Super Vision - Mind Development Course

[sushi]

I linked to a visualization course in a few other threads. The guy who wrote it has taken it off his web site, and now charges $20 for it. I was wondering if it could be found anywhere else online (the wayback machine doesn't have it archived) and I remembered that I had taken notes on it. So I looked at my notes on my phone:

 

Palming - covering the eyes with the palms and visualizing the color black

Black Object - visualizing a small, black object

Look Around - following the lines of objects with your eyes, holding the head still, but moving the eyes around

Near/Far - looking at something close to the eye, and then something far away, to change the visual focus

Nose Writing - visualizing a pencil or a piece of chalk on the end of the nose, and imagining writing with it by moving the head

Blinders Away - holding the eyes still and trying to be aware of things with peripheral vision

Seeing/Not Seeing - looking at the Target logo, trying to be aware of one ring (or the center dot) at a time, or two, while not seeing the third.

Now I Am Aware - anchoring each sense to a finger, and pinching the finger while listing all the things connected to that sense that you're aware of.

...and that chair moving exercise, which I didn't actually take note of, but which involved reading something taped to the wall, and moving the chair further and further away from it each day.

 

I googled some of these, and discovered that several of them come from the Bates method, which is a total pseudoscience visual improvement method, and believed to have done more damage to people's eyes than it helped to heal. We weren't doing any of the harmful exercises, but it still makes me question how much these exercises actually help.

 

So I'm wondering, did anyone find these exercises helpful? Which ones did you find helpful, and which did you think were a waste of time? Do you remember any of these better than I do? (I know my notes are pretty sparse.)

[Yakumo]

Well damn - I knew I should have saved it all.

 

I had started the breathing exercises some time ago but did not come as far as the vision part, so I can't help there. On the other hand, it always seemed a bit too esoteric for me. Being free it didn't raise my snake-oil alarm but now it somewhat does looking at the entire site.

I would not completely dismiss those methods, they are most probably better for your mind than sitting around watching TV but I do get the feeling it's indeed a collection of pseudoscientific or rather obvious stuff that can be found elsewhere.

As said, I have not performed any exercises to an amount to expect any results but I guess the best exercise to improve forcing is, well, forcing.

[Chupi]

As a treatment for a physical condition it's just silly. Unless your bad eyesight is caused by habitually tensing muscles around your eyes (it almost certainly isn't), relaxing those muscles won't help it. However, some of it sounds like reasonable steps to improve visualization and spatial awareness, as well as directing your focus.

[Akai Suicchi]

ohh that guide

I have it printed

some exercises were helpful but i cant remember

[Leaf]

I never understood the emphasis on visualizing the color black or seeing/not seeing, and did not spend much time with it. The near/far one only results in a good headache. I never tried Now I am Aware, but it looked like BS to me and I never had the patience for it. Look Around and Blinders Away may help with observation, but I have a habit (like most people I presume) to move my eyes or head to what I want to focus on, since it provides more clarity and detail. I think that it is better to have multiple fixations rather than rely on peripheral vision, but it is not something I have had time to look into. I must say that my favorite was nose writing, since it required concentration and visualization, which I feel are good to develop.

[sushi]

I agree with Chupi. I'm just wondering which of these really are helpful for visualization, and which are just silly vision improvement exercises.

 

Now I am Aware made my writing much more descriptive, and the anchoring seemed like it might help.

 

I didn't like the nose writing. It's harder to do in public, and we can practice concentration and visualization by visualizing our tulpas, which I feel is more productive.