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Thread: Jimbo's Journal
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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
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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

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05-04-2013, 01:22 PM

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

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04-24-2013, 05:00 AM

Thread: Jimbo's Journal
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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

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04-23-2013, 03:21 AM

Thread: Jimbo's Journal
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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

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04-16-2013, 08:14 AM

Thread: Jimbo's Journal
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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

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04-07-2013, 01:58 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

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03-30-2013, 01:52 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

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03-28-2013, 01:04 PM

Thread: Jimbo's Journal
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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

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03-27-2013, 03:17 PM

Thread: Jimbo's Journal
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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

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
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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
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EASYVISION CO INTERNAL MEMO TO: ALL STAFF RE: HOLIDAYS It has come to the attention of management that staff are not taking enough holidays. We would like to take this opportunity to remind you th...

jimboaxeman

Bates Method

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03-18-2013, 12:49 PM

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

150313 I have so far learned that relearning to see means simply noticing/ paying enough attention to detail in the things you see. You should not try to see more detail than you already do, but you ...

jimboaxeman

Bates Method

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03-15-2013, 03:48 PM

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

120313 A few thoughts and theories here: Seeing correctly is a gentle process. People who don't see correctly see "hard". When that moment of relaxation comes through practising the Bates Method, we...

jimboaxeman

Bates Method

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03-12-2013, 01:38 PM

Thread: Jimbo's Journal
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090313 Another thought: There is a difference between trying to see more detail, and noticing detail which you don't normally give enough attention to.

jimboaxeman

Bates Method

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03-09-2013, 01:28 PM

Thread: Jimbo's Journal
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080313 A simple thought today: Clarity of vision is not built on what the eyes see, but what the attention notices.

jimboaxeman

Bates Method

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03-08-2013, 01:22 PM

Thread: What exactly is continuous shifting?
Post: Re: What exactly is continuous shifting?

Hello Arocarty, I agree with what you say. I tend to avoid anything which seems mechanical as for me it causes strain. But I reckon when a person has a good enough level of relaxation, conscious shif...

jimboaxeman

Bates Method

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03-08-2013, 09:19 AM

Thread: What exactly is continuous shifting?
Post: Re: What exactly is continuous shifting?

In a social situation I would not be placing my attention on my vision but instead on the communication going on between me and another person. Then my attention shifts freely as I listen, look, think...

jimboaxeman

Bates Method

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03-06-2013, 08:04 AM

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

050313 I have previously written about how we must allow our attention to shift between what we see and what we think and feel etc. This is a good thing to remember when it seems that we are trying t...

jimboaxeman

Bates Method

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03-05-2013, 02:34 PM

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