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

After putting this method aside for a few months, I have noticed again how it can be really helpful. I think the main thing for me is to not try to do it artificially. I start with some big head-tur...

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Bates Method

26,793

06-23-2008, 08:51 PM

Thread: Central Fixation & Sungazing Improvements
Post: Re: Central Fixation & Sungazing Improvements

I relate to your struggle with CF. It is kind of a zen koan for all folks relearning to see properly. Slowly, I'm getting it. Instead of trying to see a narrow spot clearly, I now am allowing mysel...

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Bates Method

6,404

07-17-2008, 11:04 PM

Thread: Central fixation + shifting = inseparable ??
Post: Re: Central fixation + shifting = inseparable ??

Quote:Anyway, My first question, Should I do central fixation while (subtle/obvious)shifting and vice versa? I tend to strain if I do fixed central fixation. In my experience, I did not have much succ...

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Bates Method

8,919

08-16-2008, 02:28 AM

Thread: Certain countires people have vision problems
Post: Re: Certain countires people have vision problems

It's possibly due to the huge boom in Indian cities of information based jobs. The increase of folks now in front of computers all day must be unprecedented. With that cultures history with mind/bod...

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Off Topic

10,294

03-08-2009, 06:42 PM

Thread: check this website out
Post: Re: check this website out

harold08 Wrote:Lately, before i found this forum i used this webpages to advice me on how to improve my vision. It gives you SOOO MANY eye exercises, sun treatmemts, yoga and taoist workouts, massages...

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Complementary Methods

26,093

10-07-2008, 05:33 PM

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 ...

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Bates Method

5,794

10-28-2007, 08:15 PM

Thread: Dating and Bates method
Post: Re: Dating and Bates method

Quote:i didnt know you were a woman :) Sadly, it makes more sense how sensitive you are- taking care of injured squirrels and such. :( Your cover is blown, Agent Night!

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Off Topic

7,556

12-07-2008, 05:31 PM

Thread: declaring intention
Post: Re: declaring intention

Right on, David! I'm excited to see you take the leap to include this method. It gets to the core of the dilemma. I just made my own self-hypnosis mp3 track earlier this week using my own voice and ...

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Bates Method

17,879

01-17-2010, 03:14 PM

Thread: declaring intention
Post: Re: declaring intention

Note: When creating a script for declarations, avoid statements that are in the negative like, "I do not strain my eyes". They are much less powerful than positive statements like "My eyes are compl...

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Bates Method

17,879

01-19-2010, 10:41 AM

Thread: declaring intention
Post: Re: declaring intention

Alright, sorry to bend the meaning of your post. I'm interested in the statement I quoted below. I can't quite grasp what you are getting at. What exactly is wrong with fueling something by emotio...

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Bates Method

17,879

01-20-2010, 12:26 PM

Thread: Do not try to see black
Post: Re: Do not try to see black

Thanks eidos! That was helpful. I had never read that before. I mostly gave up trying to see black long ago because it always resulted in strain.

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Bates Method

5,677

02-10-2011, 01:23 AM

Thread: Effortlessness in other things
Post: Re: Effortlessness in other things

That's really cool. I have also found that deliberately walking slower than I feel I "have to" can be quite illuminating. My Father was quite impatient and would take me by the neck as a child if he ...

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Complementary Methods

6,414

09-28-2009, 11:05 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...

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Bates Method

35,493

12-22-2007, 11:04 PM

Thread: Faith and Vision
Post: Re: Faith and Vision

I could just as easily use the word "trust" to describe what I have been experimenting with. At the bottom of it, it's fear that prevents relaxation and affixes patterns of strain in our mind. On th...

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Bates Method

6,889

10-27-2008, 11:40 PM

Thread: Faith and Vision
Post: Re: Faith and Vision

Of course, none of this is to imply that discipline and frequent practice aren't key to improving acuity. ;D

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Bates Method

6,889

10-28-2008, 07:07 AM

Thread: Faith and Vision
Post: Re: Faith and Vision

deeptrip Wrote:I think vision can't be improved without faith. Without faith you can not say: ok I make my daily routine practice and the rest is up to my body because my body and the true nature of m...

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Bates Method

6,889

10-28-2008, 07:54 PM

Thread: Films
Post: Re: Films

Finally saw The Big Lebowski. Instant favorite! Good for repeated viewing.

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Off Topic

6,675

12-03-2008, 01:22 AM

Thread: Films
Post: Re: Films

Blade Runner , Vertigo, M, El Topo, Amelie, City of Lost Children, Master of the Flying Guillotine, the 7 Samurai, Star Wars and the Empire Strikes Back

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Off Topic

6,675

07-07-2008, 09:20 AM

Thread: Fine Print DIY
Post: Re: Fine Print DIY

Just want to underline that for novices of fine print reading, like me, having bright, direct sunlight on the print is incredibly beneficial. Love to hear if anyone tries the do-it-yourself fine pri...

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Bates Method

4,981

05-17-2008, 06:01 PM

Thread: Gene Younger of Portland, OR
Post: Re: Gene Younger of Portland, OR

Yes, I have been seriously attempting to change my beliefs on a subconscious level. If we see ourselves as not being able to have or deserve clear vision on a subconscious level I don't believe there...

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