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EXTRAS DIN CARTEA: METODA DE RELAXARE PRIN PILOTARE AUDITIVA PENTRU VINDECARE, REPROGRAMARE (CRESTEREA PERFORMANTELOR SPORTIVE,INTELECTUALE ,ARTISTICE) SI ELIBERARE(MANTUIRE; SALVARE; CENTRARE IN BANCA DE DATE A UNIVERSULUI)

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PREZENTAREA METODEI DE RELAXARE PILOTATA PT VINDECARE, SLABIRE, CRESTEREA PERFORMANTELOR, CENTRAREA IN BANCA DE DATE A UNIVERSULUI/PRESENTATION PROSPECT OF GUIDED RELAXATION

Prospectul de 11 pagini al metodei de relaxare pilotata se afla pe :

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http://www.flickr.com/photos/guidedawakening/ http://health.ph.groups.yahoo.com/group/GUIDED_RELAXATION/photos/browse/4e3b MANUALUL DE RELAXARE PILOTATA/GUIDED RELAXATION HANDBOOK http://health.groups.yahoo.com/group/GUIDED_RELAXATION/files/

Situri relaxare pilotata

GUIDED AWAKENING/TREZIRE PILOTATA

GUIDED RELAXATION /METODA DE RELAXARE PILOTATA

VINDECARE PRIN REPROGRAMARE IN STAREA DE RELAXARE PE: GUIDED RELAXATION FOR AWAKENING, HEALING, WEIGHT LOSS RELAXARE PILOTATA PENTRU TREZIRE, VINDECARE SI SLABIRE

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THE WAY OF AWAKENING

http://www.myspace.com/guided_awakening

http://guidedawakening.spaces.live.com/

http://guidedawakening.multiply.com/

http://guidedawakening.blogspot.com/

MANUAL DE RELAXARE PILOTATA pdf. /GUIDED AWAKENING HANDBOOK pdf http://www.danmirahorian.ro/METODA_RELAXARE_PILOTATA_HANDBOOK.pdf PREZENTAREA METODEI DE RELAXARE PILOTATA http://www.danmirahorian.ro/carte_relaxare.doc

Centrarea sau interiorizarea in mesajul lui Iisus

Menirea omului, niveluri de civilizatii:subumane, umane, divine

Lucruri ascunse de la facerea lumii

Iisus zicea:

"unde iti este comoara acolo iti e si inima" [iubirea, atentia, ancorarea]

(Matei 6.21;Luca 12.34).

In acest univers nu exista lucruri, obiecte, substantive, nume, inghetari..toate sunt procese, curgeri, rauri, verbe.. nu se scalda nimeni de doua ori in apa aceluiasi rau..un pom este o curgere...o pomire..

Iisus a spus:"Dumnezeu este iubire" adica

"Indumnezeirea inseamna sa iubesti";

"Iubirea este Dumnezeu" devine

"Iubirea este Indumnezeire" sau "cand iubesti te Indumnezeiesti"

Dumnezeu nu este un lucru inghetat, un obiect pe care sa-l iubim, ci un proces,o prezenta si un atribut sau o umbra a iubirii pe care o experimentam..o traim..

Cea mai mare porunca : "Sa ai drept unic obiectiv Indumnezeirea ("a doua nastere"; trezirea; eliberarea; moksha) si sa-ti iubesti semenii ca pe tine insuti" este redata astfel de cei care-l citeaza pe Iisus:

"Sa iubesti pe Domnul Dumnezeul tau cu toata inima ta, cu tot sufletul tau, cu tot cugetul tau si cu toata puterea ta"; iata porunca dintai;Iar a doua este urmatoarea: "Sa iubesti pe aproapele tau ca pe tine insuti".

In aceste doua poruci se cuprinde toata Legea si Prorocii . Nu este alta porunca mai mare decat acestea. Este mai mult decat toate arderile si decat toate jertfele.”

(Matei 22.40;Marcu 12.30-33; Luca 10.27)

"Tot ce doriti sa va faca voua oamenii faceti-le si voi la fel; caci in aceasta este cuprinsa Legea si Prorocii (Matei 7.12; Luca 6.31).

"Cautati mai intai Imparatia Lui Dumnezeu (Altarul;Izvorul) si neprihanirea Lui si toate aceste lucruri (darul;efectele) vi se vor da pe deasupra"

(Matei 6.33;Marcu 10.30;Luca 12.31)

"Nebuni si orbi care e mai mare darul(aurul) sau altarul(templul) care sfinteste darul" (Matei 23.19;Exod 29.37).

Doar cel a carui comoara unica este Calea (Tao) de trezire, de eliberare sau de Indumnezeire, se poate goli, detasa ce ceea ce are (avere, credinte, identificari) si se poate umple...

poate renunta la starea de recipient pt. a redeveni izvor .

Iisus zicea:"unde iti este comoara acolo iti e si inima"( Căci unde este comoara ta, acolo va fi şi inima ta)( Matei 6.21;Luca 12.34).

Comorile (telurile;obiectivele;in lb. sanskrita:"purusharthas") oamenilor sunt diferite si au fost catalogate inca din antichitate: unii cauta placerea (kama), altii averea si faima (artha) iar altii dharma (legea, datoria, calea, apararea programarii conceptuale, traditia, credinta)

Pentru hindusi toate aceste trei categorii sunt adormiti.

Pentru populatia Kogi oamenii sunt morti ...dar mortii au inceput sa invie si asta a amanat eliminarea actualei civilizatii de pe Terra

vedeti articolele dedicate mesajului Kogi in:

http://360.yahoo.com/the_forbidden_knowledge
http://mirahorian.spaces.live.com/
http://www.myspace.com/hiddenknowledge1
http://hiddenknowledge.multiply.com

http://mirahorian-hiddenknowledge.blogspot.com/

Pentru Iisus toate cele trei categorii de oameni care au aceste obiective sau teluri sunt morti si au o sansa sa se trezeasca doar daca isi indreapta fata catre menirea omului, care le include pe celelalte trei, care este "a doua nastere";

"vino dupa mine si lasa mortii sa-si ingroape mortii"(Matei 8.22)

Obiectivul suprem care le include pe celelalte trei este moksha[salvarea, trezirea, desteptarea, eliberarea(kaivalya), ascensiunea, Indumnezeirea, Iluminarea, salvation, awakening, Enlightenment, la liberation; l'etat spirituel de la liberation(des desirs, de l'ego), liberacion, liberacion del ciclo de la reencarnation, liberation del dolor,de la ignorancia. Es el objectivo supremo e incluye a los otros tres];

In lipsa acestui obiectiv nu se poate vorbi de respectarea celei dintai Porunci "Iubeste Indumnezeirea cu toata inima ta."( Matei.22.37;Marcu 12.30;Luca 10.27)

