From: lenngray_at_yahoo.com
Date: 2001-08-13 08:16:39
--- In buildcheapeeg_at_yahoogroups.com, "lucas darten" <ljdarten_at_hotmail.com> wrote:
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> ...
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>hold a finger, hand, or small object a foot or so in front of between
>your eyes (or whatever distance is comfortable). let your eyes relax
>so that you are focused beyond the object.
This is actually the first stage of an eye-exercize I've worked with a
lot. It's called the Hagman method, and is reputed to be and does
seem to actually be a route to improved eyesight without glasses.
This first stage is to touch your thumb to your nose with your index
finger pointing up. Look at a far wall with both eyes, not at the
finger. If both your eyes are working, then you should be able to see
two "ghost images" of the finger. If you close one eye and then the
other, and note what spots on the wall the finger blocks, those are
where each eye should be able to find the ghost image. The other eye
should see the wall behind that spot, and vice versa. Finding the two
images is first. Then, just concentrating on getting them both to
stay present overcomes _eye_ dominance, _not_ brain-hemisphere
dominance. It won't lead to any kind of "enlightenment" -- just an
ability to use both your eyes.
The next stage is to put both thumbs to your nose. The index fingers
of each hand should be about as far apart as your eyes. If you close
one eye, you can see where those two fingers will block two spots
on the wall. If the fingers are too far apart, the nose will prevent
you from seeing them both. Check where on the wall the other eye sees
the two fingers. With both eyes open, you should be able to see
_four_ "ghost images" of the two fingers. This is the actual
exercise. Work on seeing them all simultaneously, and with equal
clarity. They will all be ghost fingers. The exercise teaches
having both eyes see simultaneously, and having each eye see both
left and right. The goal being taught is the use of the full field
of vision of both eyes. It brings into play eyeball _shaping_
muscles you've likely never used before in your life. This is what
leads to the "headache". It's really just muscle-strain. It passes
after twenty minutes to an hour of this exercise. The theory is that
there's no "wrong" way to use the full field of vision. The theory
also says that using the "wrong" center on the retina for the image
focus is what leads to the impossibility of actually having a good
focus using any thickness of the lens, and this leads to bad vision.
Ultimately, bad vision is seen as a bad habit of usage.
Getting both eyes _able_ to see simultaneously _does_ give the ability
to voluntarily focus one or the other dominantly -- it's analogous to
closing one eye or the other.
- Lenny Gray -
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