Beyond 20 / 20 Vision

Natural help for Eye Disease

Roberto Kaplan — Sun, 20 Nov 2011 16:35:49 +0000

I receive many inquiries about natural approaches for dealing with an eye disease condition. In the case of a viral or bacterial infection, the conventional approach are anti-biotics. Here is a photograph demonstrating that using natural anti-biotic frequency approach can produce good results in a short time of a few days.

Think Different – See Deep! Thanks Steve Jobs.

Roberto Kaplan — Fri, 07 Oct 2011 11:50:08 +0000

Steve Job’s death offers many of us a chance to reflect on the impact this man and his company had on the lives of millions around the world. My photography, and work with eyes would never have reached such depths had it not been for the intuitive interface of Macs and the Apple slogan “Think Different!” I did, and Steve helped me “See Deep,” to think differently about eye problems. For this I am forever thankful. May your new journey Steve be peaceful and equally creative.

I stepped ‘out of the box, and saw eye problems differently.

Roberto Kaplan — Sat, 01 Oct 2011 13:42:15 +0000

In this presentation Dr. Roberto Kaplan, A Board Certified Specialist in Vision Therapy, talks about the confined conditions of ‘in the box’ medicine for the eyes. A new paradigm of understanding the integrated nature of vision emerges by stepping out of the box and seeing fresh perspectives.

Only Age 6 and already -7.00 and -6.00?

Roberto Kaplan — Fri, 26 Aug 2011 22:19:58 +0000

I received this letter from a reader today:

“dear robetokaplan,

I congratulate you and appreciate your new innovative approach towards the myopic vision patient and i was so happy while searching for a solution for good eye sight without glasses., i saw your website beyond 20/20 .,,,,it is like a god send solution for my child.,

my son is six years ,

he is unable to see black board in the school

he goes very near to watch television

he sits on to the computer and goes very near to operate it

we had a test with optometrist diagnosed with high minus power(-7 and -6)

now, my doubt is how do i save him from wearing the glasses and improve his eye sight

your valuable suggestion/recommendation/ will help my son to save his eye sight

thanking you in anticipation

regards from india”

What shall the family do? What solutions are there for them? Is there an EyeCode® fitness program for children? In this blog post, I will attempt to answer these questions and offer concrete suggestions for this family in India.

Firstly, there are new assumptions that are necessary to understand:

i) This nearsightedness problem for a six year old is also a family problem. The child’s activities, especially computer or smart phone games, need to be monitored by the parents. Every twenty minutes, the child should take a one minute break and practice looking into the distance, breathing and stretching the arms up with a loud noisy wide mouthed yawn. This increases the cerebral-spinal fluid flow as well as reduce tension in the temporal mandibular joint.

ii) Nearsighted behaviour, like how one speaks and processes information from thoughts instead of integrating feelings can be encouraged by the family members to each other. Begin each sentence with the qualifier: “What I feel about this situation or questions is………….” Also, examine where your son demonstrates fear. Talk to him about this feelings and also see if there is any family dynamic that is leading to fear perceptions in your son.

iii) Different lens strength glasses can be used for different distances. For a 6 year old, it is highly unlikely that a full strength lens prescription is needed. A weaker lens of between +1.00 and +1.50 over the distance spherical lens can be considered for school work, reading, computers and walking around. Then some time can be spent with no glasses at all for playing throwing games, especially outside. Please understand, your son wearing a weaker lens prescription in eyeglasses may be more therapeutic than no glasses at all. It is about the ratio of clearness and unclearness.

Other suggestions:

i) There are many excellent practices and games in my book Seeing without Glasses. In addition, do also consider reading the other books, The Power Behind Your Eyes and Conscious Seeing. These books reveal the deeper reasons for the nearsightedness.

ii) Consider using the pinhole booklet and pinholes as an active training process for your son and the rest of the family where necessary.

iii) Listen to the audio practices with your son and one of the parents can do the practices with them.

iv) Use the nearsightedness and letting goself-healing audios, also listening with your son. Then talk about the content.

I wish you much success. If I can be of any assistance, please let me know and I can work with you long distance.

Roberto Kaplan in Canada.

(All comments, suggestions, and statement is this blog are an educational reflection, and is not intended to be a medical diagnosis of any kind. If you need professional diagnoses, please see a medical practitioner.)

Jill’s Story-A new perception clearer seeing!

Roberto Kaplan — Thu, 18 Aug 2011 14:37:11 +0000

During the past few days I had a chance to connect with Jill, who first contacted me to improve her vision nearly 20 years ago. We sat on the porch, sipping our drinks and soaking in the warm sun rays. I noticed Jill was not wearing glasses. As we talked, many emotions were appearing on her face. I asked her if I could photograph her as she traversed her emotional perceptions. At one point she commented that her eyesight was now 20/20 perfect through -4.00 contact lenses. She used to wear -6.00. This is the relationship between the human and eyesight. The eyes need a director. The essence of the human being who orchestrates clearness or unclearness. Jill commented that she mostly uses her vision fitness reduced glasses or contacts now.

During one of her emotional shifts, Jill took on the character of a Polish woman. She explained that this is her way of bring healing energy to herself. To speak out her experiences. I remembered Jill’s talent as a singer. This was a new side to her. Later that evening, she sent me an iPad recording of her Polish persona, and after listening to it, I decided to assemble the photos I had taken and combine a short piece of the audio to the photos.

My feeling was two-fold. One, this piece could be an inspiration for others. Secondly, I would like to help Jill by making her material available and also, being able for others to purchase her healing songs. My wish was to take all proceeds from the sales and give it back to Jill. She can benefit from all the help she can get. Here is the video I made.

You can listen to a sampler of four of her healing songs here:
All Along The Journey Sampler
Be still sampler
Believe sampler
Freedom sampler

To order these audio MP3 files of the four songs use these links:
All Along the Journey
Believe
Freedom
Be still

Do feel free to write to Jill and offer her your encouragement havinfun@telus.net

Encoding New Perceptions for Vision Improvement

Roberto Kaplan — Tue, 16 Aug 2011 05:34:51 +0000

Dr. Roberto Kaplan has just completed a 7 day Eye Retreat in Western Canada. Here is a short video of him speaking about the encoding process of the EyeCode® as a way to improve perceptions and vision.

