Duality That Takes Your Breath Away
by Irena Castle
RIVALRY vs. PARTNERSHIP
Duality is often regarded as polarization, describing things, events or emotions on the very opposite sides of the spectrum. Black and white. Good and bad. Fast and slow. In all things vision, duality is about partnership. The whole cannot be achieved without the parts being present, equal, and harmonized. Too much of one weakens the other, which at the end ends up in less than the whole. Rivalry prevents the desired state from taking place. I am, of course, talking about dual, or binocular vision.
Binocular vision is what gives our world depth, what makes us recognize distances between relative objects and what allows us to estimate speed. As the name suggests, two eyes are required for such vision to be available, and their participation in the seeing process must be balanced. Too much of one eye and not enough of the other leaves the image we see somewhat skewed. So how do you know where your vision stands?
TEST IT, HERE AND NOW
If you wear vision aids, take them off. Cover one eye with the back of your hand and look at the world in front of you. Notice the shapes, colors and sizes of objects. Then do the same with the other eye. Were your surroundings brighter with one eye than the other? Were the objects bigger when viewed with one vs. the other? What about the distance at which a chosen object appears? Same with the right eye as with the left? Now look again with both eyes. What has changed? Has the world deepened?
If things look different with each eye, or if looking with both eyes adds little to your visual perception, consider re-balancing your eyes. The steps presented down below not only improve your 3D vision, but help with prevention of visual ailments that come with the lifestyle we live.
BINOCULAR SEEING
You most likely know that our field of view is formed of two mono vision fields, of which one belongs to the left eye and one to the right eye. Each mono vision field covers a horizontal span of about 155 degrees. The area where the two vision fields overlap is about 120 degrees, 60 degrees to each side of the nose (when looking forward). That is where both eyes see together and where we view objects in three dimensions.
START SEEING 3D
In the process of seeing it is quite common for one eye to be participating more than the other. Additionally one eye may be looking at one part of the object of interest while the other eye’s focus is on its different part. It is unlikely for you to be doing this intentionally. The good news is that once you are made aware of it, it is a relatively simple behavior to fix.
So, to start seeing the world in 3D, bring your eyes to par, then harmonize their interactions.
ACTIVATE THE EYES
EQUALIZE THEIR ACUITY (naturally, not with glasses or contact lenses)
ENSURE THEY ARE BOTH LOOKING AT THE EXACT SAME SPOT
There are various videos available on the internet to help you get started. There are classes to teach you the whole breadth of vision improvement. If you want something in between, a more structured guidance but not a course, check out the superpowers of the Clarity Eyesight Trainer by Overbound. This one of a kind tool will speed up the practice process while providing direction to your journey.
Take the first step and you will be rewarded with a dimension of the world that will take your breath away.
May your eyesight be boundless.
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