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That's interesting! An opthamologist told me that there was no research that supported the Bates method. I guess that goes to show you that a lack of evidence does not imply lack of existence.
Has anyone out there experienced improvement in vision as a result of practicing Photoreading?
Thanks for posting about the exercises.

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Originally posted by tylerhasselhoff:
That's interesting! An opthamologist told me that there was no research that supported the Bates method. .

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I´ve had a hard time with the opthamologists whenever I have disagreed with them, while they are explaining to me how my eyesight would only get worse or, if I was lucky, just stabilize as I get older.

So for the past three years I have gone to new opthamologists for checkups.They do not have me in their system, so they should be unbiased. I did this after an opthamologists refused to acceopt that my eyesight had improved.

I guess it goes against their training ...

I think it goes against their business:-)

I have another method. I highly suggest you pickup the book "The Power of your Subconscious Mind" by Joseph Murphy. Basically the book talks about self-hypnosis without directly saying self-hypnosis. Basically you set up a goal and make a positive statement out of it and say something along the lines of "I have perfect vision" or "my vision is improving" and repeat this for 5-10 minutes a day and 'truly' believe in the results. Also visualize a situation where you can see the result. The longer you do this, the better the results. Don't force or use willpower, just believe. The subconscious controls the autonomic systems of the body, and therefore can heal it(a theory I think). But it works quite well. There was a story in the book I about a kid who had something wrong with eyes and he was going to get surgery 3 weeks down the road that would probably make him legally blind, so he kept visualizing the doctor saying "It's a miracle" and by the time he got to the appointment, his eyes were almost entirely healed and the doctor was astounded, and they didn't even need to get the surgery done.
I also have other methods. I've been practicing with Tai Chi, and there's a way to focus your 'chi' into cuts and bruises and what not to heal them. I've been using it on my eyes, and it works pretty well. If you want more information about this, just email me at aurafire14@yahoo.com.

Adam

I found the English title of a
Silva-method-book that is specifically about vision.

What it basically says is that if you can see life "truthfully" ( bluntly put;what is true for you; not closing your eyes/yourself from things you do not want to admit to yourself ) you gain perfect vision.

Is a bit like what Adam16 explained, though, just from a different angle.

Booktitle: "Improve your vision" by Martin Brofman.

p.s ops! might not be Silva... read so much I sometimes get them mixed up. I know I liked the book though.

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I don't know self-hypnosis, but what you describe sounds like a very strong NLP session. That I can do. Qigong is something I'll be reading about after Christmas (it's under the tree).

So the recipe is one part big NLP session, one part chi directing, and one part focussing exercise.

I have a book here called Visionetics by Lisette Scholl. It has a bunch of eye exercises and it has helped me a lot.

There are other books around but to my knowledge many of them are out of print, although The Art Of Seeing by Aldous Huxley is back in print.

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Originally posted by tylerhasselhoff:
Astrowill, I've been Photoreading for about a year, although I haven't really practiced it enough yet to get good at it. I am taking some time off from school, so perhaps I will work on it during my break.
I have not tried Nightwalking yet, but my Kali instructor has and he enjoyed the experience.
Thanks for the compliment on my article.

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What kind of discipline is Kali?

sjaykum1

Just googleize it. It's a martial art.

Kali is a Filipino art that combines weapons and empty hands combat. It's very unique in that it's a tribal art, as opposed to a military art like Karate and TKD. However, Kali was heavily influenced by the Spanish, who invaded the Phillipines, so it has elements of Spanish sword fighting mixed with indigenous weapons.
Bruce Lee was heavily influenced by his study of Kali. His former top student, Dan Inosanto, is now very big on teaching Kali with Jeet Kune Do. It's a very cool style and worth looking into if you have an instructor in your area. Many of the drills in Kali are incredible for improving your hand-eye coordination. In fact, after a few months of practice, I found that my ability to pick up the various different flow patterns accelerated rapidly. Now I pretty much feel like I can jump into any pattern, get it quickly, then break out of the pattern without losing flow. It's an interesting ability and I've never experienced it with training in any other art.