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Thread: Introductions
Post: Introductions

Hello Everyone, Very glad to be joining this forum. My name is Otto; not to be confused with Otter who seems to be quite active here. I am myopic with astigmatism. Last prescript was from 1999( O.D....

otto

Bates Method

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06-16-2007, 02:24 PM

Thread: Introductions
Post: Re: Introductions

Funny thing.... The introductions topic was killed the day I registered. I am member 333. Cosmic :D

otto

Bates Method

4,195

06-16-2007, 02:27 PM

Thread: Staring?
Post: Staring?

I've been practicing the Bates Method for about 2 and a half months and have just started to be able to relax and have flashes. I set my snellen up outside in direct sunlight. The last flash was 20/4...

otto

Bates Method

8,613

08-15-2007, 11:31 PM

Thread: Staring?
Post: Re: Staring?

Maybe that wasn't enough to warrant a response. Anyway, I would like to say thanks to the regular posters. Reading your words has often been illuminating and has made me feel not so alone on this jour...

otto

Bates Method

8,613

08-17-2007, 04:44 PM

Thread: A method that worked for me
Post: Re: A method that worked for me

I was skeptical but gave this a try and it did work for me. Things got crisper and looked more alive. I think it allowed me to come out of my myopic/inward looking/blank staring ways momentarily. T...

otto

Bates Method

8,309

12-18-2007, 10:29 PM

Thread: Staring?
Post: Re: Staring?

Dave, That sounds like sound council. I greatly appreciated your thoughts. My attachment to clarity reminds me of how monkeys are supposedly caught: a jug is left on the jungle floor with a banana i...

otto

Bates Method

8,613

08-19-2007, 12:50 AM

Thread: Clearer Images On LCD
Post: Re: Clearer Images On LCD

Old post here, but I must concur. My LCD screen that I got two weeks ago from Costco has been a dream. At 22", it has reduced my eye strain considerably. Just before writing this I was looking at an ...

otto

Bates Method

5,794

10-28-2007, 08:15 PM

Thread: Emotional Struggles
Post: Re: Emotional Struggles

I'm reading an out of print book by a British Bates teacher named Peter Mansfield. I can highly recommend this little book. Here is some excepts from it that apply to the discussion: Quote:In homeo...

otto

Bates Method

35,493

12-22-2007, 11:04 PM

Thread: The Biggest Dilemma of the Bates Method
Post: Re: The Biggest Dilemma of the Bates Method

It's good to read that right now. I'm at a point right now, after 6 months with the Bates Method, where I feel I've hit the wall. Finally got to doing palming in a relaxing way and getting past starin...

otto

Bates Method

4,938

02-11-2008, 11:01 AM

Thread: being less
Post: Re: being less

People here might not like the direction you're taking here with meditation and mindfullness, but I see that it is so. The Bates techniques are only at their most useful when the mind is really seren...

otto

Bates Method

34,849

02-17-2008, 02:10 AM

Thread: Question?
Post: Re: Question?

Althougn the power of the prescription you have been wearing, the length of time you have worn them(e.g.: months, years, decades), and the amount of time spent wearing that prescription all can effect...

otto

Bates Method

9,302

01-19-2008, 02:04 PM

Thread: uneven flash
Post: uneven flash

Last night I was having a flash after about an hour shifting and swinging with the Snellen. After awhile I noticed that the totality of the flash was happening in my right eye. When I covered my rig...

otto

Bates Method

3,525

01-19-2008, 05:15 PM

Thread: Sway???
Post: Re: Sway???

ironheart Wrote:so is it okay that it moves in the same direction as me? Yes, it is not a problem or mark of vision strain. It is called parallax, I believe. You are seeing what is outside your win...

otto

Bates Method

5,863

01-30-2008, 06:43 PM

Thread: being less
Post: Re: being less

While working with you eyes, rather than allowing oneself to be compulsively analytical or worrisome, there is a special attitude that can be taken. This attitude can be adopted after increasing awar...

otto

Bates Method

34,849

02-20-2008, 03:09 AM

Thread: Palming Help
Post: Re: Palming Help

Quote:I'd say whatever is the most relaxing. The point of palming is to relax, so just do whatever relaxes you most. I'd agree with Bryan. I didn't have any benefits from palming until I just relaxed...

otto

Bates Method

6,739

02-22-2008, 01:30 PM

Thread: Palming Help
Post: Re: Palming Help

Onamission, Well, I'm just saying what seems to be working for me. Yes, I just sit there, relax(for me following my breath helps) and try to mentally encourage any image that seems to arise. All the...

otto

Bates Method

6,739

02-22-2008, 06:01 PM

Thread: centering your gaze
Post: Re: centering your gaze

All I can say, is that I like this idea quite a lot and that it's daunting the amount of habitual neck rigidity and stillness that I have. Playing around with centering the gaze makes this undeniabl...

otto

Bates Method

26,793

03-02-2008, 01:20 AM

Thread: helpful video on the long swing
Post: Re: helpful video on the long swing

The Perfect Sight book is where it's at. Until you have proven to yourself that you know what your doing and improvement is continuous, I wouldn't stray too far from Bates' and Emily's writings. Eve...

otto

Bates Method

25,254

03-25-2008, 06:32 PM

Thread: centering your gaze
Post: Re: centering your gaze

I've been using this and it seems to help-less strain in general moving my eyes. Also, when shifting or moving my gaze, I like to have the feeling of moving into an emptiness or void. I hollow out t...

otto

Bates Method

26,793

03-26-2008, 06:16 PM

Thread: Swinging before snellen chart
Post: Re: Swinging before snellen chart

I have no idea. You'll have lots of strange unexpected, inexplicable stuff when you learn to start using your eyes correctly. A lot of what is noticed is illusions of the mind. Not to get caught up...

otto

Bates Method

6,812

03-26-2008, 06:22 PM

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