3. Why You Have Not Heard of Vision Therapy?

Our modern culture pushes our eyes to its limit and in ways that it is not designed to work. Without understanding how our eyes work, we have the potential to misuse them. The current eye care industry allow us to pass our eye care responsibility into the hands of eye doctors. This makes it easy for us to go about our busy daily lives oblivious to the problems we are causing the eyes. When our eyesight continue to deteriorate or if we get an eye disease, we feel helpless since there are very few alternative apart from those prescribed by the doctors. It is no wonder that the eye care industry has grown into the multi-billion dollar business that it is today.

Sadly, the fact is that eye care is a big business and this business cannot exist without demand for its services. Logically, a business will market their products and services as the best way to resolve your problems. They must show how effortless and effective their products are in treating the vision problem and guarantee that you will return year after year in desperate need of their services. If they happen to show how “impossible” it is to improve our eyesight through amazingly confusing detailed scientific research and studies, it is likely you will not search for an alternative. You trust their expertise. If you do stumble onto an alternate remedy, you might have serious doubt of its authenticity without the “scientific proof” stamped by some professional eye organization.

Vision training has been around for hundreds of years. Most of us do not seek them because we are lead to believe that once our vision blurs, only corrective lenses can help us see clearly again. If we stumble upon one, we probably do not notice it because most of us would not worry about our health until a serious problem force us to seek help.

Many forces fight to shape our view of the world and compete for our business. The optical industry has dominated our view of eye care for over a century and has made us dependent on their product and services. Our dependence has increased vision problems and eye diseases to epidemic levels. It has also shielded us from looking at the underlining problem and learning the skills that can improve our eyesight naturally. This book will help to shape your understanding of eye health, and break down any barrier that prevents you from taking control of your vision problems. Knowledge and action will enable each of us to take responsibility for our eyesight so that we experience life through naturally vibrant vision and healthy eyes.

Summary

The eye care industry is a mixed blessing. On the one hand, their easy remedy allow many of us to continue living a productive life. On the other hand, the remedy cause dependence and worsens the problem. Nearsightedness is a symptom of habitually misusing our eyes. Given an easy way out, we do not learn the necessary skills to use our eyes properly. Only by taking responsibility to learn, practice and master the skills can we improve our eyesight and prevent potential eye disease.