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Thread: Progress...
Post: Re: Progress...

Nancy Wrote:just be careful of end-gaining, like expecting to improve at a certain steady rate, or reach a certain level of improvement by some specific future time. When I first read Huxley's phrase ...

Mordant

Complementary Methods

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11-12-2009, 01:48 PM

Thread: palm wearing gloves
Post: Re: palm wearing gloves

Won't you get bits of wool in your eyes?

Mordant

Bates Method

5,281

11-10-2009, 03:41 PM

Thread: Introduction & some questions
Post: Re: Introduction & some questions

Still can't find a copy of my prescription, but today did a rough & ready test with a Snellen chart printed out from the computer, scaled to half size. Thus, the large 200 ft (61m) letter at the ...

Mordant

Bates Method

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11-09-2009, 10:36 AM

Thread: What THEY don't want you to know!1!!!
Post: Re: What THEY don't want you to know!1!!!

Another couple of points worth mentioning: 1) To assume that the "optical industry" is conspiring to hide other forms of vision improvement is to assume that all involved are entirely unaffected by ...

Mordant

Bates Method

10,408

11-09-2009, 09:07 AM

Thread: Duplicated blur patterns in lights
Post: Re: Duplicated blur patterns in lights

I have to admit that I rather enjoy the experience of looking at lights through myopic eyes. I enjoy walks in the city at night for this reason. If/when my sight improves, I do hope I'll retain the ...

Mordant

Complementary Methods

4,645

11-09-2009, 07:34 AM

Thread: What THEY don't want you to know!1!!!
Post: What THEY don't want you to know!1!!!

Since getting interested in the Bates Method, I've looked at any number of websites and books on natural eye improvement. I can't help but notice a bit of a theme, especially in those sites which are...

Mordant

Bates Method

10,408

11-09-2009, 06:35 AM

Thread: Bates Methods Proven by Research
Post: Re: Bates Methods Proven by Research

(Archive bingeing! Hope no-one minds me bumping this older thread.) Otis, you wouldn't happen to know where one could come by Michael McClay's research papers, would you? I've been hunting around o...

Mordant

Bates Method

18,830

11-09-2009, 05:19 AM

Thread: why doesnt sungazing burn your retina?
Post: Re: why doesnt sungazing burn your retina?

I had uncomfortable experiences with over-exposure to the sun a few times before I got glasses, and afterwards in situations where I had removed my glasses. For example, while spending a day at the b...

Mordant

Bates Method

29,309

11-08-2009, 02:38 PM

Thread: Going without glasses is dangerous
Post: Re: Going without glasses is dangerous

I'm not an expert here by any means, so hope no-one minds if I jump in & say a couple of things. Firstly, nothing I have ever accomplished in my not-quite-four decades that was at all worth accom...

Mordant

Bates Method

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11-07-2009, 07:32 PM

Thread: Progress...
Post: Re: Progress...

Thanks, John. I am attempting to avoid using my glasses as much as I can. For the first two-and-a-bit weeks, I put them on once, for less than a minute; I recently started to wear them for computer ...

Mordant

Complementary Methods

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11-07-2009, 07:10 PM

Thread: Progress...
Post: Re: Progress...

Ha ha! After a bit of a dry spell, I had another clear flash earlier this evening. I was slouching in bed reading a PDF on my laptop. As per usual, I had blown up the page so as to be easy on my ...

Mordant

Complementary Methods

12,036

11-07-2009, 04:18 PM

Thread: why doesnt sungazing burn your retina?
Post: Re: why doesnt sungazing burn your retina?

Incidentally, the reason I am going on about this rather is because that where the Sun is concerned there exists a grave risk of real, disabling, irreversible damage to the eyesight--damage occuring i...

Mordant

Bates Method

29,309

11-07-2009, 03:16 PM

Thread: why doesnt sungazing burn your retina?
Post: Re: why doesnt sungazing burn your retina?

Thanks, David! Once again, very illuminating (no pun intended). So, as I understand it, we're basically talking about a matter of degree; ie that some (careful, controlled, limited) exposure to the ...

Mordant

Bates Method

29,309

11-07-2009, 02:59 PM

Thread: Did Stress Cause Bad Vision for You?
Post: Re: Did Stress Cause Bad Vision for You?

otis Wrote:The issue of this "exam" is that the potential "wisdom" of the person -- is NEVER consulted. Your are rushed into a "chair". There there is an immediate "demand" that you report "1 bett...

Mordant

Complementary Methods

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11-07-2009, 12:53 PM

Thread: Going without glasses is dangerous
Post: Re: Going without glasses is dangerous

I am experiencing a similar kind of frustration, but was rather expecting it so it hasn't hit me as hard. I'm driven to speculate that the reason Bates saw bad outcomes in people who continued to use...

Mordant

Bates Method

36,938

11-07-2009, 11:13 AM

Thread: Duplicated blur patterns in lights
Post: Duplicated blur patterns in lights

I've made this observation several times in the past, but was reminded of it again recently when riding in a car on the motorway at night. Obviously, with my degree of myopia, I see individual lights...

Mordant

Complementary Methods

4,645

11-07-2009, 11:04 AM

Thread: Progress...
Post: Re: Progress...

catsup Wrote:In time, Mordant, you'll feel more confident doing things. And don't beat yourself up if you feel you need to wear them again from time to time. It really took about 3 years before I felt...

Mordant

Complementary Methods

12,036

11-07-2009, 10:30 AM

Thread: why doesnt sungazing burn your retina?
Post: Re: why doesnt sungazing burn your retina?

Judyb Wrote:It is not safe and sungazing does burn your retina. A few seconds of staring at the sun will destroy a small part of the retina and cause permanent reduction of vision. It is called sol...

Mordant

Bates Method

29,309

11-07-2009, 10:21 AM

Thread: Progress...
Post: Re: Progress...

This past week, things went back a bit. No more clear flashes, and for the first time I got lost without my glasses. I was walking up and down my friends' street trying to find their building for ag...

Mordant

Complementary Methods

12,036

10-28-2009, 04:25 PM

Thread: Thoughts and eye focus
Post: Re: Thoughts and eye focus

I've been aware for many years now that when I'm trying study while desperately stressed, my eyes will swing out of focus. It's quite rare and I have to be particularly overloaded, but when it does h...

Mordant

Bates Method

6,152

10-28-2009, 02:36 PM

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