Yoga of Perfect Sight

The Optician and the Doctor

What is God?

God is Perfection.

Dr. J. does not believe in God.

But he believes in perfection of man and his conception is quite right within his own spheres. Everyone has a different conception of God so long as he does not realise Him in himself.

We had a long discussion about the existence of God.

The existence of God cannot be known by discussions, it can be known only by realisation. One can speak as much in favour as against.

What is perfection?

Do you lose your temper sometimes or get depressed.

Yes.

It means loss of mental control, an imperfection. Perfect mental control under all conditions of life is an aspect of perfection. Such a perfection is possible by Integral Yoga, by the realisation of God in oneself and in others.

Why did you leave your practice and settle here in the Ashram?

Such was the call in me and this has greatly benefited myself as well as my sons.

Is it really true that defective eyesight can be improved without glasses?

Almost all the ophthalmologists of the world believe that there is neither prevention nor cure for the errors of refraction. Don't you believe then that ophthalmic science is yet in a very imperfect stage?

Yes.

Dr. W.H. Bates of America realised this very early in his practice; so through a series of experiments and observations he found the fallacies of the orthodox practitioners and proved by experiments and clinical treatment that defective eyesight could be improved without glasses by eye education and mental relaxation.

My wife suffers from a severe headache after driving.
Eye specialists find no fault with her general condition.

Yet there is some fault otherwise why should she suffer?

Can you cure her?

Yes, in three days.

Can you show me some cases who have been benefited by your methods of eye education?

Here are cases of myopia, hypermetropia, presbyopia and early cataract. You may talk to them and satisfy yourself.

Yes, I am convinced. Is there any book on this subject?

Here are Mind and Vision, Better Sight, Care of Eyes. Would you like to put these book in your optic shop.

No, Doctor, this will go against our profession, but I will bring my wife for treatment. You recommend fine print reading, but will it not cause strain?

Dr. Bates has made many remarkable discoveries relative to the prevention and cure of imperfect sight without the aid of glasses. The most remarkable discovery is this:

Fine Print is a Benefit to the Eye. Large Print is a Menace.

Fine print cannot be read well unless the eyes are relaxed. Reading fine print in good light and candlelight alternately is extremely beneficial to prevent and cure all sorts of eye defects. Any one can test this truth and fact.

What is the aim of this School for Perfect Eyesight?

It trains people how to get rid of eye troubles. It will create doctors of new thought and new knowledge to help the suffering humanity.

It is time that some doctors should carefully study Dr. Bates' works and repeat his experiments if necessary. If one discards his works without proper study, then surely the person is not a true scientist, he is like a religionist who believes in particular dogmas.

One more question: can God be seen?

Yes, but not with these external eyes; for that, one has to develop the inner eye or the divine eye.