02-24-2011, 01:32 AM
As I've mentioned before, there are various ways to apply shifting as far as using it as a way to see in every moment. The purpose remains the same: to become able to look at the smallest possible point as quickly as possible and be able to shift to another point the smallest possible distance away.
The article currently describes it in terms of narrowing the attention to the smallest possible point and looking as short a distance away as possible in order to see the previous point worse.
Another way is a little simpler and more direct and is basically the above but without really considering the clarity of the previous point looked at. As you sit in front of the eye chart, think of the smallest possible point you can imagine. As you look at a letter on the chart, you're looking at a point of that size, even if it's blurry. You just place it mentally as a tiny point in the blur you see, and in doing so you've completed that task, and you move on by immediately disregarding that point and placing a point of the same size on another spot nearby. Seeing blur usually makes your vision worse and worse, because when you see it, it does not encourage you to look at tiny points. You have to overcome that by refusing to look at anything but the smallest points, continually placing them wherever you look, even though you don't yet see the details very well.
When you move your attention away from one point and you happen to notice a particular tiny speck of detail, use that as your point and immediately move on, moving your attention back and forth or to various points. By taking advantage of any specks that you actively notice such as that, you are seeing the way people with normal vision do, looking at where your attention is drawn. However, if that doesn't happen, you need to just keep looking at predetermined areas to mentally place your points in.
At some point you will be able to speed up. You also will be able to shorten the distance between your points. But you have to remain attentive to each point. Don't let yourself fall into a pattern of mechanically shifting your eyes around without really paying attention to what you're looking at. You're used to seeing by locking your gaze for a longer moment, looking at a large area at once, and only moving your eyes to look at something a large distance away. You have to do the opposite of all of that by glancing at each point for only the instant necessary to place it.
It's all in the way you think about it. Your eyes themselves are most likely fine. Your process of attention is backwards.
My intent is to get people to consider why the process of normal seeing has to be the way I've described, or what possible other variations in ways of seeing there are that I haven't thought of and are in line with the way people with normal vision see.
Dave
The article currently describes it in terms of narrowing the attention to the smallest possible point and looking as short a distance away as possible in order to see the previous point worse.
Another way is a little simpler and more direct and is basically the above but without really considering the clarity of the previous point looked at. As you sit in front of the eye chart, think of the smallest possible point you can imagine. As you look at a letter on the chart, you're looking at a point of that size, even if it's blurry. You just place it mentally as a tiny point in the blur you see, and in doing so you've completed that task, and you move on by immediately disregarding that point and placing a point of the same size on another spot nearby. Seeing blur usually makes your vision worse and worse, because when you see it, it does not encourage you to look at tiny points. You have to overcome that by refusing to look at anything but the smallest points, continually placing them wherever you look, even though you don't yet see the details very well.
When you move your attention away from one point and you happen to notice a particular tiny speck of detail, use that as your point and immediately move on, moving your attention back and forth or to various points. By taking advantage of any specks that you actively notice such as that, you are seeing the way people with normal vision do, looking at where your attention is drawn. However, if that doesn't happen, you need to just keep looking at predetermined areas to mentally place your points in.
At some point you will be able to speed up. You also will be able to shorten the distance between your points. But you have to remain attentive to each point. Don't let yourself fall into a pattern of mechanically shifting your eyes around without really paying attention to what you're looking at. You're used to seeing by locking your gaze for a longer moment, looking at a large area at once, and only moving your eyes to look at something a large distance away. You have to do the opposite of all of that by glancing at each point for only the instant necessary to place it.
It's all in the way you think about it. Your eyes themselves are most likely fine. Your process of attention is backwards.
My intent is to get people to consider why the process of normal seeing has to be the way I've described, or what possible other variations in ways of seeing there are that I haven't thought of and are in line with the way people with normal vision see.
Dave
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