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Thread: Achieving Central Fixation Of The Mind
Post: Re: Achieving Central Fixation Of The Mind

Well said. Engaging in life is what it is all about. It is so easy to get bogged down with being obsessed with how we are seeing we actually miss what we are seeing, feeling, perceiving, and what we a...

jimboaxeman

Bates Method

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02-23-2013, 03:29 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

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

76,123

05-25-2013, 02:48 PM

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

270213 I had difficulty a few days ago with gaining clearer vision through my practise of central fixation. In the past I would have given up and assumed I got it wrong because it stopped working. Th...

jimboaxeman

Bates Method

76,123

02-27-2013, 02:38 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

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: 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

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

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: 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: Thinking one thing best.
Post: Thinking one thing best.

Hello everybody. I am new to this forum but not new to the Bates Method. I have years of experience of getting it wrong. I have read from this site a few times and have found the posts helpful and in...

jimboaxeman

Success Stories

37,386

02-02-2013, 04:14 PM

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

76,123

03-05-2013, 02:34 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: 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

17,766

11-12-2013, 03:55 AM

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

121113 When I do eye exercises (which is not often) I have a tendency to strain to see while I am doing them. I don't think I am straining, but there is a sense in which I am trying to make the exerc...

jimboaxeman

Bates Method

76,123

11-12-2013, 04:23 AM

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

Hello Eaglevision, It is a frustrating business isn't it? But I always concluded that that these different occaisons must have had at least one thing in common, and that being mental focus. It seems ...

jimboaxeman

Success Stories

37,386

02-03-2013, 02:30 PM

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

21,423

03-06-2013, 08:04 AM

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

Yes, it is a creative solution, but what I mean is that misterfun appears to be very self conscious about wearing glasses. Whereas nobody thinks it is odd to wear glasses, most people would find it ve...

jimboaxeman

Bates Method

17,766

11-12-2013, 07:27 AM

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

Thank you for your comment, Nini. Very helpful and it lines up with my own thoughts on the matter. I still tend to tire my mind out with making too much of an effort to centrally fixate my mind. I kno...

jimboaxeman

Success Stories

37,386

02-03-2013, 06:02 AM

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

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