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Presentation and Discussion Tuesday, May 9, 2006
Location: Office of
Susan Burns |
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EVENT DESCRIPTION Vision is simple - just open your eyes and you see. You may wonder - why is it that so many people develop vision problems? The professionals - Optometrists and Ophthalmologists base their profession on theories that are more than 150 years old. The official line is that your eyes will get worse as you grow older, and there is nothing you can do about this except wear corrective lenses. They need to be strengthened every so often as your eyesight deteriorates. Not a very promising picture except for one thing - it’s not actually true. At the turn of the century a New York Ophthalmologist by the name of William H. Bates (1860 - 1931) began to question the official line. In his daily work of examining eyes he discovered that eyesight changes all the time. Over the years he began to uncover the natural way of seeing. It began with Bates curing himself from Presbyopia (far-sightedness that comes with age). He went on to cure consistently a whole host of eye problems within a very short time. For example, in 1903 he discovered a simple technique that could prevent most school children from developing near-sightedness (myopia). In 1920 he introduced this into the school system of New Jersey and was able to reduce the incidents of near-sightedness by 70% the first year. The professional community has largely ignored Dr. Bates’ ideas. Today it is mostly people who have been cured using his methods that practice the Bates Method. American novelist Aldus Huxley recovered from near blindness by using Bates methods. He wrote a book about it appropriately titled “The art of seeing, 1943.” The Bates Method also helped the father of Gestalt therapy, Fritz Perls. Dr. R.S. Agarwal has spent a lifetime teaching the Bates Method in India and founded the “School for perfect eyesight” at the Sri Aurobindo Ashram, Pondicherry. Dr. Agarwal has helped thousands of people with all kinds of eye problems including cataracts, double vision, macula degeneration, hyperopia, presbyopia, myopia, astigmatism and so on. For the last 10 years, Leo Angart has taught all around the world his “vision training” method. Leo’s background in NLP, hypnosis, and pranic healing has helped him create a holistic approach that incorporates elements from different traditions in a synergistic manner. Leo’s vision training program includes the use of belief work as well as visualization, relaxation, energy healing and physical exercises derived from the Bates method. Come
and listen to this inspiring author and teacher describe what vision is
about, how vision problems may be reversed and what this vision training has
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