Seeing is believing

(Part 2)

Liberated! Triumphant! Those words sum up how I feel having been freed from the hassles, discomforts and inconveniences that wearing eyeglasses brings.

Remember my self-avowed goal to restore my eyesight to its normal level in Part 1 of this article? Well, I am happy and proud to say that I successfully did just that! And even much ahead of my self-imposed deadline of December this year. Last Sept. 20, I attended a refresher course, conducted free for one year for course graduates of the "Seeing Naturally" seminar. After fully rehashing the exercises, techniques and tips, I decided to try reading without eyeglasses that night.

I literally leaped for joy! The results far exceeded my expectations — I was able to read even the fine prints of the book I was reading. Since that eventful, unforgettable moment, I have not touched, much more used my eyeglasses that are now in the vault of things past, ready for donation.

The feeling of having full control over my eyesight is amazingly wonderful. I am excitedly elated to share such discovery with all the eyeglasses-wearing readers out there, hoping that they, too, could be helped in restoring their eyesight to its normal grade without drugs, eyeglasses or surgery.

Undeniably, there is an interrelation between body, mind and vision. Achieving a state of dynamic relaxation is the anchor, the rock upon which natural vision hinges. The same correct vision habits of natural seeing we had when our vision was clear, and the same habits people with perfect sight have can actually be re-learned!

Stop, look and see: The sun, a good source of vitamin D and energy, is a vital component for good eyesight. Staying under the early morning sun with closed eyelids for about 15 minutes daily can help rebuild light tolerance and color intensity.

The course, conducted by Jelly Virata, adopts Dr. Bates’ universally-known method of natural vision movements such as sketching and centralizing, enhanced by palming, acupressure points and self-massage. All these, when done together, are like shafts of sunlight in the dark — they can most effectively release chronic tensions from the eyes, neck and shoulder muscles.

Other important and helpful eyesight habits to correct our vision are:

• Blinking — as soft as the wings of a butterfly every two to three seconds;

• Shifting constantly from one point to another, seeing one point best and all other parts around it less clearly — this is called centralizing.

• Imagining a stationary object moving in the direction opposite to the head movement, as both the eyes and head move all the time.

Practicing the above eyesight habits consciously at all times until they become subconscious habits is the key to attaining normal vision. If blinking and shifting are the best exercises for the eyes, staring and straining to see are the worst.

Our Greatest Healer, in His magnanimity, gifted us with curative and restorative eyesight powers that all we need is to properly and correctly harness them to see clearly in all distances. Read easily without blur, strain or fatigue. See and appreciate the mystical, magical wonders of nature and people around us ... naturally. Jerry Virata can be reached at tel. no. 893-1893 or cell phone 0917-4810961.