1 A couple of days ago I asked my much younger friend to palm with me.
He is still a teenager and has a normal, good vision.
Soon after he put the hands over his eyes he was able to see blackness.
After some palming, still both with closed eyes, I asked him:
- Can you imagine a red square?
- Sure, yes.
- Can you imagine a purple one.
- Yes, of course.
- Can you imagine a pink pyramid?
- It's a strange pyramid, but...yes, I can imagine it.
- Can you imagine two ants fighting on the top of that pyramid?
- I can imagine that.
- Can you imagine a green circle?
- Yes.
- Can you imagine a yellow circle?
- Yes.
- Can you imagine a green and yellow circle close to each other?
- Yes, but...when I imagine one of them the other one becomes less vivid and clear.
- So, you can't imagine them both in the same time with the same clarity?
- The more I concentrate it becomes worse.
- Dr. Bates would be satisfied with your answers.
- What??
- Nothing. Can you imagine a turquoise circle?
- I don't know that colour...
- (Me desrcibing the colour)
- Ah, OK...(15 seconds later)...still I'm unable to imagine it.
- (Me continuing asking him to imagine both normal and silly things)
- (Him giving the answers)
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2.1 My friend with normal vision was able to imagine almost instantly most of the things I asked him to imagine. He easily imagined things and colours he likes and had some minor problems to imagine things and colours he dislikes. He couldn't imagine turquoise colour even after its description but when I showed it to him next time he remembered it effortlessly and imagined a turquoise circle with no problem.
2.2 He confirmed that it's hard to imagine two things with different colours clear in the same time.
2.3 Even he with his normal vision saw sharper after a nice palming session with our imagination game. He said that after palming all things look 'fresher, with better contrast'.
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3 And me? I had a problem to imagine almost anything correct and with enough sharpness.
This comparision showed me that perhaps the biggest problem with us people with spoiled vision are not the eyes themselves but our mind.
Too put it this way: Our hardware is a bit spoiled, yes, but we should deal more with our software which doesn't function properly.
After all, why to be surprised you don't see well if you a) forget what you saw the second before (it happens - I'm always surprised how shortly I can keep in my memory even the fragment of a certain image when I close the eyes) and b) if you cannot imagine so easily and clearly even familiar things such are squares, circles, triangles in familiar colours such are red, blue and pink?
(We know you don't see well. You don't have to see anything. Just close your eyes and imagine that and that. Still going hard? Then we have a real problem...)
If you have a problem with memory and imagination it's virtually impossible not only to see clearly but also to THINK clearly. If you can't think clearly then your vision is smaller problem.
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4 I started developing a method for rebuilding my imagination and memory.
I would like to hear your experiences and knowledge on this matter. Posting videos with good lectures, some debates, or literature is welcomed as well.
He is still a teenager and has a normal, good vision.
Soon after he put the hands over his eyes he was able to see blackness.
After some palming, still both with closed eyes, I asked him:
- Can you imagine a red square?
- Sure, yes.
- Can you imagine a purple one.
- Yes, of course.
- Can you imagine a pink pyramid?
- It's a strange pyramid, but...yes, I can imagine it.
- Can you imagine two ants fighting on the top of that pyramid?
- I can imagine that.
- Can you imagine a green circle?
- Yes.
- Can you imagine a yellow circle?
- Yes.
- Can you imagine a green and yellow circle close to each other?
- Yes, but...when I imagine one of them the other one becomes less vivid and clear.
- So, you can't imagine them both in the same time with the same clarity?
- The more I concentrate it becomes worse.
- Dr. Bates would be satisfied with your answers.
- What??
- Nothing. Can you imagine a turquoise circle?
- I don't know that colour...
- (Me desrcibing the colour)
- Ah, OK...(15 seconds later)...still I'm unable to imagine it.
- (Me continuing asking him to imagine both normal and silly things)
- (Him giving the answers)
..........................................................................................
2.1 My friend with normal vision was able to imagine almost instantly most of the things I asked him to imagine. He easily imagined things and colours he likes and had some minor problems to imagine things and colours he dislikes. He couldn't imagine turquoise colour even after its description but when I showed it to him next time he remembered it effortlessly and imagined a turquoise circle with no problem.
2.2 He confirmed that it's hard to imagine two things with different colours clear in the same time.
2.3 Even he with his normal vision saw sharper after a nice palming session with our imagination game. He said that after palming all things look 'fresher, with better contrast'.
..........................................................................................
3 And me? I had a problem to imagine almost anything correct and with enough sharpness.
This comparision showed me that perhaps the biggest problem with us people with spoiled vision are not the eyes themselves but our mind.
Too put it this way: Our hardware is a bit spoiled, yes, but we should deal more with our software which doesn't function properly.
After all, why to be surprised you don't see well if you a) forget what you saw the second before (it happens - I'm always surprised how shortly I can keep in my memory even the fragment of a certain image when I close the eyes) and b) if you cannot imagine so easily and clearly even familiar things such are squares, circles, triangles in familiar colours such are red, blue and pink?
(We know you don't see well. You don't have to see anything. Just close your eyes and imagine that and that. Still going hard? Then we have a real problem...)
If you have a problem with memory and imagination it's virtually impossible not only to see clearly but also to THINK clearly. If you can't think clearly then your vision is smaller problem.
.........................................................................................
4 I started developing a method for rebuilding my imagination and memory.
I would like to hear your experiences and knowledge on this matter. Posting videos with good lectures, some debates, or literature is welcomed as well.