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

Hammer Re feedback from your own experience, I agree. In my case I get a certain sensation in my eyes and nearly always some watering. This is a help in searching for details as I often experience th...

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01-10-2011, 08:03 AM

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

Just to clarify my last two points in my last post (if anyone's interested) Imagination: I don't consciously use imagination in this searching for details method although David did seem to imply this...

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01-10-2011, 08:33 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...

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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

Pikachu and Hammer: what happens with me is that as I am doing the detail-searching 'dynamic' (and the same applies with Bates 'exercises', eg imagination) I feel my eyes relaxing, so even if the sigh...

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11-15-2010, 06:53 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

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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

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10-18-2010, 08:10 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

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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: Outside of your programming
Post: Re: Outside of your programming

David I have sometimes wondered what would happen if I put myself in a dangerous situation where I'd have to override the programming and see clearly. Just idle speculation. I re-read your post, in ...

sean

David's Old Blog Posts

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10-24-2011, 07:15 AM

Thread: Pain during clear flashes?
Post: Re: Pain during clear flashes?

I still get a mild stinging sensations during (partial) clearings and this is accompanied by eyewatering. Neither are as profuse as a few months ago. I think it is the release of accumulated strain ...

sean

Bates Method

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07-31-2008, 02:59 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

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09-20-2010, 07:04 AM

Thread: Re-creating Your Programming
Post: Re: Re-creating Your Programming

David First just to say that I have been reading your blog posts since they first appeared, and reflecting on them, and they are really good. Perfectly pitched. On this latest post I think you've co...

sean

David's Old Blog Posts

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06-16-2011, 07:21 AM

Thread: Re-creating Your Programming
Post: Re: Re-creating Your Programming

I forgot to add that Sorrisi's way to maintain interest (and attention), in is to make the exercises (and their implementation) fun. That makes more sense to me now.

sean

David's Old Blog Posts

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06-16-2011, 07:33 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

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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

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09-09-2010, 08:23 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

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09-06-2010, 07:54 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

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06-21-2011, 07:03 AM

Thread: Reminding thoughts
Post: Re: Reminding thoughts

Hi Oleg I know your question was addressed to David but I find the following passages from his Shifting in a Triangle blog post are very useful: "This is about learning to pay attention to a differe...

sean

David's method

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07-26-2012, 08:35 AM

Thread: repeating clear flashes
Post: Re: repeating clear flashes

Dave I'm glad to see this post as this is what I have been trying to do myself over the last while. It was always going to come down to this. It's like learning dance steps and the teacher tells you...

sean

David's method

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03-22-2011, 08:21 AM

Thread: repeating clear flashes
Post: Re: repeating clear flashes

Hammer What you experience seems to be very close to what I do too. Usually it takes some minutes for appreciable clearing but today when I looked at the chart it cleared practically immediately, an...

sean

David's method

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03-23-2011, 06:53 AM

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