CurlyGirl,
I know that Corinne and Oscar are trying these natural methods to better their eyesight and apparently, there's a theory that you are somehow psychologically responsible for your eyesight.
I don't want to ridicule their theory because they seem to be really convinced, but is there any scientific basis to this? I highly doubt it. So as we say in China, it's true if you believe it's true. No one is going to argue with that.
To me, extreme myopia is usually linked to genetics. And then, you seem very intelligent and learned and spend a lot of time in front of the computer screen, so that can contribute too. Isn't it disempowering to say that you are near-sighted because you don't want to see? If you had to choose belief systems (I personally "believe"
that all belief systems are limiting to some degree), isn't it much better to have empowering ones?
When I was a kid, there was a Qi Gong master who came to the Chinese physicists' community (my dad was a physicist) for a demonstration. He was able to make a man stand up and run around from his wheelchair and create mass hypnosis. Afterwards, we went to see if he can work on people's eyesight with energy, and he said that he had not been able to find a miracle solution, he himself wore glasses. I really appreciated his honesty. The point is that if there's a miracle solution, we would have already heard about it right? Of course there are basic things like massage and eye movement exercises that you can do to relax your eyes, and correct what we called "false myopia"(myopia caused by stress or fatigue), and in China, we actually learn them in school, which is really cool! Myopia is a national affliction in China
, but it's not a handicap! The only miracle that I know are laser surgeries which you may or may not decide to undergo. Anyhow, I just find that a little bit of New Age theorizing is great if it's amusing, but if it's to beat ourselves up because we have a real physical problem, it's kind of useless and counterproductive.
I haven't read extensively Suzuki, but am very influenced by Chinese zen and Taoist thoughts, as well Advaida and non-dualist philosophies. It's definitely a challenge to integrate all that when we are in a hyper-competitive and stressful environment, like where I'm at with my thesis even though I really enjoy what I work on. When I turn this in, I am too going to have a hard talk with myself in order to realign my goals with my true desire. It's kind of a fine-tuning process for me, with some drastic changes that can be truly discomforting. But I try to be at least honest with myself, and that includes saying that my procrastination has not always empowered me
