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Thread: I'm not skeptical - but how can I do it if I go to school?
Post: Re: I'm not skeptical - but how can I do it if I g...

I respectfully disagree with everyone telling you to postpone school. If vision improvement meant that I had to sacrifice an education, job, etc., I wouldn't find it worthwhile. Get a pair of lenses...

Sean_Augensicht

Bates Method

45,688

07-25-2012, 06:49 AM

Thread: I'm not skeptical - but how can I do it if I go to school?
Post: Re: I'm not skeptical - but how can I do it if I g...

Daniel Wrote:Sean_Augensicht Wrote:I have a job requiring heavy computer use and attendance of presentations in meeting rooms. I also drive a moderate amount, including at night. None of this would ...

Sean_Augensicht

Bates Method

45,688

07-25-2012, 03:04 PM

Thread: Shifting, am I doing it right?
Post: Re: Shifting, am I doing it right?

Ask yourself whether you are shifting only your attention or using physical strain to shift. Only the former is correct. Ask yourself if you notice the universal swing. Only if so are you shifting c...

Sean_Augensicht

Bates Method

3,969

08-15-2012, 06:53 PM

Thread: How do I change my perscription for reduced vision glasses?
Post: Re: How do I change my perscription for reduced vi...

Everyone is different, but I'm concerned that y'all are getting too weak glasses. Going more than about 0.5 to 1 diopters weaker your "20/20" lenses is likely* to result in inadequate vision under a ...

Sean_Augensicht

Bates Method

16,073

08-19-2012, 12:51 PM

Thread: Eyestrain and fear of falling --> rapid improvement
Post: Eyestrain and fear of falling --> rapid improvemen...

Eyestrain seems somehow linked to the fear of falling. The next time you ride standing up on the subway or on a bus, notice how, just as you shift your weight and tense certain muscles in your legs t...

Sean_Augensicht

Bates Method

12,753

09-06-2012, 01:34 PM

Thread: Eyestrain and fear of falling --> rapid improvement
Post: Re: Eyestrain and fear of falling --> rapid improv...

Pikachu Wrote:That's pretty interesting. I've actually noticed that phenomenon before, but I never thought to produce the strain intentionally! My own personal experience is a bit strange. Sometimes, ...

Sean_Augensicht

Bates Method

12,753

09-10-2012, 07:34 PM

Thread: Eyestrain and fear of falling --> rapid improvement
Post: Re: Eyestrain and fear of falling --> rapid improv...

Regarding your observations 1-4, I'm very, very excited that someone else has discovered the same thing. I'd written about my eyestrain being linked to strains in my chest, arms, and legs previously-...

Sean_Augensicht

Bates Method

12,753

09-11-2012, 03:21 PM

Thread: The Limits of Language
Post: Re: The Limits of Language

Nice post, Pikachu. Perhaps the biggest problem is that different individuals go into this with different underlying (and mistaken assumptions) about what they "need" to do in order to do the variou...

Sean_Augensicht

Bates Method

4,641

10-01-2012, 09:02 PM

Thread: When watching football
Post: Re: When watching football

Very important: Don't intentionally try to converge near. When you imagine something without effort, the existing muscle strain in a myopic person may automatically cause her to converge for the near...

Sean_Augensicht

Bates Method

12,673

10-02-2012, 08:51 AM

Thread: When watching football
Post: When watching football

Bates said that watching movies often improves vision, and I have found the same to be true of watching television. One activity that dramatically improves my vision every time is watching football o...

Sean_Augensicht

Bates Method

12,673

10-01-2012, 09:38 PM

Thread: When watching football
Post: Re: When watching football

Another way to get an understanding of what it means to add strain, try "flashing": close your eyes or, better yet, do palming for a while, and then open them for a splitsecond, with the only goal be...

Sean_Augensicht

Bates Method

12,673

10-02-2012, 09:15 AM

Thread: When watching football
Post: Re: When watching football

To Nancy: good to hear from you. I have found that allowing yourself to be in the "defocused" state that feels like you're focusing for too near or seeing double is a prerequisite for letting go of t...

Sean_Augensicht

Bates Method

12,673

10-03-2012, 09:09 AM

Thread: Nothing mystical about this: why imagination seems to work
Post: Nothing mystical about this: why imagination seems...

The language on this forum often suggests that there's something mystical about vision improvement. To give an example, people talk about "clear flashes" as though they were some kind of spiritual exp...

Sean_Augensicht

Bates Method

10,143

11-19-2012, 05:47 PM

Thread: Nothing mystical about this: why imagination seems to work
Post: Re: Nothing mystical about this: why imagination s...

Good to hear from you. It's hard to say anything precise about the timing. When I imagine something, I also notice that there's a pulling sensation. It kind of happens all at once. I wouldn't worry ...

Sean_Augensicht

Bates Method

10,143

11-21-2012, 08:18 AM

Thread: Snellen measure - not a good one
Post: Re: Snellen measure - not a good one

If you can't tell whether you're making improvements or not, you're holding the chart way too far away. It's hard to make much progress when you're looking at a Snellen that's so far away that you ca...

Sean_Augensicht

Bates Method

8,684

11-24-2012, 09:52 AM

Thread: Nothing mystical about this: why imagination seems to work
Post: Re: Nothing mystical about this: why imagination s...

Oleg, I agree with you on everything you wrote, except that I stand by my statement about the importance of observing the strain. When you're imagining/remembering stuff, you can't do so effortlessl...

Sean_Augensicht

Bates Method

10,143

12-04-2012, 01:55 PM

Thread: Skeptical after a year of following the Bates method.
Post: Re: Skeptical after a year of following the Bates ...

Ditto on what Nancy said. I wasted a LONG time thinking I was practicing the Bates method after reading Bates' book and doing all sorts of "practice." It wasn't until I started really paying attenti...

Sean_Augensicht

Bates Method

15,623

12-31-2012, 01:44 PM

Thread: Nothing mystical about this: why imagination seems to work
Post: RE: Nothing mystical about this: why imagination s...

I've stayed away from here for almost a year -- now checking in with a progress report. I've made rapid progress in the past year just from frequent conscious practicing of attention-shifting. We ca...

Sean_Augensicht

Bates Method

10,143

01-30-2014, 11:17 AM

Thread: Wikipedia and the Bates Method
Post: RE: Wikipedia and the Bates Method

In order to gain credibility, we have to keep the discussion to things that people can observe empirically. I don't know anything about energy--if people find that thinking about energy helps them, t...

Sean_Augensicht

Bates Method

7,479

01-30-2014, 12:04 PM

Thread: breakthroughs
Post: breakthroughs

I am new to this forum -- recovering from really bad myopia (-9 right eye, -7 left eye in February 20101. I now see 20/20 with -6 right eye, -4.5 left eye.) This opening post is partly a response to...

Sean_Augensicht

David's method

35,183

09-01-2011, 12:16 PM

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