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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

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

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

76,123

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

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

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: 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

13,890

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: 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

6,543

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

76,123

06-20-2013, 11:58 AM

Thread: Eyesight fluctuation. Help needed.
Post: Re: Eyesight fluctuation. Help needed.

In my experience of practising the Bates Method, vision fluctuations are extremely frequent. This is because as I am relearning to see, my old habits and thought patterns are fighting back as well. My...

jimboaxeman

Bates Method

21,439

06-23-2013, 01:27 PM

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

230613 No matter how advanced you think you are in your understanding and practice of BM, sometimes you have to go back to basics. Just for a bit. Today I could see just how static I was making the w...

jimboaxeman

Bates Method

76,123

06-23-2013, 01:46 PM

Thread: staying motivated with slow improvement
Post: Re: staying motivated with slow improvement

Hello, Michelle. I can relate to the whole giving up, slow progress and negativity thing. I have been practising Bates for too many years but have only started doing it more correctly since January t...

jimboaxeman

Bates Method

4,277

06-27-2013, 02:11 PM

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

010713 I have been approaching my vision improvement from various directions over the past week. I have read David's Method from which there are some good points to take on board. It is quite a simpl...

jimboaxeman

Bates Method

76,123

07-01-2013, 12:24 PM

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

140713 We can learn a lot about seeing properly from the times when we are actually seeing properly. I noticed that when I am seeing in a more relaxed way it seems that the things I am looking at ar...

jimboaxeman

Bates Method

76,123

07-14-2013, 12:42 PM

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

020713 Thank you for the feedback, Shocker. I am glad to have helped. I think we make the mistake of trying to see too small a point in order to centrally fixate. I think you need to notice the small...

jimboaxeman

Bates Method

76,123

07-02-2013, 12:15 PM

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

300713 There is sense in which I have gone full circle with my approach to vision improvement. Lately I have been doing something I used to do before I appreciated the mental side of eyesight, and th...

jimboaxeman

Bates Method

76,123

07-30-2013, 01:27 PM

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