05-26-2013, 04:17 AM
Since I found the Bates Work I have been observing the amount of people with vision problems and I'm getting scared from what I see. On every year that pass I see an increase on children, politicians, musicians, sportsmen as any other profession, but the most surprising on this increasing is in the group of yoga, reiki, tai chi, pilates, meditation, martial art's masters. This last group puts me numb. They relax the mind, the body and the soul, they are happy and energetic people. How can they have vision problems? Is because they do relaxation every day?
Could William Bates have the answer? Let's quote him:
"Primarily the strain to see is a strain of the mind, and, as in all cases in which there is a strain of the mind, there is a loss of mental control. Anatomically the results of straining to see at a distance may be the same as those of regarding an object at the near point without strain; but in one case the eye does what the mind desires, and in the other it does not.
These facts appear sufficiently to explain why visual acuity declines as civilization advances. Under the conditions of civilized life men's minds are under a continual strain. They have more things to worry them than uncivilized man had, and they are not obliged to keep cool and collected in order that they may see and do other things upon which existence depends. If he allowed himself to get nervous, primitive man was Promptly eliminated; but civilized man survives and transmits his mental characteristics to posterity." - Chapter IX
What he is trying to say? Are all the relaxed persons in the big cities being influenced by the non relaxed persons? Could the strain be shared because of living together in cities?
Now I want to ask something for those who got vision improvement: How is the environment of your city and how you live it? Maybe you have the answer.
Could William Bates have the answer? Let's quote him:
"Primarily the strain to see is a strain of the mind, and, as in all cases in which there is a strain of the mind, there is a loss of mental control. Anatomically the results of straining to see at a distance may be the same as those of regarding an object at the near point without strain; but in one case the eye does what the mind desires, and in the other it does not.
These facts appear sufficiently to explain why visual acuity declines as civilization advances. Under the conditions of civilized life men's minds are under a continual strain. They have more things to worry them than uncivilized man had, and they are not obliged to keep cool and collected in order that they may see and do other things upon which existence depends. If he allowed himself to get nervous, primitive man was Promptly eliminated; but civilized man survives and transmits his mental characteristics to posterity." - Chapter IX
What he is trying to say? Are all the relaxed persons in the big cities being influenced by the non relaxed persons? Could the strain be shared because of living together in cities?
Now I want to ask something for those who got vision improvement: How is the environment of your city and how you live it? Maybe you have the answer.