A manual on the natural care of the eye with exercises to improve eyesight & treat various eye disorders. Also includes letters by Sri Aurobindo on yogic vision
This book, which is a comprehensive manual on the natural care of the eye, starts from the concept that eyesight is intricately connected to the mind and explains how good habits of eye care and mental relaxation can keep the eyes rested and refreshed. It then suggests simple but effective exercises to improve eyesight and treat various eye disorders. There are also chapters on the discoveries of Dr W. H. Bates and the physiology of the eye, as well as case histories, question-and-answer sections, and some letters by Sri Aurobindo on eyesight and yogic vision.
1) Concentration
a. Concentrate on the flame while counting 100 respirations.
b. While concentrating keep the imagination of the flame in the heart or mind.
c. With both eyes and each eye—count 25 respirations.
d. Shift sight from side to side of the flame: then the flame appears to move in the opposite direction.
2) White Line
a. Shift sight on the white lines of Photo Print or Fine Print with blinking in candlelight.
b. Shift sight on white lines in good light and candlelight alternately—3 times.
3) Reading in Candlelight
a. Reading of Fundamentals or Fine Print or
b. Reading of Photoprint.
c. Reading in good light and candlelight alternately.
d. Read and glance at the blank surface alternately.
4) Central Fixation in Candlelight
a. On Om chart—shift sight on the angular lines.
b. Snellen chart—top and bottom or side to side.
c. On Fundamentals or any reading matter—each word appearing darker.
5) Swinging
Put 2 candles nine inches apart, shift sight from one candle to the other and observe that the candles appear to move in the opposite direction.
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