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re: Recommended Reading - FitEyes.com Book Club

Dave — Sat, 22 Nov 2008 19:36:00 GMT

Marcel just emailed me a list of books Tolle recommends:

Macroshift: Navigating the Transformation to a Sustainable World:1

The Great Work: Our Way into the Future:

The Great Turning: From Empire to Earth Community:

Evening Thoughts, by Thomas Berry

Ecopsychology: Restoring the Earth, Healing the Mind by Allen Kanner,

Theodore Roszak and Mary Gomes

The Voice of the Earth: An Exploration of Ecopsychology by Theodore Roszak

Green Psychology: Transforming Our Relationship to the Earth by Ralph Metzner

World As Lover, World As Self , by Joanna Macy

When Corporations Rule the World, by David Korten

The Last Hours of Ancient Sunlight: The Fate of the World and What We Can

Do Before It's Too Late, by Thom Hartmann

Earth in the Balance: Ecology and the Human Spirit by Al Gore

An Inconvenient Truth: The Crisis of Global Warming by Al Gore

Peak Everything: Waking Up to the Century of Declines by Richard Heinberg

re: Recommended Reading - FitEyes.com Book Club

Dave — Tue, 18 Nov 2008 16:43:12 GMT

Dora- thanks for your comment. I think all FitEyes.com users would benefit from reading "Loving What Is."

Here is another book I like:

www.amazon.com/.../0940985853

This is about using a Neti Pot. I think this is helpful for glaucoma patients.

re: Recommended Reading - FitEyes.com Book Club

Dora1 — Tue, 18 Nov 2008 11:16:22 GMT

I've started reading "Loving What Is " ; what a wonderful book.

re: Speedy Changes in My IOP

Dora1 — Fri, 07 Nov 2008 22:51:13 GMT

Thanks Dave,

Even before I knew I had glaucoma, and even before I had ever heard of it. I suspected that something wasn't quite right with my eyes. When they would feel "tense" and I would see halos , they would immediately disappear after a session at the gym. How can I learn about Serene Impulses and Bates vision techniques?

re: Anyone Have Experience With MicroAcupuncture?

Cotte — Tue, 04 Nov 2008 12:05:45 GMT

What happens if the famous Dr. Otte who offers the world these great treatments is not a doctor afterall. He is not even an Acupuncturist. Never went to school and purchased his diplomas upon arrival in the United States, and the receipts are available pending an investigation. Then we are all truly guinea pigs aren't we? Who do we turn to then? Our Attornies?

re: Speedy Changes in My IOP

Dave — Thu, 30 Oct 2008 14:24:11 GMT

Dora - I'm glad to hear of your success with exercise. I hear a lot of reports from people who see significant IOP reductions immediately after exercise. The dramatic reduction in IOP is usually very short term, but there is also a moderate reduction in IOP that seems to persist, as I think you are reporting. Keep up the good work! :)

I have found that even moderate walking can be effective in reducing IOP if one uses a few techniques in conjunction with the walking. I plan to blog about this in the future. But to quickly summarize now, walk slowly in a relaxed manner and practice Serene Impulse while walking. One can also practice Bates vision techniques while walking. If your mind is settled and calm (which results from Serene Impulse) and you walk in a very relaxed manner (which usually means a slow pace) for at least an hour, you will get a nice IOP reduction from walking. This IOP reduction seems to be similar in magnitude and duration to the IOP reduction that persists from more intense exercise.

re: Speedy Changes in My IOP

Dora1 — Thu, 30 Oct 2008 05:26:12 GMT

In the past I would exercise at least four times a day and during that time my pressures were acceptable and the optic nerve reasonable. The past couple of years my exercise routine had slowed a little and my pressures had risen. I have recently been trying to exercise more often again, I notice that exercise that really raises my heart beat is the most beneficial. Moderate walking doesn't really do much. Yesterday I visited my Optometrist to take my pressure and it was 13 ! I was so happy its never been that low. In a couple of months I'll be going back to the hospital to see the specialists but I don't look forward to those visits : (

re: World Epidemic of Blindness to Reality Because of Myopic Perceptions

Dora1 — Thu, 09 Oct 2008 11:23:26 GMT

Its funny that what the specialists see and what I see are two completely different things. They can only go by what the machine tells them, but I go by what my spirit tells me. It does take a while but eventually we learn to appreciate much more than we would have without glaucoma.

