peace

Bates Method

4,581

06-30-2010, 03:22 PM

Thread: Can you see faces?
Post: Re: Can you see faces?

Exactly! I have that issue too and it's very annoying. Sometimes I embarrassingly look up in excitement only to find out several steps closer that it's not someone I know!

Summon-Pretty-Peace

Bates Method

11,453

07-13-2010, 04:35 PM

Thread: Do we have subconscious sight?
Post: Do we have subconscious sight?

In one of the Bates magazines, there was a nearsighted kid who could not distinguish a letter F on the chart. She palmed and held a memory from earlier that day in her head. When the nurse told her to...

Summon-Pretty-Peace

Bates Method

13,700

07-14-2010, 01:33 PM

Thread: Do we have subconscious sight?
Post: Re: Do we have subconscious sight?

David Wrote:because they've gotten an association built up in their system where they don't "see" unless they're straining their eyes, because that's what they think is necessary I see. Just today I w...

Summon-Pretty-Peace

Bates Method

13,700

07-16-2010, 06:49 PM

Thread: Low website participation
Post: Re: Low website participation

Yeah. When it was more active, I put more thought into this forum and its people-- you know how when you get really into an online community, you start thinking of it in your daily life?-- and therefo...

Summon-Pretty-Peace

Off Topic

4,991

07-16-2010, 06:57 PM

Thread: Optimums and Pessimums
Post: Re: Optimums and Pessimums

Interesting! I'm guessing you were on Germany's side? I play around with optimums and pessimums as well. I've noticed that if I'm looking at a whole blurry bunch of text, like when I sit far from th...

Summon-Pretty-Peace

Bates Method

5,958

07-21-2010, 11:46 AM

Thread: I strain when trying to do Bates.
Post: I strain when trying to do Bates.

I figured it was time to stop posting abstract stuff, and get on with actual test card practice. So I palmed and saw what I initially thought was a clear flash. But then I realized that it hurt my eye...

Summon-Pretty-Peace

Bates Method

16,259

07-26-2010, 09:06 AM

Thread: I strain when trying to do Bates.
Post: Re: I strain when trying to do Bates.

Mzero Wrote:If you are sick of the distance I can recommend what helped me 2 weeks ago. Get a near vision chart. The one you can cut out of Relearning to See is excellent. Oh, interesting. I'm going t...

Summon-Pretty-Peace

Bates Method

16,259

07-29-2010, 08:15 AM

Thread: The Most Powerful Memory
Post: Re: The Most Powerful Memory

The "perfect memory" doesn't even have to be a visual one. Sometimes I use songs that are stuck in my head! And I'm sure everyone has some of those.

Summon-Pretty-Peace

Bates Method

7,780

08-09-2010, 10:06 AM

Thread: Walking with Bates
Post: Walking with Bates

So, I'm going to go for a walk later today. What should I remember to be conscious of with regards to my vision?

Summon-Pretty-Peace

Bates Method

6,727

08-12-2010, 10:12 AM

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