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.
It is a fact that glasses have greatly helped many persons who cannot see well at a distance or near, but this is also true that glasses have become an added torture to increase pain and suffering and loss of sight in many cases. The fast deterioration in eyesight and the development of some serious complications are not prevented by the use of glasses, injections and pills. Therefore, the number of blind people goes on increasing in spite of all possible medical aid.
Why is This So? It is because the whole conception about the causes of errors of refraction is based on fallacies. When the sight begins to deteriorate, there must be some cause for it. And the cause is always an effort to see or strain. Glasses neutralize the effect but don't relieve the cause of trouble. So in some cases the cause continues increasing much by the use of glasses, hence the sight fails and some serious complications arise.
Almost all these cases of threatened blindness can be greatly benefited by eye education and mental relaxation. If the children and adults are taught about the proper use of eyes and relaxation, most of the defects of eyesight will fade away in a natural way.
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