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Doc, help me my eyes aren’t aligned!

Roberto Kaplan — Tue, 07 Jun 2011 14:03:15 +0000

Joan age 48, came in with complaints of pain in her eyes, very much more farsighted in her left eye than right, 20 % vision in her left eye and left squinting out. At age 9 she had surgery on the left eye. With these findings and her age, the normal prognosis is not good. However, with a motivated and understanding patient, I risked stepping into the unknown of how she would react when she began looking through both eyes.

Today, I completed the 5th session. Joan is free of pain, her eyesight in the left eye is up to 85%, and for the first time she could look through both eyes at the same time. Is Joan happy? One would expect her to be ecstatic! Well there is excitement. Joan is very encouraged, however, at the same time, a new awareness has manifested itself.

“As I look through both eyes, my brain is expecting me to be able to handle all this new higher level of integration.” Do eye exercises and vision therapy alone handle this deeper way of Joan perceiving her former constructed life? Not necessarily. For years I have noted that integrating other forms of therapies into my vision therapy helps my patients handle the new view. Hence the name integrated vision therapy.

Joan’s journey continues. In the meanwhile the two of us have learned some very important things:

i) It is never too late to train binocular vision. The scientists were correct. The brain is quite plastic and malleable to new software programming healthy perceptions.

ii) Even in the case of Joan having had eye muscle surgery, with the right support, she is being able to transcend this hinderance

iii) In spite of the complexity of her seeing and vision, Joan has mastered educating her brain to receive new stimulation from her mind.

Posted by Roberto Kaplan.

All comments, suggestions, and statement is this blog are an educational reflection and is not intended to be a medical diagnosis or treatment of any kind. If you need professional diagnoses, please see a medical practitioner.

What your Eye Doctor didn’t have time to tell YOU!

Roberto Kaplan — Sat, 04 Jun 2011 15:17:51 +0000

a) The human being does not see with the eye, but through the eye.
b) What we see, and what we measure in the eye, is a reflection of the patient’s perceptions.
c) The human way of perceiving is based on two physiological components, called ‘looking’ and ‘seeing’.

d) The perceptions of looking are derived from focused light striking the macular of the eye. Seeing perceptions are activated by unfocused light reaching the retina.

e) The perceptual view through the right eye is genetically coded differently than through the left eye.

f) The diopters, suppressions, lack of visual acuity, eye diseases, phorias, and other eye findings are not problematic. Nor are they meant to be fixed.
g) The basis for seeing deeply, with awareness and being conscious, is determined by the level of integration between the right and left eye perceptions.
h) Normal ‘correct the refractive error’ glasses do not correct anything. They in actual fact relegate the viewer to perceptions of being a victim and without power to see differently. Generally these glasses imprison the person to more thinking than feeling.
i) Minus lenses that compensate for 20/20, or 100% vision, are a sympathetic stimulant, no different than a stimulating drug.
j) Plus lenses, or plus lens affects, prescribed correctly, can be a parasympathetic stimulant, a relaxant.
k) Glasses, without an integrated vision therapy approach, leaves the patient unresponsive to a self responsible system for their vision future
l) The iris of the eye holds valuable genetic information that forms the basis of understanding the personal perceptual coding system of the patient.
m) Every eye condition of refraction or disease is a view into how the patient is deviating from their fundamental perceptual EyeCode®.
n) All treatments for eyes need to consider where the patient is in their life cycle, that is, the variables before their current chronological age and the future.
o) The meaning of the EyeCode® matures into deeper interpretations with age.
p) During the patient’s life cycle, there is an automatic integration demand between the perceptions of thinking, feeling and emotion.
q) At the core of most vision problems is an inability for the patient being able to handle emotional incongruity.

Think about this. Feel the truth for yourself. Find the place where you wish to take self responsibility. There is a way to change integrate this into your life. Roberto Kaplan.

From One Eye to Two Eyes in Three Hours flat!

Roberto Kaplan — Fri, 20 May 2011 10:05:10 +0000

When I went to Optometry school, I learnt that for a person that alternates between looking through one eye then the other would be quite difficult to correct without surgery. In addition, the training process could take years. Since I learned to overcome my double vision, and reduce my right eye from turning out from 50% of the time to less than 3%, I love the challenge to help some one see through both eyes. This week a miracle happened. The patient learned to look through both eyes in three hours of training. I offered him very few exercises or normal Optometric Vision Therapy. I photographed his iris, looked at the diopters, and decoded the information. While having look mainly through the left eye, I described his innate genetic EyeCode® qualities from the female side of his family tree that were difficult for him to accept. He was heavily criticised as a child. Over the three hours, he accessed and recognised these powerful components of his real self. The eyes received this new programming and alignment happened. There is still much more work to be done and the results speak about a new paradigm that is needed in conventional eye care that relies on treating the symptoms. Roberto Kaplan.

Can Surgery be avoided for improving Vision?

Roberto Kaplan — Thu, 19 May 2011 10:31:53 +0000

Just completed a 6 hour block of integrated vision training with a client. The 6 sessions were spread out over 10 months with lots of homework sessions. The local Ophthalmological Hospital suggested surgery for a outward and upward eye ‘squint’ condition, and the patient had worn prism glasses as well. Today she left with no glasses, no prisms, no surgery and able to look through both eyes at the same time and experience depth perception. Her symptoms of falling asleep while reading, headaches, disorientation, have all gone.

What happened? Did she do eye exercises? Is this called spontaneous healing? Magic? Curing? Actually, none of these things really! Well go ahead Roberto, tell us what happened then?

I took all the measurements from the Ophthalmologist, photographed, the iris of the eyes, and investigated her life cycle history for the last 26 years. By decoding and integrating this information, what became apparent was her personal EyeCode®. This means the way she looked through the right eye and not integrating this view with the left eye view, revealed itself. The precise limiting perceptions that were keeping the person in a disassociated view, the right eye view holding the higher dominant view were clear. Then I used the EyeCode® encoding of new healthy perceptions for the right and left eye views. In this way, the two perspectives became friends. Now fusion of these views were possible. And the person could live her life looking in this way. A very happy person left the office smiling.

Does Spirit form Matter?

