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Thread: Can someone explain this paragraph better for me
Post: Re: Can someone explain this paragraph better for ...

Take two equally bright points of light, separated by 24 inches, and 10 feet away, as just one example. The person with normal sight does not see them with equal brightness and clarity at the same t...

arocarty

Bates Method

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07-22-2011, 03:47 AM

Thread: Progress halted by blinking?
Post: Re: Progress halted by blinking?

Hello Ben, and welcome. Just had a couple quick questions - - when did you first start needing glasses, and how long have you worn them? - are you nearsighted, farsighted? How much, roughly ? - h...

arocarty

Bates Method

20,164

10-17-2011, 12:11 PM

Thread: Palming and the tiny black spot
Post: Re: Palming and the tiny black spot

It could be many things, but regardless, it is best to ignore anything in the field of vision, and not try to do anything with it or give it your attention. It'll only serve to inhibit relaxing the ...

arocarty

Bates Method

3,291

11-02-2011, 03:42 AM

Thread: Four habits?
Post: Re: Four habits?

Bates often referred to that as the 'Optical Swing.' You want to think of it more as the evidence of relaxation, and not something that is consciously done. Anything you practice that can help rest ...

arocarty

Bates Method

27,705

11-04-2011, 11:49 AM

Thread: Clear flash after closing eyes for few seconds.
Post: Re: Clear flash after closing eyes for few seconds...

Hi, They are occurring because you have probably discovered how to temporarily relieve your tension and mental strain - with the combination of closing your eyes, and remembering/imagining these thi...

arocarty

Bates Method

45,007

11-11-2011, 06:00 AM

Thread: Four habits?
Post: Re: Four habits?

Bates found that it takes perfect relaxation to imagine something perfectly (or to remember something perfectly). The result of that perfect relaxation invariably produced normal sight.

arocarty

Bates Method

27,705

11-03-2011, 07:31 AM

Thread: Four habits?
Post: Re: Four habits?

I don't know exactly what font it was - something of the early 1900s. It looks like it was around 3 pt. size type. Bates gives an example of it in his book - Chapter XVII, Vision Under Adverse Cond...

arocarty

Bates Method

27,705

11-04-2011, 04:04 AM

Thread: Four habits?
Post: Re: Four habits?

You may want to first read Chapter XIV of Perfect Sight Without Glasses <a class="postlink" href="http://www.central-fixation.com/perfect-sight-without-glasses/">http://www.cent...

arocarty

Bates Method

27,705

11-03-2011, 06:25 AM

Thread: Progress halted by blinking?
Post: Re: Progress halted by blinking?

minjja Wrote:And I could also see that my eyes turned up while blinking so it was half closed eyelids with white parts of eyes. ::) ??? I also realised that the same thing happens to me when I am slee...

arocarty

Bates Method

20,164

12-13-2011, 12:52 PM

Thread: I want my vision back - started few days ago
Post: Re: I want my vision back - started few days ago

@blwegrzyn: bwlegzrny, I agree, you need to get started. It's like the lottery, if you don't play, you don't stand any chance of winning. The Bates methods are simply, for lack of a better defini...

arocarty

Bates Method

75,280

08-18-2011, 04:24 AM

Thread: restoring central fixation
Post: Re: restoring central fixation

Hi Crayfish, Bates observed that ANYTHING which rested the eye helped restore the power of central fixation. Yes, for some people consciously practicing it is one of the quickest and easiest ways, b...

arocarty

Bates Method

8,215

08-21-2011, 04:25 AM

Thread: I want my vision back - started few days ago
Post: Re: I want my vision back - started few days ago

blwegrzyn, I had a similar thing happen to me, except that it wasn't computers, but the many hours of intense book reading when I went to college. Astigmatism eventually went up to 1.5, and myopia ...

arocarty

Bates Method

75,280

08-19-2011, 04:38 AM

Thread: Slow start - no changes so far after a week
Post: Re: Slow start - no changes so far after a week

blwegrzyn Wrote:In addition I installed a swinging windows application on my pc so all my windows constantly move.It is an interesting app that forces the eyes to work all the time. I tried this many ...

arocarty

Bates Method

8,910

08-22-2011, 01:25 PM

Thread: Palming
Post: Re: Palming

blwegrzyn Wrote:I finally get an idea of what palming is. I used to look at the eye field and was trying to find things there or spots.I guess i was more straining then palming.Now, I simply try to di...

arocarty

Bates Method

58,282

08-24-2011, 09:37 AM

Thread: Clear flash after closing eyes for few seconds.
Post: Re: Clear flash after closing eyes for few seconds...

My previous message was directed to Skywalker, in response to: Skywalker Wrote:I have noticed that sometimes my sight is getting better without doing anything, sometimes I got clear flashes that occu...

arocarty

Bates Method

45,007

12-23-2011, 06:14 AM

Thread: eagleguy's thousand questions
Post: Re: eagleguy's thousand questions

clarknight Wrote:Got the impression he was really someone trying to cause problems on the Forum. That was my impression too - he was attempting a type of denial-of-service attack, to interrupt the si...

arocarty

Bates Method

129

110,539

12-27-2011, 03:41 PM

Thread: I have a question...
Post: Re: I have a question...

Funny, my wife just recently told me over the holiday that I used to have tired-looking eyes, dark circles often under them, and that now she doesn't notice that at all - says they look good. So ye...

arocarty

Bates Method

4,864

01-03-2012, 02:07 PM

Thread: Progress halted by blinking?
Post: Re: Progress halted by blinking?

Ben Wrote:It's only when I am practicing with the eye chart that I get the dry eyes, probably because I'm subconsciously trying to keep my clear flash so I blink less and/or I do the really quick blin...

arocarty

Bates Method

20,164

10-19-2011, 11:15 AM

Thread: Need help overcoming panic of clear vision
Post: Re: Need help overcoming panic of clear vision

To just add a little to that positive thought process - I wouldn't even go so far to say that it is a 'unique state.' The person w/ normal sight is no different, except that they are able to mainta...

arocarty

Bates Method

7,169

03-05-2012, 11:39 AM

Thread: Progress halted by blinking?
Post: Re: Progress halted by blinking?

Hi Ben, If you develop negative association with blinking, which it seems is already happening, then you will risk creating for yourself another hurtle to overcome. You're likely to start the habit ...

arocarty

Bates Method

20,164

10-18-2011, 08:26 AM

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