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Thread: Jimbo's Journal
Post: Re: Jimbo's Journal

180313 I don't know about anyone else, but when I find an angle on the Bates Method which works for me, I use and abuse it until it's ineffective. So, for several days it works really well and it mak...

jimboaxeman

Bates Method

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03-18-2013, 01:28 PM

Thread: Jimbo's Journal
Post: Re: Jimbo's Journal

I would like to expand upon my last post, because I think it is important. I said that the object we are looking at must be more important to us than our ability to see it clearly. Or, in other words...

jimboaxeman

Bates Method

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03-18-2013, 03:10 PM

Thread: Jimbo's Journal
Post: Re: Jimbo's Journal

190313 Since my revelation yesterday, today I made a conscious effort to change my priorities of interest whereby my primary interest is in the things I am seeing for what they are, and less interest...

jimboaxeman

Bates Method

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03-19-2013, 01:57 PM

Thread: Jimbo's Journal
Post: Re: Jimbo's Journal

270313 Whatever technique or thought I use to clear my vision, it always ends up in strain, unless I can do it as close to effortlessly as possible. I decided to re read Dr Bates' book Perfect Eyes...

jimboaxeman

Bates Method

76,123

03-27-2013, 03:17 PM

Thread: Jimbo's Journal
Post: Re: Jimbo's Journal

280313 Today I started with just enjoying the day and my natural interest in things. This is easy on good days when you are doing what you want to do (instead of working, for example!). My vision was...

jimboaxeman

Bates Method

76,123

03-28-2013, 01:04 PM

Thread: Jimbo's Journal
Post: Re: Jimbo's Journal

300313 I have been realising today how much I actually strain to see and in what ways I do it. It seems to me that most of the time I notice the level of my eyesight I am not only already straining (...

jimboaxeman

Bates Method

76,123

03-30-2013, 01:52 PM

Thread: Jimbo's Journal
Post: Re: Jimbo's Journal

070413 Continuing to develop and increase my understanding of the Bates Method through practical experience and intuition. I sometimes think that I am doing really well, but all I am really doing is ...

jimboaxeman

Bates Method

76,123

04-07-2013, 01:58 PM

Thread: Jimbo's Journal
Post: Re: Jimbo's Journal

160413 I want to talk about mental strain. I want to talk about it in the least most rambling way possible. Poor eyesight is merely a symptom of mental strain. It is not the only symptom, but it is ...

jimboaxeman

Bates Method

76,123

04-16-2013, 08:14 AM

Thread: Jimbo's Journal
Post: Re: Jimbo's Journal

230413 Thank you for comments. It is encouraging to find people who are at the same place in the quest for mental ease and who are drawing the same conclusions. This tells me I am not deluded or nuts...

jimboaxeman

Bates Method

76,123

04-23-2013, 03:21 AM

Thread: Jimbo's Journal
Post: Re: Jimbo's Journal

240413 Good and helpful replies. It is a difficult one, how to deal with negative thoughts. I certainly don't want to suppress stuff. There is something about being content to see everything else wo...

jimboaxeman

Bates Method

76,123

04-24-2013, 05:00 AM

Thread: Jimbo's Journal
Post: Re: Jimbo's Journal

040513 Having been on holiday to the same place I went last year I noticed how much my eyesight has improved. Or should I say that I have noticed how more effectively I have learned to relax my mind....

jimboaxeman

Bates Method

76,123

05-04-2013, 01:22 PM

Thread: Jimbo's Journal
Post: Re: Jimbo's Journal

250513 Had a long period so far where there has not seemingly been much to report on. I say "seemingly" because I think that the automatic part of our brain is always working on a problem which is be...

jimboaxeman

Bates Method

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05-25-2013, 02:29 PM

Thread: Jimbo's Journal
Post: Re: Jimbo's Journal

I just want to add something else today. I have found that I have become more flexible and less rigid in my attitudes towards my finances, how I use my time, my perception of time, my interpersonal de...

jimboaxeman

Bates Method

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05-25-2013, 02:48 PM

Thread: Mental Control
Post: Re: Mental Control

Thank you, Eaglevision, for a very helpful post. I can relate to what you are saying in that I too find eye exercises of little benefit but prefer the mental approach. But I have also found that when ...

jimboaxeman

Bates Method

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05-29-2013, 12:49 PM

Thread: Tsukiomi's Vision Journal
Post: Re: Tsukiomi's Vision Journal

I think this is where I am too. I need to fully grasp the mental side of vision as there are times I stumble upon the right thought and everything clears, but identifying that mindset seems to be a de...

jimboaxeman

Bates Method

85,556

06-07-2013, 08:47 AM

Thread: Jimbo's Journal
Post: Re: Jimbo's Journal

100613 A few things happening lately. Firstly I find that it is becoming more frequent that I have clear flashes when I am not thinking about my sight at all. Secondly, I am resorting to thinking les...

jimboaxeman

Bates Method

76,123

06-10-2013, 08:29 AM

Thread: Question about central fixation & relaxation
Post: Re: Question about central fixation & relaxation

Letting go of your peripheral vision should actually make the centre of your vision clearer, but your peripheral vision won't suffer. If you have eccentric fixation you will find that things in your p...

jimboaxeman

Complementary Methods

6,920

06-16-2013, 02:20 PM

Thread: My progress and view on myopia
Post: Re: My progress and view on myopia

I googled Martin Brofman and read an excerpt from one of his books. He was saying how myopes tend to be more introspective and concerned only with what is inside their personal bubble. He could have b...

jimboaxeman

Success Stories

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06-16-2013, 02:30 PM

Thread: New to the Bates Mehtod, please help!?
Post: Re: New to the Bates Mehtod, please help!?

People will say that the Bates Method is a waste of time because they think it should bring about magical results by just following a formula. Aldous Huxley hit the nail on the head simply in the titl...

jimboaxeman

Bates Method

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06-17-2013, 12:58 PM

Thread: Jimbo's Journal
Post: Re: Jimbo's Journal

200613 Just a thought today. When I have a clear flash, I tend to ask the question "What is it that I am doing for this to be happening?" It is very difficult to answer that question as it seems that...

jimboaxeman

Bates Method

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06-20-2013, 11:58 AM

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