Identificarea cu trupul sau corpul material

(trup material,haina, cortul, casa-dependente senzoriale:sexuale, vizuale, gustative)

"Toţi oamenii, fără deosebire, suntem în aceeaşi vreme şi fii ai oamenilor şi fii ai lui Dumnezeu (Ioan 1, 12-13), adică după trup suntem făpturi pământeşti, iar după duh făpturi cereşti, care însă petrecem vremelnic în corturi pământeşti. De la Dumnezeu ieşim, petrecem pe pământ o vreme şi iarăşi la Dumnezeu ne-ntoarcem şi ajungem iar Acasă! Fericit este cine se întoarce de bună voie". (Arsenie Boca, Cararea Imparatiei)

Atasarea de viata; Iisus:"pentruca oricine va vrea sa-si scape viata o va pierde; dar oricine isi va pierde viata pt. mine o va catiga"

(Matei 10.39; 16.25; Luca 17.33; Ioan 12.25)

Pierre Teilhard de Chardin spune:

"We are not human beings having a spiritual experience We are spiritual beings having a human experience"

"Nu suntem fiinte umane care au o experienta spirituala Suntem fiinte spirituale care au o experienta umana(in trup material)"

Adica nu suntem paharul(vasul material), ci apa nemuritoare a vietii aflata in el .

Namely,we are't the vessel,the glass of water , but the immortal water in it.

Din aceasta cauza vine constatarea de mai jos:

That is why Pierre Teilhard de Chardin said:

"Growing old is like being increasingly penalized for a crime you haven't committed"

"Imbatranirea este ca si cum am fi progresiv pedepsiti pt. o crima pe care nu am comis-o"

What we haven't committed ? We didn't link our material body to the source...the spring of life..we didn't realized the graal in our heart , the awakening of love, the holographic state of existence .

Ce nu am facut ? Nu am racordat corpul material la sursa...la izvorul vietii...nu am realizat in inima noastra graalul, trezirea iubirii, starea holografica de existenta...menirea universului de a deveni constient de sine insusi

Godliness follows love just like a shadow.

Indumnezeirea urmeaza iubirea ca o umbra vedeti articolul:

http://blog.360.yahoo.com/blog-Odtec4kherLJzEX9ipZLP68o

Iisus spunea să căutăm mai intai Altarul ( Impărăţia lui Dumnezeu ; Centrul) şi apoi vom primi darurile şi harurile pe deasupra.

Cu alte cuvinte Iisus ne indeamnă să căutăm mai intai cauza[prezentul; interiorul; Centrul, Altarul, Impărăţia lui Dumnezeu] iar nu efectul )(ceea ce apare de la sine; viitorul; exteriorul; fructul; manifestarea centrării:darul,harul):

"Nebuni si orbi! Care este mai mare:Darul, sau Altarul,care sfinţeşte(cauzează) darul?"[Matei23.19];

"Căutaţi mai intai Impărăţia lui Dumnezeu şi neprihănirea Lui , şi toate aceste lucruri vi se vor da pe deasupra";

"Nu vă ingrijoraţi de ziua de maine ;căci ziua de maine se va ingrijora de ea insăşi.Ajunge zilei necazul ei?[Matei 6.33-34;Luca 12.31] .

La intrebarea : "Unde să căutăm Impărăţia lui Dumnezeu?" ,

Iisus a răspuns astfel:

"Impărăţia lui Dumnezeu nu vine in aşa fel ca să izbească privirile .Nu se va zice ? Uite-o aici , sau Uite-o acolo!?.Căci iată că Impărăţia lui Dumnezeu este inlăuntrul vostru ?[Luca 17.21].

Intregul mesaj al lui Iisus este concentrat in fraza :

"Intoarceţi-vă(in loc de :"pocaiti-va"), căci Impărăţia Cerurilor(lui Dumnezeu) este aproape[Matei 3.2].

Am folosit "Intoarceţi-vă "iar nu cerere de iertare, culpabilizare ori "pocăinţă", fiindcă termenul aramaic folosit de Iisus este "teshuwar " şi inseamnă "reintoarcere" (retragere din lumea din afară, interiorizare).

Modul de ascultare al instrucţiunilor din metoda de trezire prin pilotare in starea de relaxare apare in mesajul lui Iisus

Cuvintele pe care le folosim şi le veţi auzi sunt etichete date proceselor de dezactivare, de punere in repaus din realitate, iar nu insăşi realitatea. Orice om care se observă, descoperă că după ce merge foarte mult ca "simte picioarele grele ca de plumb ". Oboseala, care precede somnul , ar trebui observată de cel care se antrenează pentru a pilota dezactivarea conştientă a corpurilor sau a invelişurilor vehicolului pe care il utilizăm. Folosim cuvintele drept vectori sau sugestii. Cuvintele sunt simboluri sonore[cuvant =cu+vant] pentru a indica senzaţiile, trăirile şi imaginile subiective, pe care trebuie să le evocăm, vizualizăm sau să ni le reamintim.

Imaginaţi-vă cuvintele pe care le veţi auzi ca pe nişte etichete lipite pe nişte borcane. Pe noi nu ne interesează de loc etichetele, ci ceea ce se află efectiv, real, in aceste borcane [imagini;senzaţii;trăiri;amintiri].

O veche zicală taoistă, reluată şi in buddhismul zen, spune că

"un cuvant nu este decat degetul care indică Luna, iar nu insăşi Luna?.

In cursul antrenamentului nu trebuie niciodată să ne forţăm: senzaţiile şi stările de relaxare nu trebuie să fie obţinute şi nici menţinute prin constrangere, forţare sau luptă.

Trebuie să ne lăsăm in voie ,"să ne dăm drumul" să trecem natural , de la o senzaţie la alta, de la un domeniu la altul, ca şi cum am efectua o plimbare liniştită ,ca şi cum am vedea un film.

Chiar mai mult, trebuie să lăsăm să vină natural experienţele interioare..să le aşteptăm să apară de la sine.. să le aşteptăm să se intample.. E nevoie să incercăm să ne reprezentăm formulele sugestive(braţul meu drept este din ce in ce mai greu..) sub formă de senzaţii, fie vizuale, fie auditive, de pildă, ca un anunţ luminos in intuneric, ca o melodie, un slogan care este strigat, sau ca un tablou. Nu e vorba să gandim sau să repetăm o formulă sugestivă, ci s-o vedem, să ne lăsăm absorbiţi de ceea ce evocăm şi de ceea ce ne imaginăm corespunzător diverselor experienţe senzoriale, ca atunci cand contemplăm muţi de uimire frumuseţea unui peisaj sau ca atunci cand suntem absorbiţi intr-o reverie..

