The proposed method for vision restoration is based on non-medical approaches and aims at the overall health improvement of the body, including the elimination of bad habits such as laziness, irritability, smoking, and alcohol consumption. Vladimir Zhdanov, president of the International Association of Psychoanalysts, claims that anyone wearing glasses can take them off and restore their vision to a level comparable to or even exceeding that of wearing glasses, with the help of special exercises. This approach involves reconsidering traditional ideas about eye function, in particular, challenging Helmholtz's theory of image focusing through changes in the lens's curvature.

General Health Improvement and Elimination of Stupidity

The proposed method is universal and allows a person not only to restore health and vision but also to get rid of "stupidity in the head" that hinders life. Harmful habits that are proposed to be eliminated include laziness, irritability, smoking, and alcohol consumption.

Vladimir Georgievich Zhdanov, a professor at the Siberian Institute of Humanities and Ecology and president of the International Association of Psychoanalysts, calls his listeners "comrades-in-arms." He is confident that the joint struggle for the restoration of health and vision, both for oneself and for children and grandchildren, is part of the struggle for the health improvement of the country.

Zhdanov's association is part of the movement for spiritual and physical revival, as well as for a sober and healthy lifestyle. Within the framework of this association, a network of "people's health universities" has been established across the country, where people are helped by non-medical methods.

Spiritual and Mental Restoration

The restoration of spiritual and mental health is a consequence of the overall healing of the body. Physical health, including vision, can be restored through non-medical methods. Anyone who wears glasses can take them off and restore their vision with special exercises. This allows one to start seeing without glasses.

Vision Like With Glasses, and Even Better

Restoring vision to a level comparable to wearing glasses, or even surpassing it, is an achievable goal. This lecture focuses on examining the mechanisms of the human eye, the causes of vision deterioration, the harm from wearing glasses, and the potential dangers associated with poor eyesight.

A Simple Method for Improving Vision

A simple and accessible set of eye exercises is proposed. This set allows anyone who wears glasses to take them off, improve their eye health, and start seeing without glasses at the same level as with glasses, or even better. Before describing the exercises, a brief theoretical part will be presented to understand the principles of operation.

How the Eye Works and Why It's Possible

Approximately 180 years ago, the German physicist and physiologist Hermann von Helmholtz hypothesized about the workings of the human eye. Helmholtz suggested that the human eye is spherical in shape.

Anatomy of the Eye: Sphere Shape and Retina

The eye is spherical in shape. In the front part of the eye is the lens, which is a biconvex lens. Around the lens is the circular ciliary muscle. According to Helmholtz's theory, when the ciliary muscle is relaxed, the lens becomes flat.

Image Location on the Retina

A clear image of distant objects is formed on the retina of the eye. A relaxed eye with a flattened lens provides clear vision of distant objects. According to the laws of geometric optics, the focus of the eye's optical system is positioned such that the image of a distant object falls precisely on the retina.

The Problem of Image Focusing

To see nearby objects, the optical system of the eye must change its parameters. Helmholtz hypothesized that humans contract the ciliary muscle for this purpose. This muscular contraction squeezes the lens from all sides, making it more convex and altering its curvature. The change in the lens's curvature leads to a change in its focal length.

Changing the Lens's Focal Length

When the shape of the lens changes, its focal length decreases. This causes the focus to shift inward in the eye. An eye with a convex lens is capable of seeing close objects well. According to the laws of geometric optics, a clear image of close objects is formed beyond the focus of the optical system. In this case, the image of a close object is formed beyond the focus.

Precise Focus on the Retina

For clear vision of distant objects, it is necessary for the image to focus precisely on the retina. This process is achieved by relaxing the ciliary muscle, which leads to the flattening of the lens. In this state, the eye is capable of clearly seeing distant objects. To focus on near objects, the ciliary muscle tenses, making the lens more convex.

The Helmholtz Question and Peculiarities of Vision

Helmholtz hypothesized that in some individuals, the ciliary muscle tenses, making the lens more convex. He believed that in such people, this muscle does not relax properly. Helmholtz termed these individuals myopic. They see well up close but poorly at a distance.

Clear Imaging of Distant Objects

A clear image of a distant object is formed in the focal plane of an optical system. In the case of myopia, this clear image is located inside the eye, and an unclear, blurred spot is formed on the retina. Hermann von Helmholtz proposed compensating for myopia using a biconcave negative (minus) lens in eyeglasses.

Focal Length and the Eye's Optical System

The focal length of an optical system, composed of a concave lens and a convex lens, increases. Eyeglasses return the focus to the retina of the eye, allowing nearsighted individuals wearing minus lenses to see distant objects clearly. For 180 years, ophthalmologists have been prescribing minus lenses for nearsighted individuals.

Glasses and Their Impact on Vision

Glasses are often recommended for constant wear. People with myopia experience a problem related to this condition. According to Helmholtz, the function of the ciliary muscle weakens with age in many people. This leads to changes in vision.

