In addition to
visual habit patterns, eyesight is influenced by three other factors. The first is secondary tension
The second is limiting or negative thoughts about vision.
And third is subconscious memories and past emotional decisions.
All these factors combine in each person differently, so each person's vision is affected to a different degree by each one. But it is important to address each one to see what role it has played in your vision. Let's look at each one closely.
a) Secondary Tension
Secondary physical tension is any body tension that limits free movement and functioning of eyes. This tension is usually in upper body – chest, shoulders, neck, head, face and jaw. In fact, people with different eye problems tend to exhibit different patterns of tension.
Nearsighted people, for example, often hold tension in their upper back, shoulders, and base of neck as well as right around eyes.
Farsighted people, on other hand, often tend to experience more tension in front part of upper body – chest, throat and jaw areas.
People with astigmatism are more prone to exhibit twists and imbalances in their posture – as if distortion of eye is mirrored in body. And those people who have a lack of eye coordination or who see differently out of each eye often mirror that in body by exhibiting a lack of skilled eye-hand coordination, or by experiencing a variety of differences between two sides of body.
b) Limiting or Negative Thoughts
The next factor that can affect our vision is limiting and negative thoughts. “I can't see” is obviously most commonly used negative statement. Just think how many times you've said that to yourself – without even really thinking about it – throughout years – “I can't see”, “I can't see without glasses”, “I can't see that”, “I can't see this”, etc. etc.
Most people who have clear vision take it for granted. They don't walk around thinking positive thoughts about their eyes; they just take it for granted. But if a person has a vision problem, they start to develop a set of negative thoughts about their eyes. A whole cluster of negativity about vision begins then.
Now of course, we all want to be honest with ourselves. It would be foolish to tell ourselves we can see something when it isn't clear. But it's very crucial to understand that there is a part of ourselves and our bodies that listens to – and responds to – what we tell ourselves.
Negative thinking tends to reinforce itself. Try using different phrases instead. “My vision is always improving” or “I'm looking for my vision to change”, or “My vision is becoming clearer and clearer everyday” or “I want to see more”. These phrases are all just as “true”, in a sense, but they reinforce possibility of change.
c) Subconscious Memories and Past Emotional Decisions
Unfortunately, it's not as simple as saying “I want to see” and then having your vision become perfectly clear.
That is an important first step but often, it is deeper level – what we hold to be true subconsciously that has most profound affect on how we see. This is another factor that affects vision.