Nu este cazul să luptam (vedeti cele patru atitudini corecte de pacificare cu noi insine si cu semenii;nimeni nu a scapat de insomnie luptandu-se ) sa ne crispăm asupra unei formule şi să ne străduim să facem totul bine..nu va rezulta decat o incordare parazită (susceptibilă să provoace dureri de cap) care deteriorează intreg procesul de relaxare. Este preferabil să aşteptăm confortabil instalarea senzaţiilor pe care ni le imaginăm,chiar dacă ne indepărtăm de formulele standard ,dacă imbogăţim astfel "viziunile şi senzaţiile interioare" care alimentează absorbţia contemplativă[care reprezintă debutul "vederii interioare" şi "auzului interior"]. Dacă doriţi să vă relaxaţi abandonaţi tiparul incordării sau al luptei. Nimeni nu a scăpat de insomnie,de dependenţe(tutun, alcool) prin luptă. Doar dacă totul se petrece natural şi fără efort(Wu-Wei) are loc un proces de insămanţare,de contaminare sau de extindere de la sine a inhibiţiei (stingerii)care conduce la o generalizare"organică"["faina cu apa se transforma in aluat"] a stării de relaxare. Iisus se referea la această inchegare sau generalizare atunci cand vorbea despre "transformarea in aluat a amestecului de făină şi apă ".

In mesajul lui Iisus apar şi alte indicaţii preliminare, demne de de luat in seamă , atunci cand se referă la modul de a practica rugăciunea creştină. Iisus spunea că intr-o rugăciune cuvintele multe sau repetate sunt fără rost, dacă ele nu sunt insoţite de evocarea trăirilor, pe care ele le desemnează.

Cuvintele folosite sugerează izolarea, interiorizarea , detaşarea de lumea fenomenală, aşezarea[in trup şi minte](Luca:12.31-40), devoţiunea,abandonarea propriului ego in faţa Divinităţii şi focalizarea atenţiei asupra a ceea ce faci acum şi aici. "Cand vă rugaţi, să nu fiţi ca făţarnicii care se roagă in picioare in sinagogi şi la colţurile uliţelor, pentru ca să fie văzuţi de oameni. Adevărat vă spun că şi-au luat răsplata.

Ci tu, cand te rogi , intră in odăiţa ta, incuie uşa şi roagă-te in ascuns Tatălui tău, care este in ascuns; şi Tatăl tău care vede in ascuns , iţi va răsplăti. Cand vă rugaţi , să nu bolborosiţi aceleaşi vorbe,ca păganii, cărora li se pare că dacă spun o mulţime de vorbe vor fi ascultaţi. Să nu vă asemănaţi cu ei; căci Tatăl vostru ştie de ce aveţi trebuinţă, mai inainte ca să-I cereţi voi?[Matei:6.5-7].

Rugăciunea "Tatăl Nostru" apelează la cuvinte care evocă:predarea in faţa Divinităţii, abandonarea propriului interes, izolarea de lumea din afară;impacarea cu lumea si cu noi insine, iertarea semenilor, iubirea, acceptarea, recunoştinţa, conştienţa şi vegherea. Starea in care se află cel ce se roagă este similară stării de veghe paradoxale, pe care o intalnim in transa mistică, in izolarea occultă şi in transa hipnotică. [vedeti cele patru stari de constiinta in simbolul OM si in Yin-Yang] In aceasta stare se află şi o mamă ,care deşi aparent doarme şi nu este deranjată de nici un zgomot exterior[izolare], este trezită totuşi de oprirea respiraţiei nou născutului.In aceeaşi stare de veghe paradoxală se află şi călătorul, care adoarme in tren ;călătorul nu este deranjat de zgomote dar se trezeşte la fiecare oprire ,pentru a vedea dacă trenul său a ajuns la destinaţie.

Starea de veghe paradoxală se naşte, ca şi transa hipnotică ori transa mistică[enstaza;in skrt.:" samadhi"] prin focalizarea intregii atenţii [in skrt.:"dharana"] pe un stimul unic[respiraţia nou născutului] Iisus ne relatează chiar despre această stare cand ne indeamnă la veghere: "Şi să fiţi ca nişte oameni ,cari aşteaptă pe stăpanul lor să se intoarcă de la nuntă,ca să-i deschidă indată,cand va veni şi va bate la uşă...Şi voi să fiţi gata,căci Fiul omului va veni in ceasul in nu vă gandiţi?. [Luca:12.31-40]. Dacă ai o altă grijă[aşteptare;expectaţie;ataşare] in afară de ceea ce faci,acolo iţi va fi şi atenţia: ? Căci unde vă este comoara [ataşarea;identificarea; ataşarea; grija] voastră ,acolo este şi inima[atenţia] voastră? In antrenamentul de relaxare elaborat de către .H.Schultz, numit "autogene training? se folosec sugestii verbale care sugerează instalarea senzaţiei de greutate intr-un segment al corpului pentru a declanşa relaxarea , scăderea incordării sau tonusului muscular.Pentru a declanşa vasodilatarea sau relaxarea vaselor sanguine se foloseşte sugerarea apariţiei senzaţiei de căldură in zona asupra căreia ne indreptăm atenţia. Degeaba se ascultă cuvantul "greutate","căldură" sau inutil se repetă formule verbale de genul "braţul meu drept este din ce in ce mai greu..ca de plumb..ca o carpă... inmuiată"; "braţul meu drept este din ce in ce mai cald, din ce in ce mai moleşit de căldură",dacă atenţia rămane prizonieră a etichetelor verbale[cuvinte]. Vom obţine rapid rezultate, doar dacă ne mobilizăm capacitatea de vizualizare, imaginaţia, amintirea trăirilor sau a experienţelor senzoriale pe care le auzim evocate de către cuvinte. Atenţia fixată doar asupra etichetelor verbale dă rezultate mai lent in antrenamentul de dezactivare; Dacă reuşim să ne amintm ce simţeam cand introduceam mana intr-un lighean cu apă caldă,sau dacă să ne imaginăm acest lucru vom incepe să avem o senzatie de căldură,de moleşală sau de greutate in zona desemnată. Cercetările au evidenţiat că orice gand, care anticipează o mişcare a unui segment al corpului, este precedat de un semnal electric[biocurent] trimis in zona care va fi mişcată- inainte de a ridica un braţ este activată zona corticală corespunzătoare, care la randul său pregăteşte muşchii care vor fi implicaţi in mişcarea gandită; acest lucru a fost evidenţiat prin detecţie EMG(Electro-Mio Grafică).

