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Thread: Just a few questions
Post: Re: Just a few questions

I agree, Chris. I'm not a person who denies the existence of energy fields and all sorts of other things, visible and invisible, but it's such a commonly repeated experience for people to see fewer an...

David

Bates Method

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02-09-2006, 08:20 AM

Thread: Just a few questions
Post: Re: Just a few questions

Yes, you'll see illusions in the dark as long as you think about whether you see them or not. When you shut off the lights, think of it as a chance to completely let your eyes go and start paying atte...

David

Bates Method

24,190

02-06-2006, 09:36 PM

Thread: The light of the body
Post: The light of the body

A funny thing happened today. I bought a bunch of miniature bibles with text slightly smaller than the photographic type reduction in Bates's book. I painstakingly took a picture of some random page i...

David

Complementary Methods

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02-03-2006, 11:49 PM

Thread: Taking off glasses for only some minutes - useful or not?
Post: Re: Taking off glasses for only some minutes - use...

I do think there's quite a bit of harm in putting them on, but what I mean is you might not have any other choice. Dave

David

Bates Method

15,892

02-03-2006, 07:50 AM

Thread: Taking off glasses for only some minutes - useful or not?
Post: Re: Taking off glasses for only some minutes - use...

Hi Anna, I don't like saying so, but there isn't an easy answer for this. Glasses for myopia is taken for granted so much that our society no longer considered myopia a disability unless a person is ...

David

Bates Method

15,892

02-02-2006, 11:28 PM

Thread: avoiding the effort to see
Post: avoiding the effort to see

Remember that every exercise in the Bates method is just another trick for avoiding the strain or effort to see, the root of vision problems. The visual system works just fine until an effort far beyo...

David

Bates Method

4,931

01-29-2006, 04:59 PM

Thread: Bates was nearsighted?
Post: Re: Bates was nearsighted?

I disagree. It just wouldn't add up with anything else ever written for Bates to mean what you're suggesting. His excellent vision is referenced elsewhere, and certainly is implied in the use of the r...

David

Bates Method

10,338

01-27-2006, 07:23 PM

Thread: Aldous HuxLey
Post: Re: Aldous HuxLey

You also have to consider where Huxley started from. He talks about it in the preface to his book. Some disease that left him blind. Dave

David

Bates Method

9,395

01-26-2006, 07:26 PM

Thread: Bates was nearsighted?
Post: Re: Bates was nearsighted?

No, it's some notation regarding reading-distance focusing range, not distance vision. I can see how it could be read that way, but Bates wasn't ever myopic - his problem was presbyopia, which he cure...

David

Bates Method

10,338

01-26-2006, 07:07 PM

Thread: Aldous HuxLey
Post: Re: Aldous HuxLey

Ah yes, I've heard that story many a time. The funny thing is, it was only one person who reported the event in that way, and it's the people who call themselves "scientific" and claim to dismiss all ...

David

Bates Method

9,395

01-23-2006, 11:14 PM

Thread: eye exam
Post: Re: eye exam

I wouldn't count on that. There have been studies, but it's very difficult or impossible to set up the type of controls that are suggested by some people. Those double-blind, placebo-controlled, etc.,...

David

Bates Method

9,886

01-22-2006, 11:03 PM

Thread: eye exam
Post: Re: eye exam

Yep, they'll hold to what they believe in until the end. But you have to consider that they have paid dearly for what they believe in and won't part with it so easily. All those years in optometry sch...

David

Bates Method

9,886

01-22-2006, 04:52 PM

Thread: Philip Pollack's book The Truth About Eye Exercises
Post: Philip Pollack's book The Truth About Eye Exercise...

In 1956 there was a book written with the purpose of debunking the Bates method, along with any other systems that might arise for the natural improvement of eyesight for good measure. My response to ...

David

Bates Method

7,370

01-16-2006, 01:00 PM

Thread: free eye book
Post: Re: free eye book

dragon28 Wrote:I know a story that shows that Bates' method is a total rubbish, and it is a pretty famous one. However, loads of people use his method and telling everyone that they did invent it. I...

David

Bates Method

12,458

01-16-2006, 12:45 PM

Thread: free eye book
Post: Re: free eye book

Boho Wrote:With all due respect, I looked at the free McFadden book and I advise everyone to skip it, especially since Bates work is available on this site. For some mysterious reason McFadden avoids...

David

Bates Method

12,458

01-16-2006, 12:42 PM

Thread: Method of the Month - Shifting - Jan 2006
Post: Method of the Month - Shifting - Jan 2006

I'm a very picky person that only takes to a select few things here and there in whatever the subject is, so I've been strapped for material for the Method of the Month. Shifting isn't as interesting ...

David

Bates Method

64,931

01-15-2006, 11:39 PM

Thread: Question on Astigmatism
Post: Re: Question on Astigmatism

It's something that frequently changes too. Almost every time someone gives the prescription they got from the optometrist on more than one visit, or more than one optometrist, the angle and/or degree...

David

Bates Method

8,886

01-15-2006, 11:08 PM

Thread: free eye book
Post: Re: free eye book

Wee Kwan, that link is invalid. Dave

David

Bates Method

12,458

01-15-2006, 11:05 PM

Thread: Thank you Dave and Blackspot
Post: Re: Thank you Dave and Blackspot

Indeed - What I meant was Alexander has more to do with learning to use your whole body right (from what I've heard) so is more physical than meditative practices. Dave

David

Bates Method

6,451

01-14-2006, 05:32 PM

Thread: Thank you Dave and Blackspot
Post: Re: Thank you Dave and Blackspot

Boho, I'm glad you've found it helpful. Indeed, I find Blackspot's postings very interesting as well. If I ever put a success stories page on the site, I'll want to include his. There are a lot of g...

David

Bates Method

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01-13-2006, 09:03 PM

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