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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

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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

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

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: 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

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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09-20-2010, 07:43 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: 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: 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: 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: 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

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: 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: 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

6,672

08-30-2010, 08:12 AM

Thread: Hi! Mind if I introduce myself here?
Post: Re: Hi! Mind if I introduce myself here?

Sunlight Yes, I should give an account of the open-eye imagination as I practise it and I've been thinking of doing that for a good while now. I don't really do much else, just relax my eyes whenever...

sean

Off Topic

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08-20-2010, 04:46 AM

Thread: Hi! Mind if I introduce myself here?
Post: Re: Hi! Mind if I introduce myself here?

Hi Sunlight456 Read Bates' book which is available for free on this website. Perhaps skip the first and last couple of chapters or so for the moment. You will see other material mentioned on this for...

sean

Off Topic

19,881

08-19-2010, 09:14 AM

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

In his excellent book about eyesight (which I see as a complement to Bates) Martin Brofman talks a little about what he calls 'selective vision' and suggests you use it as a help to guide you back to ...

sean

Bates Method

5,958

07-26-2010, 06:43 AM

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

Correction: my eyes don't always water with clear flashes. That used to be the case but now mainly happens when the vision clears up completely for a few moments. The sensation on the surface of the e...

sean

Bates Method

5,958

07-21-2010, 04:17 AM

Thread: Optimums and Pessimums
Post: Optimums and Pessimums

I suppose this can be related to the Bates Method under 'Optimums and Pessimums', but I'm mentioning it just as a curiosity. I mentioned before here that I like to relax my eyes by wathcing (associat...

sean

Bates Method

5,958

07-21-2010, 04:03 AM

Thread: Tackling Skepticism
Post: Re: Tackling Skepticism

I've often thought of that wiki quote. I suppose the entry is the same as when I read it 3 years ago. It's really very disheartening for a beginner. I have always thought that if 'received wisdom' or ...

sean

Bates Method

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07-19-2010, 08:38 AM

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