Nici o activitate cerebrală nu rămane fără răspuns somatic. Un experiment simplu constă in aşezarea pe spate a unui adult pe o scandură orizontală sprijinită la mijloc pe un suport.După ce se realizează echilibrarea la orizontală se cere persoanei asezate sa facă un calcul matematic ((7+8)x 4):5=?). Imediat se constată că sangele care se mobilizează in zona capului determină dezechilibrarea scandurii. Se constată imediat dezechilibrarea scandurii in sens contrar dacă se cere persoanei aşezate să urmărească un ecran pe care vad scene dintr-un film erotic.

Corpul[tonusul muscular; circulaţia sanguină;ritmul respirator] este oglinda modificărilor psihoafective.Fiecare stare de conştiinţă este caracterizată un ritm respirator propriu . Nu putem fi relaxaţi cu o respiraţie corespunzătoare agitaţiei,furiei,fricii...Primul limbaj de comunicare dintre mamă şi copil este un limbaj tonico-emoţional, nonverbal. Mama ştie că un copil mulţumit..sănătos..este cald..moale..şi respiră adanc Limbajul corpului poate fi redescoperit de către orice om care se observă pe sine insuşi.Dar acest proces de auto-observare cere prezenţă de spirit..conştientă imparţială..capacitate de auto-observare..deconectare de lumea din afară care ne ocupă atenţia , detaşare.

Pentru a realiza deconectarea, detaşarea,dezactivarea sau punerea in repaus este inutil să ascultăm cuvinte [precum: greutate, moleşeală, predare,abandonare;a da drumul,a lăsa liber,eliberare,iertare,impăcare, acceptare..mulţumire, recunoştinţă, iubire..liniştire,relaxare,calm şi pace ] fără să ne indreptăm atenţia către realităţile subiective, care se află in spatele acestor etichete verbale[senzaţii; vizualizări; trăiri].

Dacă nu vă puteţi aminti nici una dintre aceste senzaţii [greutate,moleşeală..]se practică exerciţii de conştientizare a diferenţei dintre incordare şi relaxare[metoda de relaxare a lui Jacobson aplică parţial calea conştientizării sau vegherii ,expusă cu mii de ani in urmă de Buddha(Vippasana) şi de Iisus] Inainte de a face cateva referiri la capacităţile umane extinse [de percepţie şi de acţiune] vom sublinia că in toate tradiţiile (occulte, religioase şi mistice ,fie ele antice sau moderne)ele sunt puse intr-o legătură indisolubilă cu stările de conştiinţă şi cu invelişurile sau corpurile subtile in care intrăm cand ne aflăm in aceste stări de conştiinţă.

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Aldous Huxley - Cum poate fi imbunatatita vederea fara ochelari ?

Aldous Huxley- Cum poate fi imbunatatita vederea fara ochelari ?

Aldous Huxley-How to improve your sight without glasses ?

The Art of Seeing by Aldous Huxley

Arta de a vedea de Aldous Huxley

"Experience is not what happens to a man; it is what a man does with what happens to him."After silence, that which comes nearest to expressing the inexpressible is music".(Aldous Huxley)

How to improve your sight without glasses

BATES METHOD FOR IMPROVING EYESIGHT WITHOUT GLASSES

The Cure of Imperfect Sight by Treatment Without Glasses,

By W. H. BATES, M.D.

CENTRAL FIXATION PUBLISHING CO. NEW YORK CITY,

Copyright, 1920 PRESS OF THOS. B. BROOKS, INC.NEW YORK

Perfect Sight Without Glasses by Dr Bates

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Aldous Leonard Huxley (1894-1963) a fost un scriitor britanic care a emigrat in Statele Unite.Vederea sa a fost slaba in ciuda scurtei perioade de refacere care i-a permis, totusi, sa studieze la Oxford. In 1939 a auzit de Metoda Bates pentru cresterea naturala a vederii, si de Margaret Corbett, care i-a predat-o. El a descris intr-o carte intitulata Arta de a vedea (The Art of Seeing, titlul cartii se mai poate traduce si prin "arta de a intelege"), care a aparut in SUA in 1942, si in 1943 in Marea Britanie, ca vederea (purta lentile de grosimea sticlei de sifon) i s-a imbunatatit substantial in urma aplicarii acestei metode. El a marturisit ca dupa ce a aplicat aceasta metoda, putea citi fara ochelari pentru prima dupa 25 de ani

Aldous Leonard Huxley (1894–1963) was an English writer and one of the most prominent members of the famous Huxley family,constdered a leader of modern thought and an intellectual of the highest rank.Huxley was a humanist and pacifist, but was also latterly interested in spiritual subjects such as parapsychology and philosophical mysticism. For most of his life, since the illness in his teens which left Huxley nearly blind, his eyesight was poor (despite the partial recovery which had enabled him to study at Oxford). Around 1939, Huxley encountered the Bates Method for better eyesight, and a teacher, Margaret Corbett, who was able to teach him in the method.Huxley said that his sight improved dramatically with the Bates Method and the extreme and pure natural lighting of the southwestern American desert. He reported that for the first time in over 25 years, he was able to read without glasses and without strain. He even tried driving a car along the dirt road beside the ranch. He wrote a book about his successes with the Bates Method, The Art of Seeing which was published in 1942 (US), 1943 (UK).

THE ART OF SEEING

By ALDOUS HUXLEY

Clarke, Irwin & Co. Ltd.

TORONTO

First published 1943

CONTENTS

PREFACE 1

CHAPTER I Medicine and Defective Vision 3

Medicine and Defective Vision

Ordinary Treatment Of Defective Sight

Cure or palliation of symptoms?

CHAPTER II A Method of Visual Re-Education 6

A Method of Visual Re-Education

Reasons for orthodox disapproval

The nature of an art

Basic Principle Underlying The Practice Of Every Art

CHAPTER III Sensing+ Selecting+ Perceiving= Seeing 11

Sensing+ Selecting+ Perceiving= Seeing

An illustration

Perception Determined By Memory(past conditioning)

CHAPTER IV Variability of Bodily and Mental Functioning 14

Variability of Bodily and Mental Functioning

Defective Eyes Capable Of Having Flashes Of Normal Vision

Variable eyes versus invariable spectacles

CHAPTER V Causes of Visual Mal-Functioning: Disease and Emotional Disturbances 17

