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.
According to the accepted ideas of eye hygiene. it is important to protect the eyes from a great variety of influences which are often very difficult to avoid, and when people are under their influence, they are thought to be ruining their eyes. Bright lights, artificial lights, dim lights, sudden fluctuations of light, fine print, reading in moving vehicles, reading lying down, etc., have long been considered "bad for the eyes". These ideas are diametrically opposed to the truth. When the eyes are properly used, vision under adverse conditions becomes an actual benefit, because a greater degree of relaxation is required to see under such conditions than under more favourable ones. It is true that the conditions in question may at first cause discomfort. even to persons with normal vision; but a careful study of the facts has demonstrated that only persons with imperfect sight can seriously suffer from them, and if such persons practise central fixation, they quickly become accustomed to them and derive great benefit from them. Hence persons of defective eyesight ought to be educated to use the eyes properly with gentle blinking under adverse conditions for a greater benefit.
Expose the eyes to the morning sun for a few minutes daily to make the eyes strong.
Go to the movies to accustom yourself to sudden fluctuations of light. This will prove very useful.
Reading in a bright light and dim light alternately, or going from a dark room to a well lighted room, and vice versa are very beneficial.
Reading Fine Print daily is extremely beneficial.
Reading in moving vehicles helps in improving the sight.
Reading in a lying posture is very delightful. Anyone who can read lying down without discomfort is not likely to have any difficulty reading under ordinary conditions.
The fact is that vision under difficult conditions is a good mental training. The mind may be disturbed at first by the unfavourable environment; but after it has become accustomed to such environments, the mental control and the eyesight are improved.
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