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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
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

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11-14-2013, 03:41 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: 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: 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: 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

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11-12-2013, 07:27 AM

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: 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

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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

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: 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

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08-11-2013, 01:57 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

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06-27-2013, 02:11 PM

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

Lol. I think we are always close to perfect sight, but in the same way as getting lost somewhere until you realised you passed your destination several times! It really does seem to be a wrong thoug...

jimboaxeman

Success Stories

37,386

02-05-2013, 10:39 AM

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

Thankyou, Tsukiomi. Your comment is encouraging. Hearing from other people with the same conclusions is good. I could have written your comment myself. My latest thoughts are that it seems like, for...

jimboaxeman

Success Stories

37,386

02-05-2013, 01:43 PM

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

37,386

02-07-2013, 08:56 AM

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

Interesting comment. I used to be quite uncomfortable in low light conditions. I just decided one day to relax about the low light. Since then my eyesight in low light conditions permanently improved....

jimboaxeman

Success Stories

37,386

02-07-2013, 04:31 AM

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

That is interesting, David. Maybe my attention is my consciousness. I have said that by being more aware of here and now helps to clear my vision. I have also realised that when I do practise this awa...

jimboaxeman

Success Stories

37,386

02-21-2013, 04:25 PM

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: 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

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