Roberto Kaplan — Fri, 13 May 2011 12:48:09 +0000

There are people on Earth who not only think correctly but also enter into the depth of feeling what they say and see. The principle of Spirit forming matter is an example of seeing deeply into what is behind the words you speak and the light striking your retinas. In the physical material world it is believed that matter is seen because light of the object strikes the retina and bingo you automatically understand. Deep within your very essence is your consciousness. It takes your presence to help you translate this code into material existence. This is the deepest universal principle for seeing clearly. What is real and what is illusion? Examine your perceptual illusions you have miscontructed in your material life. From your spirit you can see the way. This means stopping sometimes and be. Be free of thoughts. Contemplate. Let your spirit direct form. There are new forms of perceptual realities.

My 8 year old daughter is nearsighted! What can I do?

Roberto Kaplan — Thu, 24 Mar 2011 10:44:46 +0000

The Nature of Seeing – Episode 1

Roberto Kaplan — Sat, 19 Mar 2011 16:18:20 +0000

The nature of seeing is not what we think it is. Our eye structures refract the light to the retina and the vision centres of the brain store this light. Only when we as humans bring our attention to the light do perceptions begin. Clear Vision is based on the correct experiences. It is these perceptual experiences that program the physical eye to behave in a healthy way.

Optometrists and Ophthalmologists measure eye problems, like a printout in the eye, as nearsightedness, farsightedness, astigmatism, lazy eyes, strabismus and even eye diseases like cataracts, glaucoma, macular degeneration, optic atrophy, and more. Conventional treatment for eye problems only really deals with the eye. Optometric vision therapy deals with the eye-brain connection. Now at Beyond2020Vision® we have integrated many disciplines to provide integrated vision therapy. Eye controlled by the brain and the human being’s mind being the ultimate director of the show.

In this video on the ‘Nature of Seeing’, I demonstrate that when information is presented in a certain visual way, you won’t necessarily recognise what you are looking at. Each human being is genetically programmed for one lead perception, either thinking, feeling or emotion. The structure of the iris predicts this dominant style. Leading from our non- dominant perception can be partly the reason for eye problems being measured in the first place. Knowing your perceptual EyeCode® helps you and a vision therapist program the correct techniques for restoring and improving vision. What are you waiting for?

Remember, you can get more FREE information on helping your eyes at EYECODE® Roberto Kaplan

What to do about Eye Diseases?

Roberto Kaplan — Wed, 16 Feb 2011 15:43:40 +0000

Yesterday I worked with a mother and her 16 year old son who was a short time ago diagnosed with an eye disease condition that deeply affects the retinal and central vision. In normal medical circles, not much help is available. Fortunately, the parents began investigating approaches like using food supplements, and self healing possibilities such as Osteopathy, Kinesiology, homeopathy and supplementation. What follows is a report that I provided the mother as a way to describe the approach I would use in helping her son. One of the most important components is the idea of not trying to fix anything, but to assist in increasing the probability of visual function improving. Roberto Kaplan

“Thank you for your interest in me providing a second opinion specialist consultation for your son ……. From a diagnostic report (24.03.2010) from Univ. Prof. Dr. ………….., ……. was diagnosed with ……………….. with severe visual complications. In addition, his Eye Physician Dr. …………….. had expressed an interest determining if further complimentary methods to vision care could provide help for …………

At our first visit on ………………….. 17th, 2010, I mentioned my clinical research and deep interest in complementary approaches to Eye Diseases condition like ………….. My investigations have revolved around four primary areas, and this is what I have begun investigating with……….

Genetic Influences
From photographs of the iris of the eye, we will investigate influences, like excessive thinking, and its effect upon functioning of the retinal rods. (Reference )
There is strong evidence from Biological Research (Reference) that our inner deepest perceptions can have an effect upon cellular function. That is, when we provide the correct coded perceptions visual fields function better and expanded vision is possible.

Nutritional Effects on Functional Vision
After examining a sample food and liquid diary, it appears that …… current eating program is not totally conducive to increasing functional vision. For example, drinking of diet Cola is potentially dangerous for the optic nerve functioning due to the presence of Aspartame.
(Reference 1 – (Reference 2)

Discussions in the future will include an evaluation of how to modify his eating pattern so as to raise the probability of him increasing the functionality of his vision.
(Reference)
This means evaluating whether the potency of the Vitalux Plus supplement he is currently using is higher enough.

Influence of Light & Colour on Retinal Visual Fields
While a Professor of Optometry in the USA, via a research project I demonstrated how using specific colour frequencies in the eyes increased visual performance in children as well as increased visual fields. (Reference)

Since that time, a variation approach has been clinically tested on adults who have specific eye diseases. It is apparent that through the eyes, the colour frequencies can stimulate retinal function as well as relax over focusing and excessive sympathetic nervous system stimulation. This over stimulation in ………’s case is evident by large pupils. …….. will be using special high saturation coloured goggles that have removable and different coloured filters at home, and be coached on the correct steps for balancing.

Audio Suggestions for vitalising cellular Eye Function.

For the past 18 years, I have used audio input to educate the patient on new visual habits as well as suggestions for self-help for the brain/eye functioning. There are specific audios for each eye condition. It has been shown that providing the patient with a deep relaxation environment increases the possibility for self healing.
(Reference)

When an analysis of vision includes the Psychological aspects then visual function can be enhanced through a variety of relaxation techniques. (Reference)

…………. will be using at least three audio MP3’s from my research into his home-based training as a support of his coaching sessions with me. This will be combined with wearing the coloured goggles.

Lastly, the coaching and training sessions will be based on my Integrated Vision Therapy book, published in German as: “Die Integrative Sehtherapie”, which you and ……. are highly recommended to read.

As I mentioned the coaching sessions are a compliment to the conventional medical eye care program. For this reason please keep visiting your regular eye doctor for controls.”

It is my pleasure to share this letter as a way for you to more deeply understand how this approach works in the case of eye diseases. Roberto Kaplan

SPECIAL Healthy Eyes e-learning

Roberto Kaplan — Sun, 13 Feb 2011 09:52:51 +0000

Dr. Kaplan continues to receive many requests from folks all over the world who wish to expand their work or teaching others how to see. 12 years ago he designed the Integrated Natural Vision Training Program. As a special gift for yourself, we are offering the Healthy Eyes Program as a special until July 1st , 2011 for FREE, if you register for the August Eye Retreat. In addition, we will throw in audio MP3′s and an e-book on how to use Pinholes. A fabulous offer. Here is a link to read more about it. To place your order.