re: World Epidemic of Blindness to Reality Because of Myopic Perceptions

Dave — Wed, 08 Oct 2008 21:15:07 GMT

>If glaucoma has taught me anything it has taught me to "see " things

>rather than "look" ,

> to "feel" rather than "touch", and to use my heart and brain

> instead of my eyes to understand what it really there.

Dora - that's a very nice comment. Something similar happened to me. Before glaucoma, I had gone through most of my life without really seeing and appreciating everything around me. Now, even with optic nerve damage, I really do see and appreciate the world much more!

re: World Epidemic of Blindness to Reality Because of Myopic Perceptions

Dora1 — Wed, 08 Oct 2008 21:06:33 GMT

If glaucoma has taught me anything it has taught me to "see " things rather than "look" , to "feel" rather than "touch", and to use my heart and brain insted of my eyes to understand what it really there.

re: Speedy Changes in My IOP

Dave — Mon, 06 Oct 2008 16:35:55 GMT

Dora1 - thanks. It does sound like you are on the right track. And the path doesn't have to be a long one. Nor is it necessarily a difficult one. It can be as simple as remembering our true self and letting our ego be set aside.

re: Speedy Changes in My IOP

Dora1 — Mon, 06 Oct 2008 09:53:07 GMT

Dave, of course I don't mind using me as an example, I believe it is a blessing finding this site as it confirms all the thoughts and beliefs that I have had for a very long time. Denial for me initially worked because I wasn't ready to confront my fears of having glaucoma, so I didn't think about it and focused on being physically active. Sometimes with acceptance comes negativity, but acceptance with inner strength which is what I almost have now can help me overcome glaucoma. I have a long way to go to reach the place that you have found but I am certainly on the right track.

re: Speedy Changes in My IOP

Dave — Sun, 05 Oct 2008 17:21:40 GMT

Dora1 - I hope you don't mind me using you as an example for a discussion that would be pertinent to all of us. This issue I want to raise is this:

What we resist persists.

This is something I continue to benefit from understanding and practicing and reminders about it are always beneficial to me. I hope a reminder is beneficial to you and others reading FitEyes.com.

Are you fighting for your sight? Are you trying to "beat this thing"? Are you resisting surgery? We can all ask ourselves these same questions.

Embracing glaucoma is an essential part of the healing process. See this article:

fiteyes.com/.../Embrace-Evolve-Exceed

You might also want to check out these:

fiteyes.com/.../We_2D00_Have_2D00_Chosen_2D00_Glaucoma

fiteyes.com/.../think-again

Eye surgery can be a viable solution for many people. In my opinion (subject to change), the alternative to eye surgery is ego surgery. If you can do ego surgery on yourself successfully, my experience indicates you will dramatically affect your IOP for the better.

re: Speedy Changes in My IOP

Dora1 — Sun, 05 Oct 2008 09:38:37 GMT

I do have optic nerve damage, but my pressures are rarely under 15. I really don't want to have surgery, and tell the doctors this each time I see them. Am I crazy? That's why I like this site because it gives me hope that I can kinda beat this thing without surgery. I am on three types of drops twice a day.

re: World Epidemic of Blindness to Reality Because of Myopic Perceptions

Dave — Sat, 04 Oct 2008 19:40:46 GMT

Andrea - there are several options for posting photos of your garden. I'll describe one below:

First, put your photos on a photo sharing site such as Flickr. Then start a new thread in the General Discussions Forum on FitEyes.com. Maybe you could title it "Images that are a joy to see". When you write a new forum post, you will see an icon that looks like a tree - clicking this will bring up a dialog that allows you to insert an image.