Causes of Visual Mal-Functioning: Disease and Emotional Disturbances

Causes Of Visual Mal-Functioning: Boredom

Causes Of Visual Mal-Functioning: Misdirected Attention

CHAPTER VI Relaxation 23

Relaxation

Passive Relaxation: Palming

CHAPTER VII Blinking and Breathing 26

Blinking and Breathing

Normal And Abnormal Blinking Habits

Normal And Abnormal Breathing Habits

CHAPTER VIII The Eye, Organ of Light 29

The Eye, Organ of Light

The Current Fear Of Light

Reasons For The Fear Of Light

Casting Out Fear

Practical Techniques

Harmlessness Of Sunning

CHAPTER IX Central Fixation 33

Central Fixation

CHAPTER X Methods of Teaching the Eyes and Mind to Move 36

Methods of Teaching the Eyes and Mind to Move

Swinging

Other Aids To Mobility

CHAPTER XI Flashing 40

Flashing

Unconscious vision

Techniques Of Flashing

CHAPTER XII Shifting 43

Shifting

Analytical Looking

The Calendar Drill

CHAPTER XIII The Mental Side of Seeing 48

The Mental Side of Seeing

CHAPTER XIV Memory and Imagination 50

Memory and Imagination

Memory As An Aid To Vision

Improving The Memory Of Letters

CHAPTER XV Myopia 57

Myopia

Its Causes

Techniques of Re-Education

CHAPTER XVI Long Sight, Astigmatism, Squint 61

Long Sight, Astigmatism, Squint

Astigmatism And Squint

Diseases Of The Eyes

CHAPTER XVII Some Difficult Seeing-Situations 66

Some Difficult Seeing-Situations

Reading

Looking At Unfamiliar Objects

Movies

CHAPTER XVIII Lighting Conditions 71

Lighting Conditions

APPENDIX I 74

APPENDIX II 76

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In 1978, after the copyright on the original edition had expired, Health Research Books began to sell reprints, which are still available.

Except where noted, this electronic version contains the entire text of the original edition.

• Front Matter
• Preface
• Contents
• List of Illustrations
  
  
  
  
• Chapter I: Introductory Prevalence of errors of refraction - Believed to be incurable and practically unpreventable - The eye regarded as a blunder of Nature - Facts which seem to justify this conclusion - Failure of all efforts to prevent the development of eye defects - Futility of prevailing methods of treatment - Conflict of facts with the theory of incurability of errors of refraction - These facts commonly explained away or ignored - The author unable to ignore them, or to accept current explanations - Finally forced to reject accepted theories.
  
  
  
  
• Chapter II: Simultaneous Retinoscopy Retinoscopy the source of much of the information presented in this book - What the retinoscope is - Its possibilities not realized - Commonly used only under artificial conditions - Used by the author under the conditions of life on human beings and the lower animals - Thus many new facts were discovered - Conflict of these facts with accepted theories - Resulting investigations.
  
  
  
  
• Chapter III: Evidence for the Accepted Theory of Accommodation Development of the theory - Behavior of the lens in accommodation as noted by Helmholtz - General acceptance of these observations as facts - Abandonment by Arlt of the true explanation of accommodation - Inability of Helmholtz to explain satisfactorily the supposed change of form in the lens - Question still unsettled - Apparent accommodation in lensless eyes - Curious and unscientific theories advanced to account for it - Voluntary production of astigmatism - Impossibility of reconciling it with the theory of an inextensible eyeball.
  
  
  
  
• Chapter IV: The Truth about Accommodation as Demonstrated by Experiments on the Eye Muscles of Fish, Cats, Dogs, Rabbits and Other Animals Disputed function of the external muscles of the eyeball - Once regarded as possible factors in accommodation - This idea dismissed after supposed demonstration that accommodation depends upon the lens - Author's experiments demonstrate that accommodation depends wholly upon these muscles - Accommodation prevented and produced at will by their manipulation - Also errors of refraction - The oblique muscles of accommodation - The recti concerned in the production of hypermetropia and astigmatism - No accommodation with one oblique cut, paralyzed, or absent - Paralysis of accommodation in experimental animals accomplished only by injection of atropine deep into the orbit, so as to reach the oblique muscles - Accommodation unaffected by removal of the lens - Fourth cranial nerve supplying superior oblique muscle a nerve of accommodation - Sources of error believed to have been eliminated in experiments.
  
  
  
  
• Chapter V: The Truth about Accommodation as Demonstrated by a Study of Images Reflected from the Lens, Cornea, Iris and Sclera Technique of Helmholtz defective - Image obtained by his method on the front of the lens not sufficiently distinct or stable to be measured - Failure of author to get reliable image with various sources of light - Success with 1,000-watt lamp, diaphragm and condenser - Image photographed - Images on cornea, iris, lens and sclera also photographed - Results confirmed earlier observations - Eyeball changes its shape during accommodation - Lens does not - Strain to see at near-point produces hypermetropia - Strain to see at distance myopia - Method of obtaining the corneal image.
  
  
  
  
• Chapter VI: The Truth about Accommodation as Demonstrated by Clinical Observations Results of experimental work confirmed by clinical observations - Atropine supposed to prevent accommodation - Conflict of facts with this theory - Normal accommodation observed in eyes under influence of atropine for long periods - Evidence of these cases against accepted theories overwhelming - Cases of accommodation in lensless eyes observed by author - Reality of the apparent act of accommodation demonstrated by the retinoscope - Evidence from the cure of presbyopia - Harmony of all clinical observations with views of accommodation and errors of refraction presented in this book.
  
  
  
  
• Chapter VII: The Variability of the Refraction of the Eye Refractive states supposed to be permanent - Retinoscope demonstrates the contrary - Normal sight never continuous - Refractive errors always changing - Conditions which produce errors of refraction - Variability of refractive states the cause of many accidents - Also of much statistical confusion.
  
  
  
  
• Chapter XII: What Glasses Do to Us The sins of Salvino degli Armati, reputed inventor of spectacles - How glasses harm the eyes - Sight never improved by them to normal - Always resented at first by the eye - Objects of vision distorted by them - Disagreeable sensations produced - Field of vision contracted - Difficulty of keeping the glass clean - Reflection of light from lenses annoying and dangerous - Inconvenience of glasses to physically active persons - Effect on personal appearance - No muscular strain relieved by them - Apparent benefits often due to mental suggestion - Fortunate that many patients refuse to wear them - At best an unsatisfactory substitute for normal sight.
  
  
  
  
• Chapter IX: Cause and Cure of Errors of Refraction All abnormal action of external muscles of the eyeball accompanied by a strain to see - With relief of this strain all errors of refraction disappear - Myopia (or lessening of hypermetropia) associated with strain to see at the distance - Hypermetropia (or lessening of myopia) associated with strain to see at the near-point - Facts easily demonstrated by retinoscope - Effect of strain at the near-point accounts for apparent loss of accommodation in the lensless eye - Mental origin of eyestrain - Accounts for effect of civilization on the eye - Lower animals affected as man is - Remedy to get rid of mental strain - Temporary relaxation easy - Permanent relaxation may be difficult - Eyes not rested by sleep or tired by use - Rested only by resting the mind - Time required for a cure.
  
