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Thread: 1 year vision anniversary! Fork in the road
Post: Re: 1 year vision anniversary! Fork in the road

Spyderman, when I started it was a few months before I got a clear flash. In the end I just said to myself: I know I can see and I'll just sit here and wait for it to happen. I let go of everything, m...

sean

Bates Method

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08-30-2010, 08:12 AM

Thread: Difficulty with the Bates method
Post: Re: Difficulty with the Bates method

Andreas, good point about the guilt. My son is 9 years old and I worry about him following in my visual footsteps. One way I try to counter this is to let him know often that school is not worth bothe...

sean

Bates Method

19,887

08-31-2010, 04:27 AM

Thread: Reading strain
Post: Re: Reading strain

I think this is my biggest problem, or the biggest one I'm aware of. Sorrisi had a useful entry on the subject in her blog (Seeing Beauty) but I haven't tried it yet as it just seems to be beyond me a...

sean

Bates Method

10,082

09-06-2010, 07:54 AM

Thread: Reading strain
Post: Re: Reading strain

Andrea, my sentiments exactly (I'm more aware of it now than before etc) and that's what I am doing myself, grabbing the bull by the horns. Action not words. Just jump straight in here, I think, and s...

sean

Bates Method

10,082

09-08-2010, 09:03 AM

Thread: Reading strain
Post: Re: Reading strain

Here's the link to Sorrisi's blog as mentioned above (hope she doesn't mind): <a class="postlink" href="http://sorrisi.wordpress.com/2010/07/16/shifting-2/">http://sorrisi.wordp...

sean

Bates Method

10,082

09-09-2010, 08:23 AM

Thread: Difficulty with the Bates method
Post: Re: Difficulty with the Bates method

Andrea Good post. The last bit, where you talk about imagining someone who can't imagine black etc, got me thinking a little. And really we can do it, and perfectly too, it's just that we aren't used...

sean

Bates Method

19,887

09-09-2010, 08:33 AM

Thread: Difficulty with the Bates method
Post: Re: Difficulty with the Bates method

Here's the link to what I was just saying: <a class="postlink-local" href="http://www.iblindness.org/community/viewtopic.php?f=1&t=856&hilit=mindfulness">viewtopic.php?f...

sean

Bates Method

19,887

09-09-2010, 08:42 AM

Thread: Difficulty with the Bates method
Post: Re: Difficulty with the Bates method

Here's the link to what I was just saying: <a class="postlink-local" href="http://www.iblindness.org/community/viewtopic.php?f=1&t=856&hilit=mindfulness">viewtopic.php?f...

sean

Bates Method

19,887

09-09-2010, 08:42 AM

Thread: Palming versus peripheral vision
Post: Re: Palming versus peripheral vision

Hi Hammer Could you explain how this is done in practice, how you are aware of peripheral vision while focussing your attention on a small point?

sean

Bates Method

8,706

09-20-2010, 07:04 AM

Thread: notes on looking at details and changing
Post: Re: notes on looking at details and changing

David You asked for feedback. This is a very helpful thread and it is quite clear, to me, what you are getting at. And yes, I got that impression when starting out that you should keep shifting all t...

sean

David's method

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151,125

09-20-2010, 07:43 AM

Thread: Why progress is slow, and most people are never truely cured
Post: Re: Why progress is slow, and most people are neve...

I'll say a prayer for her, John.

sean

Bates Method

38,632

09-23-2010, 08:00 AM

Thread: notes on looking at details and changing
Post: Re: notes on looking at details and changing

Dave Thanks for the reply. I don't know why visualization/ imagination helps my sight clear up but I have this idea that it takes my mind off from making my eyes grab at whatever they are looking at....

sean

David's method

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09-23-2010, 08:22 AM

Thread: notes on looking at details and changing
Post: Re: notes on looking at details and changing

Hi David Thanks for following this up. I read your post and I have also read the earlier ones a couple of times now so as to get it quite clear in my mind. It makes sense. As I said earlier, the 'int...

sean

David's method

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10-06-2010, 05:07 AM

Thread: notes on looking at details and changing
Post: Re: notes on looking at details and changing

Hi David The idea of practising this continuously was daunting so I have tried it a few times, maybe 2 or 3 times a day. I thought I'd give a little feedback now rather than risk persevering over a l...

sean

David's method

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10-13-2010, 08:10 AM

Thread: notes on looking at details and changing
Post: Re: notes on looking at details and changing

That comment was getting a bit long, so I'll just finish off here. Just to say again that I was struck by the surprising reluctance I felt initially once I'd made up my mind to try this out properly....

sean

David's method

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10-13-2010, 08:22 AM

Thread: notes on looking at details and changing
Post: Re: notes on looking at details and changing

The dancing analogy comes from a time a few years ago when lots of people were learning the sets. You could see them trying to imitate (on their own) the nifty footwork of experienced dancers, over we...

sean

David's method

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10-15-2010, 05:03 AM

Thread: notes on looking at details and changing
Post: Re: notes on looking at details and changing

Dancing analogy: sorry for confusing you on this folks. Yes, Pikachu, you are right, it has nothing to do with rhythm etc, I was really just trying to say that without someone actually there to show y...

sean

David's method

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10-18-2010, 08:03 AM

Thread: notes on looking at details and changing
Post: Re: notes on looking at details and changing

Also, just to say that on Friday when I posted my comment I had just done some imagination work. I had been doing it rather mechanically for some weeks, by and large, and had realized that this was my...

sean

David's method

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10-18-2010, 08:10 AM

Thread: Imagination
Post: Imagination

I have mentioned this before but this is what I do practising imagination. When at work I imagine a small black fairy (as in a 'fairy story' in one of the Mags) standing on the kitchen table at home,...

sean

Bates Method

23,301

10-18-2010, 08:27 AM

Thread: Imagination
Post: Re: Imagination

contd. This is what I meant by looking at a burning bush sometimes. If I am feeling very relaxed it's easier to see the fairy (no surprise there). But even so I only see her in snatches and have to ke...

sean

Bates Method

23,301

10-18-2010, 08:36 AM

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