Farsightedness and patience to see results

[Rosangela]

Hi Mary,

I'd like to have some tips, or some advice from you and the team, as far as "how" I should set a schedule for my eye-improvement training.

I've practiced a little of shifting, swing, splashing cold water in my eyes a few times a day, palming, neck & shoulder exercises twice a day, central fixation, plus I take eye supplements with lutein & zeaxanthin, and I take multi-vitamin plus pure carrot juice every day. Only the exercises I do not do every day, and I think that's when I fail. I had more discipline in the first week, then I neglected. I also practice Qi Gong and meditation, plus I am a certified Energy Healer. So I have also been taking care of mind relaxation and overall well-being. I have tried soooo many methods to improve my eyes, from mental, to physical, to spiritual approaches - and I have noticed only sparse flashes of clarity (not so often in the last two months).

Here is a bit of my eye-story background. According to my mother, I was born eye-crossed (left eye only), or so I became right after birth (according to later information I received). As far as my birth being a difficult one, my mother only told me that the doctor was a bit careless, but no Forceps or Cesarean. Only recently my older sister told me that in fact I was not born cross-eyed, but I acquired the defect in my left eye due to the doctor unintentionally poking my left eye at birth. I don't know whose version is correct, and my mother is no longer alive to clear out this story. In fact, I don't care about the origin of the problem, but the present situation and how to fix it.

The deal was done, for one reason or another, and I started wearing glasses at the age of 2.

Ophthalmologists said I would never be able to see clearly without glasses. Of course they say that! But I was a kid and my mother didn't know better. So, I endured that inconvenient thing on my face for 13 years, taking it out only for taking a shower and sleeping.

When I was 15 then, driven by vanity and the wish to be loose (the glasses made me feel limited), I decided - with all the mind power I could have - that from that day on I'd not need glasses anymore. I put the specs on the dresser and I left to work. For the first time in my young life I was able to see everything perfectly, and not double as it had always been. I had a great day, and that was the first one of my eyes freedom!

My left eye was never able to read so clearly, but now it was not crossed anymore. I still could read and see everything very well because the right eye was good and I had the compensation. Doctors said that I had also astigmatism and hypermetropia - I don't remember now in which eye, and the reason why I don't remember is that I really never cared for that information. I could see very well, near and far, including in low light. My mother thought it was a miracle that I could get rid of my glasses at 15, just "deciding it" like that! And she kept warning me to stop reading in low light, "You will get bad vision this way! Have more light on the subject! Quit straining your vision!" - I know she was right, although I was not straining! I could see! Now I wonder how much of that self-fulfilling prophecy really influenced my subconscious mind to the point that I made it true!

Today I am 45 yo, and when I was 40 my sister, and also my niece in a different occasion, mocked me when I was struggling reading a menu and pushing it a little far away from me. They said, "Oh, you need reading glasses!" - And I said, "No, I don't! It's just that the light is not good here!" - My sister insisted, "You do need! We all need them after 40!" - That really disturbed me! And I think that comment stuck to my subconscious mind (again!), and after that I started being aware of my farsightedness.

So, the farsightedness has progressed gradually within these last five years, and now my vision is really, really blurry when I read, or do small and up close activities like doing my nails, writing by hand, sewing by hand, etc. It has got to a point that is making me beyond sad. It's so emotionally painful to not be able to read a product label when I am at the store; or to read my books, etc. I have tried many things, except to go back to eye glasses.

In my searches, last year when I found out about Bates Method, I found hope! Then, after a while I got discouraged for seeing no results. But I know that I could apply myself better - I just don't seem to have the patience when the results take too long to show up.

That's why I would love to have some advice from you, on how to proceed from this point, how often to work out my eyes, etc.

Sometimes I think I would benefit more from having an NV coach, in the sense that the expert would charge me for certain exercises and results, and would motivate me in a regular basis. I wouldn't feel alone in the battle, you know what I mean? So, I am hopeful again now that I found Mary, Andrew and other students to talk about this.

I found great encouragement by watching your video, Mary, about the pinhole glasses. That just triggered more faith inside me. Not that I will use often any kind of pinhole device, but the fact that I was able to read a teeny-tiny label through the hole I made in a 3x5 card after seeing your demonstration on video, made me think that it's possible to revert the situation, naturally! I just need to know exactly "how" to do it in a way that is regular, and that I don't feel unmotivated.

I'm very grateful to Bates and for the kind of work you and others are doing with NV. Thank you so much for your time!

Rosangela