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

191113 Don't look at anything for more than a split second. Long enough to see it. If you attention is dispersed, this will feel odd as you will be making big shifts from one large area to another. L...

jimboaxeman

Bates Method

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11-19-2013, 03:33 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: 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: 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

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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

Success Stories

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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

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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

Success Stories

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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

Success Stories

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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

Success Stories

37,386

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

Success Stories

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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

Success Stories

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02-04-2013, 12:38 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

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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

Success Stories

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02-05-2013, 01:43 PM

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

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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

Success Stories

37,386

02-21-2013, 04:25 PM

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

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06-23-2013, 01:27 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

Bates Method

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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

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