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Thread: David's Method, did I miss something?
Post: Re: David's Method, did I miss something?

Re David's post on the first page of this thread, and Nancy's quote from it at the top of this page, I wonder if this idea of progressively narrowing the field where you are lookin for details is what...

sean

David's method

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05-23-2012, 08:31 AM

Thread: Definitely a difference in personality.
Post: Re: Definitely a difference in personality.

Spyderman "cute introverted girls" - nah mate, if you are an introvert then it's cute extravert girls you should be smiling at. I have read it and confirmed by experience that all couples are made up...

sean

Bates Method

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04-13-2010, 09:13 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

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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: Eyes watering
Post: Re: Eyes watering

I also get this mild stinging (like soap in the eyes but milder) and watering. For people like me who find it hard to get clear flashes could this be turned to their advantage I wonder? In the last ...

sean

Bates Method

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03-20-2008, 04:27 AM

Thread: Finally!
Post: Re: Finally!

Hi David This is a really excellent explanation. First, a typo on p4 of The Method: "but you'll hang on to ceratin aspects of widened attention state" The case you make seems indestructible. I've r...

sean

David's Old Blog Posts

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09-17-2012, 06:26 AM

Thread: Focus your mind, not your eyes
Post: Re: Focus your mind, not your eyes

Another excellent post, this is the closest yet to describing how I see it. It makes sense. Has anyone else here said to themselves: Right, that's how I insist on seeing from now on, one point at at ...

sean

David's Old Blog Posts

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01-04-2013, 10:32 AM

Thread: Focus your mind, not your eyes
Post: Re: Focus your mind, not your eyes

I think my last post is saying much the same as Deliverance above. Try and keep it up over the weekend, Deliverance, and I'll sdo the same and we can compare notes next week.

sean

David's Old Blog Posts

22,127

01-04-2013, 10:35 AM

Thread: Greg Marsh NVI Intro Audio
Post: Re: Greg Marsh NVI Intro Audio

He seems good, Nancy. So far I only heard the first bit where you join in - you sound just as I expected. Meant as a compliment. :) Just out of interest, what do you personally mean by end-gaining? ...

sean

Bates Method

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03-18-2011, 09:31 AM

Thread: Greg Marsh NVI Intro Audio
Post: Re: Greg Marsh NVI Intro Audio

Hi Nancy, good reply. I looked at your blog too as suggested. It's me too, I can be absurdlly self-disciplined. But maybe it's not always bad, just a bit misplaced. You see, I find there's the other p...

sean

Bates Method

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03-22-2011, 08:30 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: I am -8 / -8.5 What reduced prescription to go for?
Post: Re: I am -8 / -8.5 What reduced prescription to go...

Sorrisi I agree with Otto - you are an angel. Don't worry about giving too much detail. I started around the same time as yourself but from a worse baseline and while there sometimes seem to be less...

sean

Bates Method

16,602

12-02-2008, 05:14 AM

Thread: Imagination
Post: Re: Imagination

Hi hammer I found the fairy too complicated at first so I had to get rid of the wings. I think I assembled her as a kind of Frankenstein's monster, presumably from images of stuff I remembered having...

sean

Bates Method

23,301

10-22-2010, 05:01 AM

Thread: Imagination
Post: Re: Imagination

Pikachu First sentence: yes you're right, I think I mixed them up. And you're also right about just helping for a short time. I find it a handy booster say when I'm watching football on tv and I can'...

sean

Bates Method

23,301

10-22-2010, 05:19 AM

Thread: Imagination
Post: Re: Imagination

I can't remember with the Snellen exercise, but with 'imagining a fairy while my eyes are resting over a blurry sign' exercise before a full 20/20 clear flash comes you'd get the discomfort and the st...

sean

Bates Method

23,301

10-22-2010, 05:31 AM

Thread: Imagination
Post: Re: Imagination

Hey Pikachu When I say 'manipulate', I mean trying to force the blur into the desired shape. I think Dave's looking at detail is a way of interpreting the blur, of using the imagination. I'm not all ...

sean

Bates Method

23,301

10-22-2010, 05:45 AM

Thread: Imagination
Post: Re: Imagination

Hammer Yes, I often think the same, that the imagination exercise is a good way to see how relaxed you are, or more, a way of guiding yourself to relaxation, because in my case it isn't that easy alw...

sean

Bates Method

23,301

11-05-2010, 08:13 AM

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