  
  
  
• Chapter X: Strain Foundation of the strain to see - Act of seeing passive - Same true of action of all sensory nerves - Their efficiency impaired when made the subject of effort - The mind the source of all such efforts brought to bear upon the eye - Mental strain of any kind produces eyestrain - This strain takes many forms - Results in production of many abnormal conditions - Circulation disturbed by strain - Normal circulation restored by mental control - Thus errors of refraction and other abnormal conditions are cured.
  
  
  
  
• Chapter XI: Central Fixation The center of sight - The eye normally sees one part of everything it looks at best - Central fixation lost in all abnormal conditions of the eye - Cause of mental strain - With central fixation the eye is perfectly at rest - Can be used indefinitely without fatigue - Open and quiet - No wrinkles or dark circles around it - Visual axes parallel - With eccentric fixation the contrary is the case - Eccentric fixation cured by any method that relieves strain - Limits of vision determined by central fixation - Organic diseases relieved or cured by it - No limit can be set to its possibilities - Relation to general efficiency and general health.
  
  
  
  
• Chapter XII: Palming Relaxation with the eyes shut - With light excluded by palms of the hands (palming) - Evidence of complete relaxation in palming - Of incomplete relaxation - Difficulties of palming - How dealt with - Futility of effort - All the sensory nerves relaxed by successful palming - Pain relieved in all parts of the body - Patients who succeed at once are quickly cured- A minority not helped and should try other methods.
  
  
  
  
• Chapter XIII: Memory As an Aid to Vision Memory a test of relaxation - Memory of black most suitable for the purpose - Application of this fact to treatment of functional eye troubles - Sensation not a reliable index of strain - Memory of black is - Enables the patient to avoid conditions that produce strain - Conditions favorable to memory - Retention of memory under unfavorable conditions - Quick cures by its aid - A great help to other mental processes - Tests of a perfect memory.
  
  
  
  
• Chapter XIV: Imagination As an Aid to Vision Retinal impressions interpreted by the mind - Memory or imagination normally used as an aid to sight - In imperfect sight the mind adds imperfections to the imperfect retinal image - Only a small part of the phenomena of refractive errors accounted for by the inaccuracy of the focus - Difference between the photographic picture when the camera is out of focus and the visual impressions of the mind when the eye is out of focus - Patients helped by understanding of this fact - Dependence of imagination upon memory - Coincidence of both with sight - Perfect imagination dependent upon relaxation - Therefore imagination cures - Method of using it for this purpose - Remarkable cures effected by it.
  
  
  
  
• Chapter XV: Shifting and Swinging Apparent movement of objects regarded with normal vision - Due to unconscious shifting of the eye - Impossibility of fixing a point for an appreciable length of time - Lowering of vision by attempt to do so - Inconspicuousness of normal shifting - Its incredible rapidity - Staring an important factor in the production of imperfect sight - Tendency to stare corrected by conscious shifting and realization of apparent movement resulting from it - Conditions of success with shifting - The universal swing - Methods of shifting - Cures effected by this means.
  
  
  
  
• Chapter XVI: The Illusions of Imperfect and of Normal Sight Normal and abnormal illusions - Illusions of color - Of size - Of form - Of number - Of location - Of nonexistent objects - Of complementary colors - Of the color of the sun - Blind spots - Twinkling stars - Cause of illusions of imperfect sight - Voluntary production of illusions - Illusions of central fixation - Normal illusions of color - Illusions produced by shifting - The upright position of objects regarded an illusion.
  
  
  
  
• Chapter XVII: Vision Under Adverse Conditions a Benefit to the Eye* Erroneous ideas of ocular hygiene - Conditions supposedly injurious may be a benefit to the eye - No foundation for universal fear of the light - Of looking at a strong electric light - Not light but darkness a danger to the eye - Sudden contrasts of light may be beneficial - Advantages of the movies - Benefits of reading fine print - Reading in moving vehicles - In a recumbent posture - Vision under difficult conditions good mental training.
  
  
  
  
• Chapter XVIII: Optimums and Pessimums All objects not seen equally well when sight is imperfect - The eye has its optimums and pessimums - Some easily accounted for - Others unaccountable - Familiar objects optimums - Unfamiliar objects pessimums - Examples of unaccountable optimums and pessimums - Variability of optimums and pessimums - Test card usually a pessimum - Pessimums which the patient is not conscious of seeing - Pessimums associated with a strain to see - How pessimums may become optimums.
  
  
  
  
• Chapter XVIXThe Relief of Pain and Other Symptoms by the Aid of the Memory No pain felt when the memory is perfect - All the senses improved - Efficiency of the mind increased - Operations performed without anaesthetics - Organic disorders relieved - Facts not fully explained, but attested by numerous proofs - Possible relationship of the principle involved to cures of Faith Curists and Christian Scientists.
  
  
  
  
• Chapter XX: Presbyopia: Its Cause and Cure Failure of near vision as age advances - Supposed normality of this phenomenon - Near-points expected at different ages - Many do not fit this schedule - Some never become presbyopic - Some retain normal vision for some objects while presbyopic for others - First and second of these classes of cases explained away or ignored - Third not heretofore observed - Presbyopia both preventable and curable - Due to a strain to see at the near-point - No necessary connection with age - Lens may flatten and lose refractive power with advancing years, but not necessarily - Temporary increase of presbyopia by strain at the nearpoint - Temporary relief by closing the eyes or palming - Permanent relief by permanent relief of strain - How the author cured himself - Other cures - Danger of putting on glasses at the presbyopic age - Prevention of presbyopia.
  
  
  
  
• Chapter XXI: Squint and Amblyopia: Their Cause Definition of squint - Theories as to its cause - Failure of these theories to fit the facts - Failure of operative treatment - State of the vision not an important factor - Amblyopia ex anopsia - Association with squint not invariable - Supposed incurability - Spontaneous recovery - Curious forms of double vision in squint - Invariable association of squint and amblyopia with strain - Invariable relief following relief of strain - Voluntary production of squint by strain.
  
  
  
  
• Chapter XXIISquint and Amblyopia: Their Cure Squint and amblyopia purely functional troubles - Cured by any method that relieves strain - Relaxation sometimes gained by voluntary increase of squint, or production of other kinds - Remarkable cure effected in this way - Strain relieved when patient is able to look more nearly in the proper direction - Proper use of a squinting eye encouraged by covering the good eye - Children cured by use of atropine in one or both eyes - Examples of cases cured by eye education.
  
  
  
  
• Chapter XXIII: Floating Specks: Their Cause and Cure Floating specks a common phenomenon of imperfect sight - Their appearance and behavior - Theories as to their origin - A fruitful field for the patent-medicine business - Examples of the needless alarm they have caused - May be seen at times by any one - Simply an illusion caused. by mental strain - This strain easily relieved - Illustrative cases.
  