Consequences of Wearing Glasses: A Flattened Lens

Wearing glasses causes the eye's lens to become flat. In this state, the lens's focus is on the retina, allowing a person with classic farsightedness to see distant objects well. However, a problem arises when there's a need to examine something up close. Focusing on near objects requires making the lens more convex by compressing it. The muscle responsible for this compression loses sufficient strength. As a result, a person looking at a book cannot obtain a clear image.

Image Out of Focus Due to Glasses

The image of letters is formed behind the focal point of the optical system. In such a case, an unclear, blurred spot is formed on the retina. Helmholtz proposed compensating for hyperopia using a biconvex positive eyeglass lens. The focal length of the system, consisting of the convex lens and the eye, changes.

Optical Power of Lenses and the Crystalline Lens

When using glasses with plus lenses, the optical power of the crystalline lens decreases. Glasses with plus lenses move the focal point inside the eye, allowing farsighted individuals to see well up close. For 180 years, ophthalmologists have prescribed plus glasses for farsighted patients for reading and close-up work.

Farsightedness: Who is Affected?

Farsightedness, or hyperopia, is a condition in which a person has difficulty focusing on close objects. Professor of Ophthalmology William Bates, an American scientist, noted that farsightedness can be overcome.

The Story of a Doctor and His Observations

After graduating from medical school, Dr. Beitz worked as an ophthalmologist for five years. During this period, he came to the conclusion that the results of his work were horrifying. All patients who were prescribed glasses showed a deterioration in their vision as a result of wearing them. Glasses did not restore the vision of any of his patients.

The Question of Vision's Nature

Physician William Bates, observing patients receiving glasses, noticed that their vision deteriorated over time, forcing them to acquire stronger lenses. He also discovered that some patients who went without glasses for a month or two experienced improved vision.

Bates dedicated 30 years to studying the workings of the human eye, using a retinoscope to determine eye parameters and observe vision changes in people with various impairments. Based on his research, he concluded that Hermann von Helmholtz's theory of vision, which posits that images are focused by the ciliary muscle and changes in the lens's curvature, was incorrect.

According to Bates, an image in the eye is formed similarly to how it happens in a camera, by changing the length of the eye itself. The six extraocular muscles play the primary role in accommodation (focusing).

When all six extraocular muscles are relaxed, the eye assumes a spherical shape due to internal pressure, and the lens's focus falls on the retina, ensuring clear distance vision. For near vision, the longitudinal muscles relax, and the transverse muscles compress the eye from top and bottom, elongating it forward. This alters the focal length, allowing for clear vision of nearby objects. When returning focus to a distance, the transverse muscles relax, and the longitudinal muscles return the eye to its spherical shape.

Bates defined myopia as a condition where the eye's transverse muscles remain tense, compressing the eye and elongating it forward even when not required. This can be caused by prolonged visual strain, stress, or injuries. Wearing minus lenses, according to Bates, hinders the relaxation of these muscles and can lead to further vision deterioration.

Hyperopia, according to Bates, occurs with age due to the weakening of the transverse muscles and potential strain on the longitudinal muscles. This prevents the eye from compressing and elongating forward to focus on near objects. Plus lenses, in his opinion, exacerbate this problem as the transverse muscles cease to function, replaced by the optical power of the lens.

Bates also investigated strabismus, considering it a consequence of uneven tension or weakening of the extraocular muscles, caused by fright or trauma. He was against surgical intervention and proposed exercises to relax tense muscles and train weakened ones.

Astigmatism, according to Bates, is also related to the improper functioning of the extraocular muscles, which exert uneven pressure on the eye, disrupting its symmetrical shape and distorting the path of optical rays. Muscle relaxation and the restoration of the eye's spherical shape, in his opinion, eliminate astigmatism.

Bates developed a system of exercises for natural vision restoration, based on principles observed from Native Americans. His method, over 100 years old, aims to relax tense muscles and train weakened ones.

Reasons for the Bates method's limited recognition include financial interests (billions of dollars in annual profits from the sale of glasses and lenses), the inertia of the medical system which continues to rely on Helmholtz's theory, and the necessity for the patient to actively work on their own vision.

Bates asserted that glasses cause double harm: they prevent the transverse muscles from working by replacing their function, and they immobilize the eyes, leading to deconditioning of the longitudinal muscles.

Glaucoma and cataracts, according to Bates, are consequences of stagnant conditions in the eyes caused by impaired extraocular muscle function and reduced blood supply. His eye exercise method, aimed at restoring muscle function and blood circulation, can help in these cases.

The Bates method is psycho-educational, not medical, and requires teaching the patient to remove glasses, relax, and train their muscles.

Bates believed that myopic individuals with an elongated forward eye and tense retina are contraindicated for many sports and professions due to the risk of retinal detachment. He also noted the danger of natural childbirth for women with high myopia.

He emphasized that glasses and contact lenses are a dead end, leading to further vision deterioration and blindness. The only way to preserve vision is to master eye hygiene, which includes exercises and rest.

As auxiliary aids to accelerate vision recovery, Bates recommended propolis and blueberry extract with bee pollen, as well as the preparation "Vitom" to strengthen immunity.