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Thread: mistakes
Post: Re: mistakes

David Your reply of Sunday 20 Nov, 3.31. That's exactly what I was thinking (and experiencing).

sean

David's method

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11-23-2011, 09:23 AM

Thread: What could be there?
Post: Re: What could be there?

... actually, I'm not sure they are all familiar ideas on this forum. And indeed that they necessarily valuable or not misleading. And, while I am at it, for 'practical sense' substitute 'coherent s...

sean

David's Old Blog Posts

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02-27-2012, 08:08 AM

Thread: mistakes
Post: Re: mistakes

Hi David In ascending order of importance: 1 When palming trying to form a picture in front of your eyes, behind your eyelids as it were 2 Trying to manipulate images to what they should look like 3...

sean

David's method

25,590

11-17-2011, 04:32 AM

Thread: What could be there?
Post: Re: What could be there?

@ arocarty Andrew, thanks first of all for your detailed reply on an earlier thread which was most useful. (Thanks to others too who responded.) Your description of good sight (echoed by Clarknight) ...

sean

David's Old Blog Posts

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02-27-2012, 08:03 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

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08-19-2010, 09:14 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

19,881

08-20-2010, 04:46 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: 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: Breathing
Post: Re: Breathing

Otto Funny that, I was just starting to become aware of how I keep catching my breath all the time when I read your post. Leaving aside eyesight, it really doesn't make any sense does it. I'm working...

sean

Bates Method

27,451

12-10-2010, 09:21 AM

Thread: stinging
Post: Re: stinging

I forgot to add that I recently realized that you should (I think) resist the temptation to 'follow the sensation', that is, to focus on getting the stinging sensation or whatever other physical indic...

sean

David's method

30,216

04-03-2012, 08:59 AM

Thread: stinging
Post: Re: stinging

Hi David Interesting. I'd never thought of connecting it to the feeling you get in your hand etc after a nerve, or nerves, have gone to sleep but it seems obvious now you mention it. I still get thi...

sean

David's method

30,216

03-30-2012, 08:14 AM

Thread: stinging
Post: Re: stinging

Andrew Good post. I was a bit premature off the mark. Must be a "David effect" and I'll be more careful in the future. :) (Though this doesn't necessarily exclude nerves waking up, of course.) The...

sean

David's method

30,216

04-03-2012, 08:53 AM

Thread: stinging
Post: Re: stinging

Back again! It just struck me after writing my last post (and it may or may not be significant) that if you are focussing on the sensations that accompany vision instead of your main task of searchin...

sean

David's method

30,216

04-03-2012, 09:18 AM

Thread: Where we making mistake related to Bates patient?
Post: Re: Where we making mistake related to Bates patie...

I have also thought about this one. i think it comes down to working out what exactly is he prescribing in his methods. After all, most people can't give directios for addresses to save their lives (t...

sean

Bates Method

18,418

09-10-2009, 07:14 AM

Thread: Breathing and your mind
Post: Re: Breathing and your mind

Hi David Another great post. By coincidence I had just started hoping that you'd address this issue again. You know you have a kind of 2 step approach (1 relaxation 2 searching for detail) so I was b...

sean

David's Old Blog Posts

25,081

09-21-2011, 06:58 AM

Thread: Myopic Attention Disorder
Post: Re: Myopic Attention Disorder

Excellent observations, David, and your follow-up post above even more so. A couple of weeks ago I tried getting from about 4pm to bed time without 'losing the thread' as it were (I mentioned it to N...

sean

David's Old Blog Posts

18,901

07-18-2011, 09:08 AM

Thread: Myopic Attention Disorder
Post: Re: Myopic Attention Disorder

I meant to add that I was also trying to keep up the idea of imagining a tiny point every time I blinked, as David had recommended. I could do this in bursts, when I wasn't doing anything demanding, s...

sean

David's Old Blog Posts

18,901

07-18-2011, 09:24 AM

Thread: Relaxing the eyes and avoiding the issue
Post: Re: Relaxing the eyes and avoiding the issue

I find the habit of trying to see more than one point at a time is so ingrained that I catch myself doing it even when consciously practising searching for detail. Why is this not working? Because I'm...

sean

David's Old Blog Posts

20,058

06-21-2011, 07:03 AM

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