  
  
  
• Chapter XXIV: Home Treatment Many persons can cure themselves of defective sight - Only necessary to follow a few simple directions - How to test the sight - Children who have not worn glasses cured by reading the Snellen test card every day - Adults of the same class also benefited in a short time - Cases of adults and children who have worn glasses more difficult - Glasses must be discarded - How to make a test card - Need of a teacher in difficult cases - Qualifications of such teachers - Duty of parents.
  
  
  
  
• Chapter XXV: Correspondence Treatment Correspondence treatment usually regarded as quackery - Impossible in the case of most diseases - Errors of refraction, not being diseases, admit of such treatment - Glasses successfully fitted by mail - Less room for failure in correspondence treatment of imperfect sight without glasses - Personal treatment more satisfactory, but not always available - Examples of cases cured by correspondence - Need for the co-operation of local practitioners in such treatment.
  
  
  
  
• Chapter XXVI: The Prevention of Myopia in Schools: Methods That Failed A much debated question - Literature on the subject voluminous and unreliable - All that is certainly known - Studies of Cohn - Confirmation of his observations by other investigators in America and Europe - Increase of myopia during school life unanimously attributed to near work - Inadequacy of this theory - Failure of preventive measures based upon it - New difficulties - The appeal to heredity - To natural adaptation - Objections to these views - Why all preventive measures have failed.
  
  
  
  
• Chapter XXVII: The Prevention and Cure of Myopia and Other Errors of Refraction in Schools: A Method That Succeeded Production of eyestrain by unfamiliar objects - Relief by familiar objects - Facts furnish the means of preventing and curing errors of refraction in schools - By this means children often gain normal vision with incredible rapidity - Results in schools of Grand Forks, N. D.; New York, and other cities - Improvement in mentality of children as eyesight improved - Reformation of truants and incorrigibles - Hypermetropia and astigmatism prevented and cured - Method succeeded best when teachers did not wear glasses - Success would be greater still under a more rational educational system - Prevalence of defective sight in American children - Its results - Practically all cases preventable and curable - Inexpensiveness of method recommended - Imposes no additional burden on the teachers - Cannot possibly hurt the children - Directions for its use.
  
  
  
  
• Chapter XXVIII: The Story of Emily Cure of defective eyesight by cured patients - Cures of fellow students, parents and friends by school children - Remarkable record of Emily - An illustration of the benefits to be expected from the author's method of preventing and curing imperfect sight in school children.
  
  
  
  
• Chapter XXIX: Mind and Vision Poor sight one of the most fruitful causes of retardation in schools - More involved in it than inability to see - The result of an abnormal condition of the mind - This cannot be changed by glasses - Memory among faculties impaired when vision is impaired - Memory of primitive man may have been due to the same cause as his keen vision - A modern example of primitive memory combined with primitive keenness of vision - Correspondence between differences in the faculty of memory and differences in visual acuity - Memory and eyesight of children spoiled by the same causes - Both dependent upon interest - Illustrative cases - All the mental faculties improved when vision becomes normal - Examples of such improvement - Relief of symptoms of insanity by eye education - Facts indicate a close relation between the problems of vision and those of education.
  
  
  
  
• Chapter XXX: Normal Sight and the Relief of Pain for Soldiers and Sailors Growth of militarism in the United States - Demand for universal military training - Lack of suitable material for such training - Defective eyesight greatest impediment to the raising of an efficient army - None more easily removed - Plan for correcting defects of vision submitted to Surgeon General during the war - Not acted upon - Now presented to the public with some modifications - First requisite eye education in schools and colleges - Eye education in training camps and at the front also needed, even for those whose sight is normal - How school system might be modified for military and naval use - Soldiers should not be allowed to wear glasses - Importance of eye training to aviators - Eye training for the relief of pain.
  
  
  
  
• Chapter XXXI: Letters from Patients Army officer cures himself - A teacher's experiences - Mental effects of central fixation - Relief after twentyfive years - Search for myopia cure rewarded - Facts versus theories - Cataract relieved by central fixation.
  
  
  
  
• Chapter XXXII: Reason and Authority Inaccessibility of average mind to reason - Facts discredited if contrary to authority - Patients discredit their own experience' under this influence - Cure of cataract ignored by medical profession - Expulsion of author from N. Y. Post Graduate Medical School for curing myopia - Man not a reasoning being - Consequences to the world.
  
  
  
  
• Index

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Dr William Horatio Bates (1860-1931) Method for Eyesight Improvement

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Natural Eyesight Improvement with the Bates Method

Natural Vision Therapy (http://www.thebatesmethod.com) is a proven, non-intrusive, and holistic approach to improving short-sightedness (myopia), astigmatism, long-sightedness (hyperopia), and old-age blur (presbyopia) without the use of glasses or any medical aids. The Therapy re-educates the eyes and mind about the principles and habits of seeing clearly and naturally.

Its foundation is based on the Bates Method which is a time-tested solution for many functional vision problems. Dr Bates, an ophthalmologist, stopped prescribing glasses to his clients after noticing that their eye problems got progressively worse after wearing the "eye crutches". He discovered that the glasses, or eye crutches, actually prevents the eyes from healing itself naturally. His more than 30 years of research to find an alternative to eye glasses was published in "Perfect Sight Without Glasses" in 1912, . This book has been reprinted as "Better Eyesight Without Glasses", and is still a best seller in any leading bookstores today.

Dr Bates had helped thousands of adults and children to perfect sight without the use of glasses. The Bates Method is taught in many countries around the world by Bates teachers who are in one way or another had been taught by Dr Bates, his wife, Emily Bates or their disciples over a 80-year timeframe.

Why Glasses Don't Help

Glasses are 20 times over-powered when reading or writing since they are fitted for 20 feet and beyond.

Prescription glasses cause stress and strain, which contributes to increase in myopia (shortsightedness), presbyopia (longsightedness) and astigmatism.

You are always dependent on your prescription glasses.

You need to frequently upgrade your glasses to higher prescription and thicker glasses over time.

Glasses serve as an eye-crutch, preventing natural vision therapy (similar to physio-therapy).