What is right about Your Eyes?

Roberto Kaplan — Tue, 25 Jan 2011 14:38:47 +0000

We are constantly bombarded with the bad news about our eyes. Nearsightedness is increasing. More people have eye diseases. The eyes tell us about disease of the body. Our eyes are straining, burning and hurting from extra use on digital devices. This is all true if you hear medical opinions.

On the other hand, if you look at the eyes from an artistic point of view, there is so much good and ‘right’ about the eyes. Let’s look at this for a moment.

Look at your eyes in a mirror. Notice the colour, shapes and markings on the iris, the coloured part. Look from a place within your deeper self that says: “What is good about what I see here?” Once you have that artistic attitude, then consider the following:

The iris of your eyes is a code showing two influences from your family tree. One is what we call ‘finished’ business. The other ‘unfinished’ business. BOTH are good. Why? The information about the completed influences means you only have ‘polishing’ and shining left. More than likely you are conscious of these personality and behavioural traits. The unfinished business are deeper influences that may float around at the unconscious level for months, or years of your life, waiting to reveal themselves through life experience. This shows up in what we call problems or crises in our lives. It is necessary in order to transform our genetic Influences.
The eye measurements and diagnosed conditions are not only meant to be fixed or compensated for. These measurements are revealing ‘conditioning’ through interactions with parents, culture, schooling, in addition to the unfinished business influences. This is why everybody has a different iris structure and very unique lens prescriptions measurements. Some people are conditioned in a nearsighted way. Others, astigmatic and farsighted. Lastly, some need an eye disease to find the way to their conscious perceiving.

So from now on, view your eyes from a deeper perspective. See what is good and right about them. Learn what the EyeCode is revealing that is liberating you from your past family influences and conditioning. Free yourself from limiting perceptions. Let your spirit shine through your eyes. Your eyes will stay healthy and alive. Much more than if you are thinking what is wrong with them!

Can Eyesight really improve without surgery?

Roberto Kaplan — Thu, 06 Jan 2011 13:06:08 +0000

Where is your evidence? Show me the statistics? Well even when the proof is provided the skeptics will still shake their heads. Today, a post on one of the Youtube videos shows that there are people out their improving their vision without surgery.
I felt that it is worth honouring these folks. The pioneers who are reminding us of other possibilities than ‘lasering’ our eyes. Well done.

If the eyes are controlled by the brain, who directs the brain?

Roberto Kaplan — Tue, 28 Dec 2010 17:35:07 +0000

Today I, (Roberto Kaplan), demonstrated to a young man how he could become more aware of looking through his lazy left eye. I flashed a vertical and horizontal line into his right ‘good eye’ only. By transferring these flashes through his brain, with the right eye covered, he learned to see the ‘plus sign’ effect through his left eye. This transference after-image effect is well know in Optometric Vision Therapy.

William James, the American Psychologist and Philosopher, said: “We are conscious of what we attend to — and not conscious of what we do not attend to”.

Researchers on the other hand have found the first physiological evidence that invisible subliminal images do attract the brain’s attention on a subconscious level.

A recent study showed “there is a brain response in the primary visual cortex to subliminal images that attract our attention — without us having the impression of having seen anything.”

There is remarkable ‘plasticity’ potential for the brain to be programmed with ‘software’ that influences human behaviour. In Optometric vision therapy we consciously use after-images to awaken the brain’s activity for receiving light, and in turn train clear viewing through both eyes. This is carefully explained to the patient.

A modern advertisement design can also use a flashed image that may subliminally affect people’s decisions, like remembering or even buying a particular brand product.

A new advertisement for BMW uses “an after-image effect for a completely new brand experience”, claims the designers. It “..turns spectators into astonished fans….uses an after image of the brand to literally get into people’s heads.”

Sounds as effective as my after image technique I used on my patient.

While watching the BMW ad, there is a bright flash, and Ruben Xaus, the motor cyclist says he ‘lives his dream’, what dream? “Close your eyes, look deeply into yourself.” It’s in you, close your eyes and you will see it too”. The viewers watching the add saw the letters BMW, when their eyes were closed.

My patients wake up to their dreams during and after vision therapy. They may not buy a BMW motorcycle, but their new encoded perceptions for their dream life is much clearer. If BMW knows that this neat effect of zapping works, what about the millions who can benefit from Optometric Vision Therapy.

Here is the a video of the advertisement. (Thank you BMW and the ad agency for a very creative process)

The EyeCode®- Integrated Vision Therapy version of their slogan would read:
“Tell me something. And I might listen.
Show me something. And I will understand.
Involve me. And I will KNOW!”

Post script – By the way, Subliminal advertising is banned in the United Kingdom, but still legal in the USA.
Disclaimer: This article is not intended to provide medical advice, diagnosis or treatment. Views expressed here do not necessarily reflect those of others, and are the Author’s perceptions.

References:
Science daily Report.
After Image description.
What is Vision Therapy?
College of Optometrists in Vision Development.
Free Information and Networking Platform for Vision.
Eldon Taylor’s Website.

The Future of Vision Care is Reforming Itself

Roberto Kaplan — Fri, 17 Dec 2010 11:03:39 +0000

After listening to Sir Kenneth Robinson share how the current education system is not meeting the needs of the youth today, I was reminded of how the vision care system is not fulfilling an equivalent need.
The Future of Vision Care is Reforming Itself – - Even if we don’t see it yet!

Unlike the relatively simple lives of the past, and the balanced use of the eyes, today we live in one of the most complex periods on Earth. This complexity is both a blessing and a curse. We can feel bombarded with information, or feel elated by new possibilities and choices.

The visual sensory system has a way of dealing with excessive information. Not to see, to block. The ‘information era’ consumer of vision care creatively uses the extra information to gain new ways of taking self-responsibility for their eyes.

Doctors of Optometry, Ophthalmology and vision scientists are acculturated into a method of taking care of eye problems based on an older deductive process of science.

The problem of the eye is measured in a narrow and precise way. An equally focused treatment is provided.

