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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

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02-02-2013, 04:14 PM

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

I have been working on central fixation lately and have made progress in my understanding and "use" of it. It does seem that the point of central fixation is barely noticeable and I think that is beca...

jimboaxeman

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02-23-2013, 02:23 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

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03-06-2013, 08:04 AM

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: Tsukiomi's Vision Journal
Post: Re: Tsukiomi's Vision Journal

100% agree with you. The less I think about my vision, the better it is. Sometimes I wonder how eye exercises fit in with this, but yet if it wasn't for Bates a Method, my vision would not have improv...

jimboaxeman

Bates Method

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10-25-2013, 04:58 AM

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

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06-07-2013, 08:47 AM

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

Ted and Tsukiomi, you are both reading my thoughts. when you start Bates Method it all seems very simple and black and white, but as vision improves the more subtle your understanding needs to be. You...

jimboaxeman

Bates Method

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10-27-2013, 04:04 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

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05-05-2014, 12:07 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

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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

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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

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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

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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

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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

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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

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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

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02-03-2013, 06:02 AM

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

Thank you. So many times in the past I have given myself an awful migraine headache by trying too hard. Lately I have not experienced much discomfort in my eyes since I have been more aware of my mind...

jimboaxeman

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02-03-2013, 07:05 AM

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

I am still new to practising the mental focus, but I find in order to regain it I make myself aware of the here-and-now. I make myself more aware of what is happening around me more than anything else...

jimboaxeman

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02-04-2013, 12:55 AM

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

I know what you mean by watching TV and it is a good way to lose yourself in something interesting. I like your balanced approach as well in that you know when to manipulate the eye muscles and when n...

jimboaxeman

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02-04-2013, 05:51 AM

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

Hello lou_deg, Yes I do have a degree of astigmatism. I don't have my full prescription handy but I get a lot of double images, especially with small LED lights. I could not pin point the particular...

jimboaxeman

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02-04-2013, 12:38 PM

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