Declining eyesight and the mind's attachment to absolutes

Frederic asks whether there is a spiritual aspect to his worsening eyesight.

The Wonders say that in the past he refused to see things from a spiritual perspective, which affected his sight, and that as he opens to the interconnection of physical, mental, emotional and spiritual his eyesight will begin to improve.

The core issue is his mind's habit of thinking in absolutes: once sight is lost, or one ages, or a limb is lost, the mind declares nothing can be reversed, so he ends up living a life of absolutes.

They note he has loosened his grip on absolutes over the last two to four years and that the attachment to "it can't" is a mind game; the real question is not what can be done but what he chooses.

When he objects that his eyesight worsened during the period he was being less controlling, they answer that being less controlling in one area does not change the mind's psychology about his eyes.

They recommend the Bates method; when he replies that he already uses physical eye exercises that he knows work, they point out that this response is itself the absolute they are describing, and say the exercises will work better the more relaxed, less stressed and more in command he is, but will not truly improve things while he holds on to absolutes.