For example, If the eye is measured as nearsighted, then science says that the problem is a long eyeball. The logical solution is a minus lens that diverges light into the eye to obtain focus. This approach paralleled the development of ‘proof-oriented’ medical science. That is, the long eyeball causes the nearsightedness.

Many patients are being ‘medicated’ with excessively strong lenses because of the Doctors insistence on relying on this outdated system of vision care. The next logical question is to ask what causes the long eyeball? Science explains this as too much close work, not enough natural light and video games etc,

Today, science can implicate the rise in eye problems to the excessive digitalisation of our world, computers, smart phones, video games etc. This makes logical sense.

In spite of the advancement in vision science, the current system of vision care does not provide a complete solution to the ever increasing incidence of problems in the eyes. The statistics speak clearly.

What is needed is a change in thinking.

Optometry and Ophthalmology are providing symptomatic relief. What is missing is in the current vision care system is the broadened view of control and prevention.
The current mind set of the frustrated consumer is that there eyes continue to have more problems. With the advent of internet, millions of people are finding their own self-help solutions from freely available information. This is seen in the expanded use of alternative medicine and organic food produce.

This is the future, NOW. The patient wishing to take ownership of their health and well being is how a new paradigm and system of vision care can be designed and put into place. The current delivery system of eye care will need to transform it’s mind set in order to meet the needs of the new consumer demand.

What is and will this demand be?

- The consumer of vision care identifies less with the authoritarian posture of the eye doctor. The patient seeks a partnership for their visual well-being.

- A group of Optometrists, who provide vision therapy have a system in place for guiding their patients to improving visual function and performance. This system needs to expand into a wellness and prevention model.

- In addition, a step into an integrated and holistic approach would add a much needed and valuable system for vision care. In this model, the patient is viewed as a total person. This expanded view includes the person’s genetic influences, their family dynamics, job demands and the stress factors of their life.

- Along side the science of vision there is a place for lifestyle methods for perceiving how to live correctly according to their individual Eyecode® needs.

There is new and improved approach to vision care. One that uses another form of intelligence than just the academic science point of view. The new system makes use of divergent thinking, what Sir Kenneth Robinson calls “…the essential capacity for creative thinking”. This is not the normal linear convergent method of looking for one answer to a problem.

The divergent way is an artistic ‘broad brain’ approach that provides multiple answers to questions. This system requires cross discipline collaboration and divergence. In the example of nearsightedness, prescribing a lens will not stop with the thinking of how does the light focus at the back of the eye. By being aware of other disciplines, it soon becomes apparent that focused light increases the thinking part of the human and downplays feelings. In addition, excessive minus lenses leads to lower levels of efficiency in binocular vision. This lack of integration is not just in the eye, but throughout the whole life view of the patient.

The new system of eye and vision care will address all these parts of the patient’s lives when a diagnosis and treatment plan is outlined. The improvement in vision function and performance will coincide with the patient making new choices for correct living according to the code of the eye.

Roberto Kaplan is a Doctor and former Professor of Optometry and Board Certified in Vision Therapy. His current position is Director of Beyond2020Vision® a Vision Education Company based in B.C. Canada.

Dr. Kaplan’s Summer 2011-EYE Retreat Announced!

Roberto Kaplan — Sun, 05 Dec 2010 15:14:25 +0000

People ask what happens in the EYE Retreat? Who would attend? Why would I come for 7 days to Western Canada to spend time with you, Roberto Kaplan?

Good questions. For many years I have been seeking the most profound way to offer people the deepest experience for them to have improvements in vision. This has included lectures, seminars, workshops, and personal coaching. During the past summers, I have pulled together the most important ingredients for enhancing vision. Nature, summer atmosphere, light, water, rocks, healthy food, support, depth, time, photography, lots of space and a small group of very committed persons.

For 7 days, I guide you into understanding how your eyeglass or lens prescription is an amazing glimpse into your perceptual consciousness. In addition, the way your eyes work together or don’t, is a direct way into knowing how well you perceiving your life in an integrated way. Lastly, by analysing pictures of your Iris, gives a wonderful understanding of how your genetics lay a foundation for your way of perceiving life. With all this information, I will arrange perceptual experiences for you to use this information and encode new ways for your eyes to function and see.

You can expect the following results:

i) Significant less dependence on your strong glasses. In some cases, you might stop wearing glasses altogether.

ii) In your life know exactly how to use vision practices that enhance how you look through your eyes. On the average, participants have 30 percent improvement in eyesight, as well as significant less eyestrain and stress due to increased two eyed vision.

iii) If you are dealing with a diagnosed eye disease, you will have noticeable improvements in eyesight, control further deterioration and possible avoid surgeries.

iv) You will learn the mechanics of how the EyeCode® process works. If you are a professional in the health, counselling or body oriented therapies, you will be able to use the EyeCode® in your work.

v) A deep relaxation, and entering into the very core of your Self nature. Lots of fun, play and connection to nature and healthy lifestyle.

EYE Retreat – Self Help at the Ocean from Roberto Kaplan on Vimeo.

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The Other Side of Nearsightedness – One week later!

Roberto Kaplan — Fri, 12 Nov 2010 15:55:59 +0000

Your comments and responses were wonderful. Thanks so much. I had originally intended a blog write up. At 4:00 am this morning, the idea of a video came into my awareness. So I got up and wrote the screen copy. Later, after a short sleep and breakfast, I began synching my written copy with a particular piece of music that I adore by Jean-Pierre.Saussac from an album called Evasion. The piece is called Croisade. Here is the AUDIO result. Go to this link The other side… If you are still interested in more, I have the intention to put images and video to this piece, however, your comments and enthusiasm will give me that adrenaline shot to do it. So please, give me your comments. Thanks. Roberto Kaplan.

P.S. Here is the copy of what I said, in case you are interested in reading about it.

The Other Side of Nearsightedness
by Roberto Kaplan
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You are told…..Your eye is too long.

and/or your eyes have too much focus power.

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You are given a minus lens to look through.

This will correct the problem, you are told!

Yes, a minus lens alters the light coming into
the eye…………..sharpness results!

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What else does a minus lens do?

A minus lens stimulates your autonomic nervous system.

A minus lens over time acts like a DRUG!

This drug’s side effect is suppression of emotion!

A minus lens minifies one’s sense of reality.

