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080213 Feeling rough again today because of flu. Another opportunity to find the easiest way to apply mental focus. Basically, whatever I do I have a propensity to strain. Even thoughts can be a stra...

jimboaxeman

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02-08-2013, 12:58 PM

Thread: Jimbo's Journal
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110213 We already have some central fixation, otherwise we wouldn't see at all. I decided to just let my eyes behave how they normally do and I was aware that I am looking at one area best. There is ...

jimboaxeman

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02-11-2013, 03:06 PM

Thread: Jimbo's Journal
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120213 This morning I have been aware how I easily get distracted from my awareness of my existing central fixation by wanting to look up in a "test passing" attitude if I am doing something on the c...

jimboaxeman

Bates Method

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02-12-2013, 01:36 AM

Thread: Jimbo's Journal
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The easiest way to see. Have been quite ill with flu last few days. I have not felt up to making any kind of effort with my eyesight. This tells me something: My approach to the Bates Method is one o...

jimboaxeman

Bates Method

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02-10-2013, 03:23 PM

Thread: Jimbo's Journal
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130213 Today I have been practising my awareness of my central fixation as it is. Sometimes I am not mindful of it but that is ok and normal I would say. When I remember to be aware of it I just obse...

jimboaxeman

Bates Method

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02-13-2013, 01:25 PM

Thread: Jimbo's Journal
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160213 I have been practising central fixation for a few days now. Basic stuff, I know. But I think for the first time in years I have been practising central fixation properly. I make myself aware...

jimboaxeman

Bates Method

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02-16-2013, 01:55 PM

Thread: Jimbo's Journal
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Thank you for your input, Tsukiomi. The idea of feedback is an interesting one and I am inclined to agree with it. Maybe the trick is understanding the feedback and knowing how to respond to it. I ...

jimboaxeman

Bates Method

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02-17-2013, 12:57 PM

Thread: Jimbo's Journal
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190213 Went into the supermarket yesterday. Nothing unusual about that, and neither is it unusual for me to struggle to see clearly in a supermarket. I have been practising just being aware of my cen...

jimboaxeman

Bates Method

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02-19-2013, 09:42 AM

Thread: Jimbo's Journal
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210213 Yesterday I began to find my practise of central fixation a strain. I think I was beginning to interfere with my eyes and expect clear vision. This kind of thing often happens and it could be ...

jimboaxeman

Bates Method

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02-21-2013, 04:03 PM

Thread: Jimbo's Journal
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Thank you, David. It does seem to be getting simpler. All the theorising is helpful to a point, but it does, or should boil down to something anybody can understand and do. When I take my son for hi...

jimboaxeman

Bates Method

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02-22-2013, 10:45 AM

Thread: Jimbo's Journal
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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

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02-27-2013, 02:38 PM

Thread: Jimbo's Journal
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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

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03-05-2013, 02:34 PM

Thread: Jimbo's Journal
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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
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180313 I don't know about anyone else, but when I find an angle on the Bates Method which works for me, I use and abuse it until it's ineffective. So, for several days it works really well and it mak...

jimboaxeman

Bates Method

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03-18-2013, 01:28 PM

Thread: Jimbo's Journal
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150313 I have so far learned that relearning to see means simply noticing/ paying enough attention to detail in the things you see. You should not try to see more detail than you already do, but you ...

jimboaxeman

Bates Method

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03-15-2013, 03:48 PM

Thread: Jimbo's Journal
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280313 Today I started with just enjoying the day and my natural interest in things. This is easy on good days when you are doing what you want to do (instead of working, for example!). My vision was...

jimboaxeman

Bates Method

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03-28-2013, 01:04 PM

Thread: Jimbo's Journal
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I would like to expand upon my last post, because I think it is important. I said that the object we are looking at must be more important to us than our ability to see it clearly. Or, in other words...

jimboaxeman

Bates Method

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03-18-2013, 03:10 PM

Thread: Jimbo's Journal
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300313 I have been realising today how much I actually strain to see and in what ways I do it. It seems to me that most of the time I notice the level of my eyesight I am not only already straining (...

jimboaxeman

Bates Method

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03-30-2013, 01:52 PM

Thread: Jimbo's Journal
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190313 Since my revelation yesterday, today I made a conscious effort to change my priorities of interest whereby my primary interest is in the things I am seeing for what they are, and less interest...

jimboaxeman

Bates Method

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03-19-2013, 01:57 PM

Thread: Jimbo's Journal
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270313 Whatever technique or thought I use to clear my vision, it always ends up in strain, unless I can do it as close to effortlessly as possible. I decided to re read Dr Bates' book Perfect Eyes...

jimboaxeman

Bates Method

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03-27-2013, 03:17 PM

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