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Thread: new article / site update
Post: Re: new article / site update

Andrea Major Wrote:Hi Dave, I think I preferred your welcome page the way it was before. Mysterious and encouraging people to read the original Bates material... Now, I guess I understand, you want...

David

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11-07-2010, 01:57 AM

Thread: Reading the Bates book
Post: Re: Reading the Bates book

You can skip chapters 3-6 if you want. They might make more sense later. Dave

David

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06-27-2008, 12:52 AM

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

Pikachu Wrote:@sean: I think that the detail-searching is something that people with normal vision do on their own, so I guess it's all about establishing a good habit. When I do this detail-searchi...

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11-03-2010, 03:56 PM

Thread: FAQ work in progress
Post: Re: FAQ

What is strain? Staring and trying to force your eyes to into focus by muscular effort is what is meant by strain. Look at something that you see blurry and try to "push" your eyes into focusing on i...

David

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06-27-2008, 12:09 AM

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

Pikachu Wrote:Thanks, David! I have a few questions: When I'm looking for details, is it normal for what I am looking at to move around, sort of like it's "floating"? When this happens, I find it mor...

David

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11-04-2010, 02:27 AM

Thread: Elwin Marg and clear flashes
Post: Re: Elwin Marg and clear flashes

People have been proposing the tear film thing forever. Yes, myopic people can do that with heavy tears, but not hyperopic and astigmatic, who somehow also have clear flashes. Anyway, clear flashes ar...

David

Bates Method

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06-27-2008, 12:37 AM

Thread: blind leading the blind
Post: Re: blind leading the blind

mukesh Wrote:no.. plaming never helped me... and other methods i dont understand.... i like sunning........ From your opening post, it sounds like the only thing you've been doing is going without gla...

David

Bates Method

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06-27-2008, 12:15 AM

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

sean Wrote:The other thing I was wondering about, and it's more this than the question I posed in my last post, which is: what kind of thing are you expected to be learning when you do this? I'm not a...

David

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11-03-2010, 03:47 PM

Thread: new article / site update
Post: Re: new article / site update

I just added a step 4 to the article about what to do when you think you've found a small enough detail. I think that helps. Dave

David

Bates Method

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11-03-2010, 03:36 PM

Thread: Reading the Bates book
Post: Re: Reading the Bates book

A big part of learning the method is learning what we mean by strain. You probably won't get it right away. But it has to do with restlessness, anxiousness, trying to force your eyes to do something t...

David

Bates Method

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06-27-2008, 12:02 AM

Thread: Palming
Post: Re: Palming

The TV fuzz you guys mention is something that a lot of people with strained eyes will "see" with their eyes closed. Or when in a dark room, for that matter. Or when looking at a blank surface. It doe...

David

Bates Method

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06-26-2008, 11:57 PM

Thread: Orthoculogy (Ortho C)
Post: Re: Orthoculogy (Ortho C)

The spammer has been removed and his post deleted also. I was out of town for a few days. Thanks for the reports. I also deleted most of the replies to the spammer - I'm sure you understand. Dave

David

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06-24-2008, 06:12 PM

Thread: Rebuild Your Vision program - a scam
Post: Re: Rebuild Your Vision program - a scam

Funny thing, the #2 Google search phrase (#1 being "iblindness.org") bringing traffic to this site is "rebuild your vision scam" and this thread. Dave

David

Complementary Methods

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11-01-2010, 05:54 AM

Thread: FAQ work in progress
Post: Re: FAQ

Good one - that does get asked a lot too. I think I'd say: If you have vision problems of your own, you can't help your kid until after you help yourself. Your kid will imitate the way you use your e...

David

Bates Method

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06-20-2008, 12:28 PM

Thread: Mental Swinging
Post: Re: Mental Swinging

I'd suggest to try not to pay attention to whether your eyes move or not while they're closed. Don't try to make them move while closed. If anything, you should have to consider afterwards whether the...

David

Bates Method

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06-12-2008, 12:11 AM

Thread: NEW to Bates Method
Post: Re: NEW to Bates Method

Basic - Don't do exercises with the intention of looking for results to happen to you. You need to do them with the intention of learning from the exercises about what you're doing to your eyes and ho...

David

Bates Method

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06-11-2008, 03:51 PM

Thread: new article / site update
Post: Re: new article / site update

Nancy Wrote:Dave, This is wonderful. It's a great place to point new people, as well as being very helpful to folks who have been doing this work for a while but not seen steady forward progress (like...

David

Bates Method

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11-03-2010, 03:10 PM

Thread: new article / site update
Post: Re: new article / site update

lordofthesun Wrote:1. It's normal to feel tension in the eyes/sorrounding area and even pain while doing the method?. also i've noticed that feeling you said of like everything on the periphery seems ...

David

Bates Method

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11-03-2010, 02:59 PM

Thread: new article / site update
Post: new article / site update

I did a site update and wrote a new article based on what I've been saying in the "looking at details" thread (<a class="postlink-local" href="http://www.iblindness.org/community/vi...

David

Bates Method

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11-01-2010, 05:26 AM

Thread: pseudo fovea (split from: notes on looking at details...)
Post: Re: pseudo fovea (split from: notes on looking at ...

This didn't seem to have anything to do with the other thread, so I split it. Dave

David

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10-21-2010, 07:06 PM

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