A minus lens promotes more of a thinking state
AND less feeling.
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A minus lens enhances the possibility of seeing
ILLUSION!

A minus lens keeps you away from your deeper
inner UNCLEARNESS.

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Let’s go to the source of the inner unclearness…
……the other side of NEARSIGHTEDNESS.

Let’s explore the inner mechanisms of NEARSIGHTEDNESS

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I withdraw from information outside.

My inner world is safer

When my view of the outside is UNCLEAR, that is
I ignore looking. I am better able to THINK.

I have FEAR

My sense of outside is confusion.

I can work out my sense of what is out there!

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My sense is that my inner world is where I can
find CLEARNESS

Then, by wearing my minus lenses, I FEEL SAFE.

I build my logical sense of understanding and
explaining my view of reality.

I downplay how I FEEL.

The minus lens helps me hide my EMOTIONS

This promotes my MASK like state.

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What to do on the other side of NEARSIGHTEDNESS?

Spend moments in unclearness…with no lenses
or LESS minus lenses.

Let unclearness be a friend

Unclearness, like clearness, provides special information.

This helps deal with your FEAR.

Explore new perceptions of reality in unclearness

What is illusionary in your view?

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LASTLY,

The 3 step rule for staying on the other side of NEARSIGHTEDNESS

You, your self, your Soul, Your Spirit, is the DIRECTOR of your BRAIN.

With new direction from your mind your brain can control your EYES

And you can behave and function in a new way.

The other side of Nearsightedness (Myopia)

Roberto Kaplan — Sat, 06 Nov 2010 11:50:57 +0000

We are told by the authority figures called Optometrists, Ophthalmologists, and vision scientists that nearsightedness is a long eye ball or an eye with too much refractive power. This narrow explanation continues on it’s own Myopic controlling course like a flooded river. In addition, the conditioning of half-baked information continues. The abnormal eye measurements are the cause of the nearsightedness. This belief has been perpetuated ever since we were told to give up our integrative abilities to reason and use intuition. I know this, because like all eye doctors, I was groomed to believe this brain washing. I am a Doctor trained in Optometry and Visual Science. However, as a young eager practitioner, I had some wonderful mentors, who challenged me to step outside my restricted box of understanding.

The first lesson I learned was that what we can physical look at is not the only information that is present. There is also information available from the invisible. Actually, most materialised matter has its source from invisible information. 40 years ago, I certainly would never have believed that I could see my children on a screen in front of me when they are 9,000 miles away. In the same way, as a young practitioner of vision, I would never have considered what I have since discovered about Nearsightedness.

The question is. How many of you would be interested in hearing my story? Or am just sending information to deaf ears? For once I am going to put this out and wait for the invitation. So, here is the question to you readers.

Do you wish to know the other side of Nearsightedness that I have discovered from my wonderful patients over the past 40 years? If so, just wrote a comment below. I will check it each day for the next one week and then make a decision whether to respond. Roberto Kaplan.

Is there a difference between looking and seeing?

Roberto Kaplan — Fri, 05 Nov 2010 07:08:37 +0000

At first glance, looking and seeing are just words. Enter logical thinking and the words can be understood. While drawing leaves in a weekend class with the late Frederick Franke, author of the Zen of Seeing, he guided me into discerning the difference between these two parts of vision.

Looking requires focus. Seeing is non focus. Again words. I looked into the structure of the eye to work out if the anatomy and physiology of the eye could explain these terms. Focused light entering the eye ends up in a valley structure of the back of the eye called the retina. This light gets a head start in speeding along to the brain. When processed, an analytical process is activated. Logical and precise understanding of what we are looking at is possible.

At a slower speed is the unfocused light that spreads over a much larger surface area called the retina. I wondered why God gave us so much retina compared to macular. While undertaking Optometric Vision Therapy, I discovered that if I access the slower processed unfocused light, I am touched by what I see. If I simultaneously combine both looking and seeing, I am touched in my seeing by what I am looking at.

Click here to view the embedded video.

Two different perceptions, that make up the total process of seeing. Oh dear!. There is still a third level of perceiving, but that is for a later post. What happens to looking when we normal lens prescription eyeglasses? Another blog post. Roberto Kaplan

How long does it take to improve vision?

Roberto Kaplan — Mon, 23 Aug 2010 16:59:09 +0000

For a good answer to this question visit this blog.

Sea shore Seeing to train perception

Roberto Kaplan — Tue, 10 Aug 2010 20:42:36 +0000

Today I am at the ocean. I went onto the rocky beach to train my perception. This is what I saw.

Check out this video

To really SEE

Roberto Kaplan — Wed, 21 Jul 2010 10:50:38 +0000

Seeing occurs behind the eyes. The inner structures of the eye are designed to receive light. The eye transforms the light sending it to the brain. In the deeper layers of the brain, like a rich soup, the information from the light is mixed in with our stored experiences. Then, only can we say what we see. This interpretation is a projection. It has been stated that we only see what we know from our experience. This means, every person perceives something known in their personal way. It is good to honour our unique way of seeing. This personal seeing can be interpreted using the EyeCode®. The EyeCode® interprets the measurements done by the eye doctor, plus the iris, plus the individual perceptions and the interaction between the right and left eye viewing. The benefit for you is to have a clearer idea and ways to know your unique style for seeing yourself and life more clearly.

Healing of the Eyes is possible…..AND…evidence?

Roberto Kaplan — Fri, 16 Jul 2010 13:27:19 +0000

The way we think about healing has to change. A new perception of how the brain and mind interact with information is needed. Respected scientists are now talking about the brain and mind being connected to an informational field. Watch this video to have a deeper understanding of the new Living Matrix concept of the body and healing potential.

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When Laser eye surgery fails!

Roberto Kaplan — Mon, 12 Jul 2010 07:46:26 +0000

A reader wrote this letter: “I had laser eye surgery in 1998 and my vision has been pretty good for years. Last week, I suddenly have had headaches and after a few days realized it’s because my left eye has greatly become myopic. I just learned of the Bates Method last year and I’m hoping it can help me. However, I still am bothered by the headaches and am tempted to go to an eye doctor and get a contact/glasses for my left eye so that I can stop having such a blurry image and headaches all the time. The surprising thing is how fast it came on. I was reading A LOT a few days before this happened – day and night and I’m sure my eyes did not get enough rest. That is why I haven’t gone to the eye doctor yet because I’m trying to rest, palm, sun, etc. However, I’m not sure if any of this will work, since I’ve already had the laser eye surgery. I’m also 38 years old and a mother of 2 young children – aged 5 and 3. Please let me know what you think.”

