The following is an account of a natural vision restoration by
relaxation
treatment. Perhaps it will be of special interest to sufferers of the
hypermetropic eye disorder (including Neil) among our group.-

"Ten days ago, I discovered Dr. Bates, his book, his method and
iblindness.
org. With glasses, Day 1, I began reading Dr. Bakes' book. It made so
much
sense to me that I immediately tried  palming as Dr. Bates instructed
and
experienced very short clear flashing. I took off my glasses and
decided I
would never put them on again unless absolutely necessary. Dr. Bates
completely convinced me that my near-vision could be restored. On Day
2, I
continued to read Dr. Bates book and also began to practice Bates
Method and
convergence using Dr. Gottlieb's Presbyopia Reduction Chart. On Day 3,
when
outside in the sunshire and without glasses, I was astounded to find
myself
reading and seeing clearly with near-vision. However, when I went
indoors, my
near-vision blurred again.

On Day 4, I decided to dedicate all my free time to Bates Method and
improve
my vision as rapidy as possible. At this point, I began sunning and
continued
combining Bates Method with convergence practice. When working with
eye
charts indoors, blurring diminished, but on Day 5, I started
experiencing
refraction errors. I began imagining letters with perfect white halos
and by
Day 7 all the astigmatic-type refraction errors ceased.  I was
spending 6-9
hours a day practicing Bates Method both indoors and outdoors.

Fortunately, I work at home, so my schedule is very flexible. I
dropped
everything except absolutely necessary work on the computer and set my
monitors to lowest resolution so as to be able to work without
glasses. Even
so the screen was blurry, so I  increased browser text size to
enormous. This
is enormously inconvenient and my work takes twice as long to
accomplish, but
I only resort to glasses for when absolutely necessary, and less and
less
frequently. When working on computer, I practice palming, shifting and
flashing to clear vision.

On Day 7, while alternating convergence and palming, I imagined along
these
lines: here we are, the three of us, ego, mind and eyes. I told my
mind, just
see how dear eyes, through no fault of their own, but due to our own
ignorance, have been locked in behind glasses for twelve years. Now we
know
that dear eyes are perfect and always were perfect. Mind and eyes, you
are
one but have both suffered from being separated. I (ego) now give up
trying
to force eyes to see. Mind, you are the seer! I am returning eyes  to
your
care, so please remember how you used to see and assist eyes by
relearning
how control the muscles and nerves that help eyes to do what always
did so
well. Now I am just going to imagine black, and you, mind, are now
completely
free to restore eyes to their naturally perfect shape and function.
Mind was
very responsive to this coaching. Intermittently during this session,
I
experienced almost-electrical impulses stimulating my eye muscles.
These
sensations arose at intervals with a regularity that reminded me of
childbirth labor contractions. These sensations were accompanied by
what felt
like gritty particles being dislodged and released from around and
behind my
eyeballs. I made sure to breathe and relax through the process so as
to not
interpret any discomfort from these sensations as pain that might
interfere
with what my mind was accomplishing. I understood that my mind was
reestablishing its connection with eyes. Although I remained
emotionally calm
and just observed what was happening, tears poured from my eyes and
snot from
my nose. Since this session, my vision clearing is considerably
faster, and
every clearing brings incremental lasting improvement.

Since Day 3, clearing of my vision in sunlight has never diminished
but only
improved. Any blurring on computer and under indoor lighting improves
with
frequent palming. I continue combining Bates Method with convergence
practice.

Last night, Day 9, I began to be able to read in bright indoor
lighting.

When I started wearing glasses, my only problem was reading small
print
within arms-length distance, but during the twelve years my eyes were
locked
in their glasses prison, my near-vision gradually receded to the point
where
objects and print many feet or yards away were blurry. Since taking
off my
glasses and practicing Bates Method, every day the range of clarity
approaches nearer, as if my near-vision is "coming at me".

Thanks to Bates Method, I begun experiencing astounding depth
perception,
nuances of shadow, light and sunlight, colors and details that I had
been
deprived of by glasses. Now when I work with my eye charts and, as I
begin to
read indoors again, I know how to clear my vision and transform gray
into
black and white and how to bring into sharp focus any blur. And my
recovery
of perfect imagination has only just begun! I really did not expect
such fast
improvement from Bates Method, but here I am reading without glasses
and
relearning to see with my imagination.

Funny thing the other day, a glasses-wearing photographer told me it
is not
possible that my near-vision recovery could be really happening. I
asked him
if he meant that for twelve years, even when my glasses weren't on my
nose, I
was only imagining I had lost my near-vision?  "Yes," he said, "it's
all in
your imagination."  haha! "That's exactly right," I told him, "and
that's why
the Bates Method  works!"  "This is all very interesting," he replied,
"but
I've got to run.""

Posted at: http://www.iblindness.org/forum/index.php/topic,520.0.html

You may also be interested in her full success story at:
http://www.iblindness.org/forum/index.php/topic,514.0.html

Enjoy,

-Revival