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

200713 I think we make too big a thing about our poor eyesight. Though I could just be speaking for myself. I am starting to think that blurred vision needs to be treated in the same way as, for exam...

jimboaxeman

Bates Method

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07-20-2013, 12:56 PM

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

040813 Having read David's most recent post to date a few days ago I have been practising the idea of feeding my imagination with the data from my eyes. I did previously make the mistakes which David...

jimboaxeman

Bates Method

76,123

08-04-2013, 01:01 PM

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

110813 Frustration is one of the biggest problems with BM. If this were not true then this forum would not exist. This isn't because there is something wrong with BM, it is because there is something...

jimboaxeman

Bates Method

76,123

08-11-2013, 03:31 PM

Thread: Please help me
Post: Re: Please help me

Hello Misterfun, Nancy does have a good point there but I do understand that doing this by yourself is a bit like groping in the dark. Firstly I would say that confusion and indecisiveness can be a ...

jimboaxeman

Bates Method

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08-27-2013, 01:09 PM

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

110913 The last thing I tried didn't last very long. Maybe I just lost the knack or the relaxation with it. Since then I have been doing something which feels far simpler. I have just been picking ou...

jimboaxeman

Bates Method

76,123

09-11-2013, 01:30 PM

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

070913 It has been nearly a month since my last post and although I could have made a couple of entries I did not think what I had to say was quite complete. I have had one of those periods where con...

jimboaxeman

Bates Method

76,123

09-07-2013, 02:03 AM

Thread: Flashes
Post: Re: Flashes

Sounds like you are trying too hard. The best time for your eyes I would say is first thing in the morning as they and your mind have been rested to a degree overnight. Just be aware of your level of ...

jimboaxeman

Bates Method

4,041

09-12-2013, 02:42 PM

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

220913 Deliberately placing my attention on the details I could see did turn into a strain again. Maybe I was ready not to deliberately direct my attention in this way and I overdid it? Not sure. But...

jimboaxeman

Bates Method

76,123

09-22-2013, 02:01 PM

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

280913 It often feels like my eyes are physically trying to reach out and stretch themselves outward to try and see or physically contact things in the distance. I have been countering this by allowi...

jimboaxeman

Bates Method

76,123

09-28-2013, 02:13 AM

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

121013 Eyesight is all about the mind. Stress is the source of strain which adversely affects eyesight. As a myope who struggles to find that elusive permenant cure whilst practising BM, stress comes...

jimboaxeman

Bates Method

76,123

10-12-2013, 09:11 AM

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

131013 Thank you, Nancy. Always encouraging to get a bit of feedback. My thought today: The harder you work at trying to see, the less progress you make. This is the nature of the beast. When the t...

jimboaxeman

Bates Method

76,123

10-13-2013, 09:44 AM

Thread: Please do not ignore
Post: Re: Please do not ignore

You are so stressed it is no wonder nothing works to improve your eyesight. All the advice you have been given so far is excellent advice and you really must listen to it. Also, find something to do w...

jimboaxeman

Bates Method

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11-12-2013, 03:55 AM

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

141113 There has been some debate on the forum about why it seems the Bates Method was more effective about a century ago. I don't think the problem is with the Bates Method. Compared to a century ag...

jimboaxeman

Bates Method

76,123

11-14-2013, 03:41 PM

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

191113 Don't look at anything for more than a split second. Long enough to see it. If you attention is dispersed, this will feel odd as you will be making big shifts from one large area to another. L...

jimboaxeman

Bates Method

76,123

11-19-2013, 03:33 AM

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

Hi Tsukiomi, I completely agree with you about the mind being myopic. I have not posted for a long time and the reason being is that although I am still progressing on this vision journey, there woul...

jimboaxeman

Bates Method

85,556

05-05-2014, 12:07 PM

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: shocker's journey to 20/20 master race
Post: Re: shocker's journey to 20/20 master race

Yea, I have felt a lot of muscular activity when looking at small lights (whether it's a larger light source in the distance or a small light source closer up.) It happens if I fix my gaze upon them f...

jimboaxeman

David's method

39,245

08-11-2013, 01:57 PM

Thread: shocker's journey to 20/20 master race
Post: Re: shocker's journey to 20/20 master race

Ah, I thought that was the effect of astigmatism where an LED for example forms into multiples. I get it all the time and the more I try to clear it up, the worse it gets. I think that seeing only one...

jimboaxeman

David's method

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08-09-2013, 10:10 AM

Thread: Thinking one thing best.
Post: Re: Thinking one thing best.

Aldous Huxley's Art of Seeing was the first book I read on the Bates Method. I tried the exercises he recommended and found they worked and then I was hooked. But I was only interested in the mechanic...

jimboaxeman

Success Stories

37,386

02-06-2013, 12:01 PM

Thread: Thinking one thing best.
Post: Re: Thinking one thing best.

Top marks for attitude, lou_deg. Only I think there are plenty of low light opportunities already without having to go quite that far. Don't bump into anything and hurt yourself! :D

jimboaxeman

Success Stories

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02-07-2013, 08:56 AM

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