Dr. Kaplan wrote back: Your letter was forwarded to me today. Thank you for making contact. From what you have described please do consider visiting an eye doctor now, to rule out any disease process before you undertake a vision training approach. Once you have a firm statement from the doctor in terms of what is going on, then I can assist you in designed a personalised approach to training your vision. In spite of the fact that you have had the surgery, there are positive self healing possible when you know exactly what to do. I can guide you in the process long distance. I await to hear what the eye doctor diagnoses. If you have not seen this video watch it –

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Reflection of the thinking mind and vision

Roberto Kaplan — Sun, 20 Jun 2010 18:37:16 +0000

While travelling I made this short video, Reflection of the thinking mind and vision. , of a reflection I had about the operating system of the human mind and how it probably affects the measurements of the eye.

What conventional eye care is missing?

Roberto Kaplan — Sun, 06 Jun 2010 15:03:34 +0000

A visit to a conventional Optometrist or Ophthalmologist can leave one with the feeling that they are technically very competent, but just don’t get what vision is all about.

What is missing? The human being who has the eyes! Conventional eye care considers that eye problems are an eye problem. This has worked for millions of people who wear glasses, contacts and have used medications and surgery. Well it may have worked for a while. What is missing is the real cause of the eye problem in the first place.

We at Beyond2020Vision® began looking for the causes of eye problems over 40 years ago. Dr. Kaplan began his career in clinical practice and witnessed the patients returning each year to get their stronger lenses. Not too different than needing stronger medicine. Maybe an extra sugar or smoke to help the addiction? As Dr. Kaplan investigated the Holistic nature of the visual system, he began researching the genetic background that lays the foundation for the code of perception. The human being involved in a complex set of variables in their lives plus the genetic background is the fundamental missing piece in normal eye care.

At Beyond2020vision® you can now find out what is the cause of your eye problem. It begins with an Integrated Iris Interpretation combined with an analysis of your diagnosed eye problem. This is best accomplished with a personal long distance consultation with Dr. Kaplan. The audio recording that you receive from this session will be invaluable.

So step across the barbed wire fence that keeps you away from finally dealing with why your eyes are saying what they are. Get real help that gets to the cause.

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Photographing as a way to Improve Seeing

Roberto Kaplan — Sun, 23 May 2010 16:48:29 +0000

Last winter I took some time off to go to the warmth of the Canary Islands. A facebook and flickr friend, I had never met, suggested we meet for coffee. Soon we were talking about cameras, lenses and seeing. The next day we travelled to a wonderful place with flowers on the side of a mountain.

We walked, took photos and I shared about camera objective lenses as a way to change how we see. Using close up lenses we became more connected to what we were photographing. In addition, taking portrait photos, I was able to show the emotion of her face more accurately.

At the end of the day the person thanked me for showing her how through photo taking and playing she learned so much about herself. She called this: ‘A new sight for Seeing.’

This August, while enjoying my holiday in Roberts Creek in B.C., I am open to meeting with others to share this wonderful way of seeing through photography. Just write to me and we can set up a time to meet. Imagine improving your vision while playing. Now that is what I call ‘work’!

Healthy help for your Eyes in Canada

Roberto Kaplan — Thu, 20 May 2010 18:12:10 +0000

This August I am having a relaxing time in a Beach House in Roberts Creek B.C. Canada. I am open to interested people gathering with me, to guide them in having a new healthy perspective of their eyes and vision. So watch the video and contact me if you would like to meet. VIDEO LINK - Power of Seeing is the real vision from behind.

How should I reduce my lens prescription?

Roberto Kaplan — Sun, 16 May 2010 04:32:29 +0000

Question from Youtube – Hi:I have just today ordered one of your books off amazon and am looking forward in a better eyesight. I was wondering if you could help me with the following. I am looking forward in improving my eyesight to hopefull one day get rid of my glasses. The question I have is, do I continoue wearing my glasses or get a second pair with a lower strength instead which I think would be a better aproach. Could you please help me out on this one. My current prescription: RE: +1.25/-2.75/10 LE: +1.75/-2.50/155 Best Regards, A. To read the answer and discussion go to this link.

Who and what directs the Eyes?

Roberto Kaplan — Mon, 10 May 2010 03:00:34 +0000

Contrary to popular belief, eyesight does not work independent of the human being. This human made attitude was created from the reductionistic science that attempts to reduce everything to its smallest particle. This was necessary for a while. That time is quickly running out.

What is needed now is a broad view of how eyesight actually works. Take science and see another obvious fact embedded in the invisible knowledge. The eyes are controlled from the brain. And most important is the question, who directs the brain?

It’s not how to improve vision, but rather, what am I going to improve!

Roberto Kaplan — Sat, 08 May 2010 20:15:44 +0000

I am often asked: “What do I have to do to improve my vision?” It is not what you do, it is more what are you training when you make the decision to improve your vision. In the world of health, wellness or even eye medicine, we are programmed to believe that exercises or practising something will help the eyes. The EyeCode® perspective is a broader and more inclusive one. The eyes are connected to the brain. The brain is the manager of the physical and functioning well-being of the body. In addition there is a part of self that is the symphony conductor of the brain. This is the place in the mind where perceptions are formed. The basis of the EyeCode® is the link between the anatomy of the physical eye and perceptions. The central part of vision, that is sharpness, is derived from light stimulation via the fovea of the eye. The EyeCode® description of this clearness is looking. The perceptions that are cultivated from looking are to do with understanding and analysis. We know this part well. It is called thinking.

However, there are two more perceptual worlds that the symphony conductor has to contend with. From the retina of the eye, unclear seeing is generated. The seeing part of our visual world is to arrange the conditions for feeling perceptions. A very necessary ingredient of the human experience. Lastly, and probably the most important perception, is called emotion. Healthy emotions are derived from a balanced integration between thinking and feeling perceptions. This takes practice.

