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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

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09-12-2013, 02:42 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: 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

6,226

08-27-2013, 01:09 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

6,543

06-17-2013, 12:58 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: 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

8,204

02-23-2013, 03:29 PM

Thread: Experiment (need replys)
Post: Re: Experiment (need replys)

Hello, I am definitely non confrontational. Still myopic though I believe I am making progress. I was a prison officer for four and a half years and really struggled because I am too soft. :-\

jimboaxeman

Bates Method

12,033

02-09-2013, 06:48 AM

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: 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

14,391

06-16-2013, 02:30 PM

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: 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: 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

Bates Method

21,423

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

21,423

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

21,423

03-08-2013, 09:19 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: 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: 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: 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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