Yoga of Perfect Sight

Cataract

Cataract is a form of imperfect sight in which the lens of the eye becomes opaque. It usually begins after the age of fifty, and may progress in the course of a year or longer to complete blindness. But in some cases cataract develops very slowly; such a cataract is usually due to eye strain and can be greatly benefited by proper treatment.

If a nucleated eyeball of an animal is squeezed with the aid of fingers, an opacity of the lens at once appears. When the squeeze is relieved, the lens at once becomes apparently perfectly clear.

There are two oblique and four straight or recti muscles on the outside of the eyeball. The pressure of the two oblique muscles causes lengthening of the eyeball while the four recti muscles shorten the eyeball by their contraction. The pressure of the muscles can cause hardness of the eyeball and formation of cataract also.

To obtain good vision, eye doctors remove the opaque lens by an operation. After the removal of the lens, the vision is materially improved by the use of strong glasses. But in many cases the good vision obtained after the operation does not remain good. In some cases without any apparent cause inflamation of the interior parts of the eye develops and is followed by serious loss of vision. All such cases can be greatly benefited if after the operation they can practise sun treatment and palming two or three times a day. They may read some small print also daily with their reading glasses. Such a treatment will prevent the loss of vision after the operation.

Cataract patients in the early stage can be cured partially or completely, especially when the development of cataract is slow, by eye education and mental relaxation. But if relaxation treatment fails to prevent and cure cataract we should consider this fact an evidence that strain is not the cause of the cataract.

Treatment. The vision of cataract patients improves by sun treatment and after palming, when the patient learns how to do it in the right way. Application of Resolvent 200 just before sun treatment helps in the treatment. But if the cataract has matured, it needs an operation.

Treatment which brings about relaxation in the eyes and mind has cured cataract after several months or longer. Among the many methods of treatment is a development of good memory and imagination. Practice of long swing and central fixation greatly helps when there is increased tension also.

When the patient is able to remember and imagine something perfectly, the vision is quickly improved, but if the same patient stares or makes an effort to see, the vision always becomes worse. This suggests a cure. But the great difficulty in many old persons is this that they find it difficult to relax sufficiently and they continue the habit of staring or straining the eyes. If they can learn the simple process of blinking and palming. they will find definite improvement.

Some cases of cataract acquire the ability to read fine print without glasses. When such patients are recommended to read fine print many times a day, the cataract becomes less and the vision improves. These cases are greatly benefited when they learn how to concentrate on a candle flame while counting one hundred respirations. The practice of reading fine print in good light and in candlelight proves very helpful in the prevention and cure of cataract. Shifting the sight on white lines of tine print without any effort to read is a quick method to improve the sight in early cataract patients.