My mothers eyes keep closing involuntarily

I'm wondering if anyone has heard of this? Since two doctors and one
opthamologist have not. My mom, for about 2 months has begun to have
her eyes close when she doesn't want them to, during the day. It's not
related to anything having to do with lack of sleep. They just seem to
want to be closed and she has to keep them open. She now says it's so
hard and irritating trying to keep them open while watching TV that
she just lets them close and listens to the TV.

Of course she is now scared to drive since it seems to be getting
worse.

She is seeing a neurologist in April.

Thanks for any help or suggestions

This is just a manifestation of strain in the mind and the eyes. It
will be cured by following the methods of the normal eye, instructed
in the work of Dr Bates.

Observe how at times when her strain is greatest, the tendency to
close her eyes involuntarily is also worst. Question her about this, I
am certain that she will agree on this. She can learn to stop the
effort and strain and by so doing the problem will eliminate itself.

Remind her that to make an effort to keep her eyes open is futile.
There should never be a forced effort of any kind on her part. If the
eyes want to close, let them close. They are simply, naturally, and
unconsciously trying to escape the strain inflicted on them.

The sun treatment would be a special help, I believe.

Please also encourage your mother to blink often and to always notice
the movement of objects as she goes opposite.

On Mar 11, 1:25 pm, "Mike Tyner" <mty...@mindspring.com> wrote:
> Meant to mention also she should see what happens with a bag of ice over one
> eye for a couple of minutes.
>
> If the eyedrop or the ice bag cause a big improvement, it doesn't mean the
> problem is solved. She should still see the neurologist.
>
> -MT, OD

Hey, Mike....

the OP wrote: "She now says it's so hard and irritating trying to keep
them open while watching TV that she just lets them close and listens
to the TV. "

Makes me think....

When I remove my (fluid-filled scleral) lenses, my eyes pretty much
want to close. In my case, it's pretty clear why: severe dry eyes.

Would you think that's a possible here, too?

If so, I'm wondering whether a "more benign" diagnostic drop -- say, a
preservative-free eye lubricant -- might be a 'better' approach?

TIA,
Neil

Dry eyes is nothing but another way that strain manifests itself in
the individual. Some people react to strain with dry eyes, some with
bilateral ptosis, some with myopia, some with fatigue, etc. It is a
symptom, and relieving the symptom with ice, with eyedrops, or a bag
of ice does not relieve the root - it relieves the stems of the plant,
so to speak, and gives only a temporary satisfaction and a continued
reliance on the external application.

This is evident with the participants of this group; here we have Neil
Brooks, famed with a severe condition of very dry eyes, and continues
to rely on his eye drops or even more strangely, contact lenses
stuffed with a fluid material to simulate the environment of the
eyeball with the highest degree of seamlessness.

Isn't it strange that some go to such lengths to relieve their pain, a
mere symptom, and remain with the original strain which causes it?

It such a simple cycle:
Cure the strain, cure the dry eyes, cure the pain, cure the vision.

On Mar 11, 3:16 pm, Zetsu <absolutelyinvinci...@hotmail.com> wrote:
> Dry eyes is nothing but another way that strain manifests itself in
> the individual. Some people react to strain with dry eyes, some with
> bilateral ptosis, some with myopia, some with fatigue, etc. It is a
> symptom, and relieving the symptom with ice, with eyedrops, or a bag
> of ice does not relieve the root - it relieves the stems of the plant,
> so to speak, and gives only a temporary satisfaction and a continued
> reliance on the external application.
>
> This is evident with the participants of this group; here we have Neil
> Brooks, famed with a severe condition of very dry eyes, and continues
> to rely on his eye drops or even more strangely, contact lenses
> stuffed with a fluid material to simulate the environment of the
> eyeball with the highest degree of seamlessness.
>
> Isn't it strange that some go to such lengths to relieve their pain, a
> mere symptom, and remain with the original strain which causes it?
>
> It such a simple cycle:
> Cure the strain, cure the dry eyes, cure the pain, cure the vision.

That's really odd. My eyes were evaluated with flow cytometry,
confocal microscopy, scanning electron microscopy, rose bengal
staining, a biopsy, fluorescein staining, and a host of other tests.

Nothing in those tests revealed "strain" in any way, shape, or form.

Also funny how many Buddhist monks I have met ... whose daily lives
involve some ten hours of meditation ... who need glasses, have dry
eyes, or other such issues.

Maybe it's strain from a past life? The strain of people suffering in
other countries?

If somebody cuts their finger, is the resultant bleeding just a
"strain" issue??

Meditation, concentration, hypnosis, astral projection.. these are
words that we who truly seek Perfect Sight do not understand or care
for. The methods of the normal eye are neither the strange and cruel
methods of punishing oneself by sitting down for 10 hour periods (and
staring at a candle?). Perhaps this does bring some kind of
enlightenment of the spirit, but it is really very irrelevant to the
matter of strain.

As to someone cutting their finger, the resultant bleeding is a matter
of the law of physics and chemistry.

On Mar 11, 5:04 pm, Zetsu <absolutelyinvinci...@hotmail.com> wrote:
> Meditation, concentration, hypnosis, astral projection.. these are
> words that we who truly seek Perfect Sight do not understand or care
> for. The methods of the normal eye are neither the strange and cruel
> methods of punishing oneself by sitting down for 10 hour periods (and
> staring at a candle?). Perhaps this does bring some kind of
> enlightenment of the spirit, but it is really very irrelevant to the
> matter of strain.

Gee. I dunno. If you do some research, many of these monks can raise
and lower their core temperature, their heart rate, their
respirations, and other things.

> As to someone cutting their finger, the resultant bleeding is a matter
> of the law of physics and chemistry.

But ... you're saying that they eyes don't operate under these same
principles?

And ... your justification/evidence of that IS ... simply ... your
saying that.

Is that right?

Increase respiration, raise your core temperature.. this is all very
well for the monks who possess the ability, and I am awed at them for
such capabilities, but this still is not relevant to the cure of
imperfect sight.

Yes, the eyes also operate under the principles of physics and
chemistry.

Please let us end this bicker - it is not serving to any sense of
worth. I have work to do, goodnight.