Nobody wore glasses and got back perfect vision

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BATES METHOD: SWINGING

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Improving your Night Vision

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Exercitiile de intarire a vederii prin Metoda Bates

Medicul englez Dr William Horatio Bates (1860-1930) , oftalmolog specializat in boli de ochi la copii, este cel care si-a dat seama ca propria lui vedere incepe sa-l paraseasca. Ochii il dureau, iar cimpul vizual se ingustase. Aceeasi durere de cap de care se plingeau pacientii lui si care nu trecea cu medicamente. Dupa citeva luni de observatii asidue, Bates a elaborat o metoda de educare a vederii, pe care a expus-o pe larg in cartea sa, Imbunatatirea vederii, fara ochelari, aparuta in 1919. Vedere ameliorata dupa 25 de ani de deficit vizual. Doctorul chinuit de dureri la ochi si-a asezat palmele in fata ochilor, intr-o zi, incercind sa se relaxeze putin. Peste 10 minute, durerile de cap ii trecusera ca prin minune, ochii nu-i mai ardeau si avea un sentiment general de regenerare. Cind si-a luat miinile de pe ochi, a observat ca obiectele din jurul sau pareau mai distincte si aveau culori mai stralucitoare. Intrigat, a repetat metoda de relaxare si altadata, vazind ca are acelasi efect.In 1939, marele scriitor englez Aldous Huxley, pe atunci in virsta de 45 de ani, a constatat ca miopia sa se accentuase vertiginos si ca alentilele de grosimea sticlei de sifon nu ii mai erau de nici un folos. Atunci a auzit despre metoda lui Bates, pe care a aplicat-o. Dupa spusele sale, la doar doua luni de la inceperea exercitiilor putea sa citeasca fara ochelari, fara sa resimta tensiune sau oboseala. Drept urmare, Aldous Huxley a scris o carte intitulata "Arta de a vedea", in care povesteste cum i s-a ameliorat vederea dupa 25 de ani de deficit vizual. Cazul meu nu e unic, spune marele scriitor, mii de oameni atinsi de deficiente de vedere si le-au ameliorat fara urma, practicind regulile atit de simple ale artei vederii, pe care i le datoram lui Bates si discipolilor sai. Nu este decit o simpla modalitate de a relaxa ochii.William Bates avea un pacient in virsta de 70 de ani, care suferea de hipermetropie, astigmatism, presbitie si un inceput de cataracta. Purtase ochelari timp de mai bine de 40 de ani si aproape ca orbise cind a ajuns in cabinetul doctorului Bates. Acesta i-a recomandat metoda acoperirii ochilor, iar pacientul l-a intrebat daca trebuie sa o practice in mod excesiv. Doctorul i-a raspuns ca nu, pentru ca nu este decit o simpla modalitate de a-si relaxa ochii. Cind persoana respectiva a venit la consult peste citeva zile, i-a spus: Doctore, a fost greu, foarte greu, dar am reusit. Isi acoperise ochii incontinuu, timp de 20 de ore, si nu se oprise decit pentru a bea apa, dar nu mincase nimic. Bates i-a testat ochii fara ochelari. Pacientul putea sa citeasca, de la sase metri distanta, ultimul rind al unui tablou de lectura standard, ca si literele mici ale unui text, de la 15 si 50 de centimetri distanta. Examinarea a mai relevat ca pielita care acoperea cristalinul ochiului - manifestare a inceputului de cataracta - se subtiase simtitor. Chiar si peste doi ani, opacitatea nu a mai crescut deloc.

Cele 7 exercitii de baza ale lui Bates

Repausul ochilor: Asezati-va confortabil pe un scaun, cu coatele sprijinite pe-o perna pusa pe masa sau pe birou. Relaxati-va. Cu spatele si gitul tinute drept, acoperiti-va ochii cu palmele, astfel incit sa nu mai patrunda deloc lumina, dar fara sa ii atingeti. Ginditi-va la lucruri placute sau ascultati la radio o melodie placuta. Pentru a imbunatati exercitiul, inainte de a va acoperi ochii cu palmele, uitati-va la o bucata de catifea neagra. Practicati acest exercitiu vreme de zece minute, de doua ori pe zi sau ori de cite ori va dor ochii sau ii simtiti obositi.

Rememorari: In timp ce practicati repausul descris mai sus, incercati - fara a face eforturi prea mari - sa revedeti in memorie un obiect sau un eveniment, cu mare lux de amanunte si in cit mai multe culori. Conform afirmatiilor doctorului Bates, unul din pacientii sai izbutise sa dobindeasca o ameliorare a vederii dupa ce vizualizase un magnific nasture din aur. Conform opiniei specialistului, apelul la memoria vizuala duce la o perceptie mult mai clara a lucrurilor din realitatea imediata.

Privitul in toate directiile: Obiectele nu trebuie privite fix, asa cum au tendinta sa faca cei care poarta ochelari. Incercati sa va schimbati privirea de la un punct de interes la altul. Pe masura ce ochii dvs. se relaxeaza, miscarea globilor oculari devine mai putin rigida si vederea se intareste.

Acomodarea: Presupune obisnuirea succesiva a vederii la apropiere si la distanta. Tineti doua creioane (sau degetele aratatoare ridicate), unul la o distanta de circa 10 cm de ochi, celalalt - la capatul bratului intins. Fixati cu privirea 5 secunde primul creion, bateti de doua ori din pleoape, apoi fixati creionul din departare si bateti iar din pleoape de doua ori, inainte de a reveni cu privirea pe creionul apropiat, si asa mai departe. Repetati cit mai des acest exercitiu.

Clipitul din pleoape: Obisnuiti-va sa clipiti regulat, de doua ori la zece secunde, pentru a va curata si lubrifia ochii - mai ales daca purtati ochelari sau lentile de contact.

Spalarea ochilor: In fiecare dimineata clatiti-va ochii, tinuti inchisi, de 20 de ori cu apa calda, apoi de 20 de ori cu apa rece, pentru a stimula circulatia. Faceti acelasi lucru si seara, dar invers, incepind cu apa rece si terminind cu apa calda.

Balansul: In picioare, cu talpile indepartate, leganati-va usor de la dreapta la stinga si de la stinga la dreapta, lasind privirea sa se miste o data cu corpul. Constientizati balansul cimpului vizual, pentru ca de el depind odihna si destinderea ochilor. Repetati exercitiul cit mai des cu putinta. Un fond sonor agreabil ii aduce un spor de eficienta

Practicati aceste exercitii regulat. Reusita depinde de perseverenta.

Relaxati-va cit mai mult cu putinta in timpul exercitiilor. Un git prea teapan, umeri si muschi incordati nu favorizeaza relaxarea ochilor.

Cititi la o lumina potrivita, clipiti cit mai des si ridicati ochii in sus dupa terminarea fiecarei pagini.

Daca lucrati pe calculator, faceti exercitiul de odihnire a ochilor din 20 in 20 de minute, vreme de un minut.

Nu faceti exercitiile Bates cu ochelarii pe nas sau cu lentilele de contact nescoase.

Evitati sa puneti prea multa vigoare sau tensiune in aceste exercitii. Scopul lor este sa destinda ochii, si nu sa-i surmeneze.

Evitati sa faceti lucruri care agreseaza ochii, precum privitul prea indelungat la televizor, mai ales in obscuritate.

Daca in timpul exercitiilor de repaus al ochilor vedeti pete de culoare sau diverse imagini, va trebui sa va relaxati mai mult.