The EyeCode® Perception Technology is a diagnostic method of using physical measurements of the eye, studying the markings and colourations of the eye and determining the level of integration of perceptions that illuminates the unique coded perceptual style of the individual. With this information, the person can more accurately encode new perceptual attitudes. This impacts not only one’s physical sight and health of the eyes, but improves the clearness of ones view of life and purpose. Contact me if you are interested in finding out your EyeCode®

Beyond2020vision® – 20 year celebration

Roberto Kaplan — Fri, 07 May 2010 16:58:13 +0000

The launch of this upgraded website is a celebration of the 20th birthday of our being in business. Back then I had already saw the need for a new paradigm of vision care. One that put the power back in the hands of the patient. It is happening. In the meanwhile, our company developed a leading edge and one of a kind audio reprogramming technology. At the root of this method of improving vision naturally, was the understanding that the human mind can affect the eyes in a healthy or destructive way.

Our self healing audios have been clinically tested for over 15 years, and our customers enjoy the ease of using audio material in the comfort of their home. In addition, we were the first business to offer live personal consultations by phone and Skype. My goal was always to be available for our clients when they phone, write an e-mail and wish to talk to me personally. Today this service continues.

Enjoy your visit to our new website and please ask questions and also visit our FREE networking and information platform. Much success.

Using Audio to Improve Vision

Roberto Kaplan — Thu, 06 May 2010 17:48:45 +0000

Who would have ever thought that using audio input could have a positive effect on one’s eyes and vision. I certainly didn’t. It wasn’t until one of my patients asked me to audio record her office visit with me that the light came on. After listening to the recording of our session for three weeks, the patient reported that she heard much more of the meaning of my suggestions. Obviously, our human capacity for listening and learning follows the laws of increasing awareness with repetition. Secondly, my patients very rarely, follow or remember to do their eye exercises. However, putting on their headphones and listening to their MP3 player is much easier to remember and implement.

What happens when you listen to audio suggestions? Your receptive ability is much greater in a trance or relaxed state. This means the information you are processing goes deeper. The human brain and mind has the ability to self heal, and the audio suggestions enhance this ability. I call this process EyeListenISee. For a sample audio, go to this link. There is a complete list of Audio self healing as well as Eye Practice audio material.

Two kinds of vision

Roberto Kaplan — Wed, 05 May 2010 17:09:35 +0000

There are two kinds of seeing. The obvious is the way we direct our view through our eyes to the outside. This enables our eyes to meet the incoming light. Processing this light through the brain gives interpretation to what we see.

The other vision happens ‘inside our head’, like an ongoing DVD movie. There are even chapters. As I write this blog in a Hospice armchair, my father is lying next to me in a transition state between looking through his eyes and reliving each chapter of his DVD movies of 91 and half years. I can observe when he looks out through his eyes versus process the inner visual images of his movie. There are moments when his eyes stop connecting to the light, but the movie continues. Two kinds of vision from the moment we are born until the day we die. Is it possible this reality can give birth to our understanding eye problems? Read more in the upcoming blog posts.

Should a child wear glasses?

Roberto Kaplan — Mon, 19 Apr 2010 07:44:52 +0000

Should I get glasses for my child?

I am sitting on a train and I just got a phone call from an anxious mother. Her concern was that the eye doctor has said that her 4 year old son needs to wear glasses because he has astigmatism. A friend had told her about my approach and wanted to know if her son really needed to wear glasses.

This is more than a simple question. Let’s begin with the normal eye doctor’s view. The child has what is called mixed astigmatism. I found out that the mother has the same but to a lesser degree. The father also wears glasses. No connection has made between the way the way parents see and the child’s recent diagnosis.

Does a 4 year old really have the visual demands that make it 100 percent necessary for him to wear compensating lenses in the presence of no symptoms or lowered ability to see? The eye physician uses brain research to justify his claims that a blurred image in the eye would lead to unclearness in the brain that after a certain age would be irreparable? A good selling point that could even be seen as having the child’s best interest at heart.

What will happen if the glasses are worn? Will this correct the problem? What is the real cause of mixed astigmatism? Will glasses address this cause? Probably not, because the measurement for glasses is only in the eye. What about the little boy? This human being that is part of a bigger dynamic called his family, genetic history, diet, social system, and modern electronic toys?

Again the question. “Will my son suffer later in adulthood if I don’t give him glasses now?”, the mother asks.

My comments: “The measurement of the astigmatism reveals a deeper message that is like a code. Just having him wear glasses without learning the healthy message of this EyeCode® in the long run can lead to a dependency and even an addiction to glasses.

This may not only be a problem in your son. You have astigmatism, his father wears glasses. There are genetic implications in this astigmatism.You as a family can learn much from the messages of your EyeCodes®. I can coach you on preventive vision games that you can begin using with your son. At the same time a modified, usually weaker, lens prescription can be considered that acts as a homeopathic device. Also, inform yourself by reading books and papers that I have on my websites. Let me know if I can be of more help.”

A new beginning

Roberto Kaplan — Sat, 10 Apr 2010 21:08:56 +0000

It has been such a long time that I wanted to upgrade my website to meet the demand for help for your eyes….naturally! Well I am doing it with the help of a wonderful Polish web designer who I found through photographer and movie maker Phil Bloom.

So this is going to be a wonderful opportunity to share more information with you about improving vision and a whole lot more. In addition, the audio files that you order will now be on automatic download, once your PayPal payment is complete. That will be great for all. Until next. Look and please don’t forget to see as well. Don’t forget, God gave us two eyes

It is time to step into seeing beyond 20/20!

Roberto Kaplan — Mon, 05 Apr 2010 13:49:12 +0000

Most days I photograph the beauty of people’s eyes and after 40 years still marvel at the eye nature that God gave us. In the next moment, I see so many more people putting glasses over this nature. Yes, lenses do sharpen eyesight! Is there anything else that happens?

Plenty. In this blog, I intend to introduce a new paradigm of vision care that I have birthed in my work with patients. I am committed to bring this information to other practitioners so that we can all step beyond the old paradigm of vision that ends when we have 20/20. Visit often and lets deepen our perceiving and seeing.

FREE info on Natural Eye Care!

Roberto Kaplan — Thu, 01 Apr 2010 20:41:08 +0000

Since Dr. Kaplan’s time is becoming more and more precious, he has created a FREE EyeCode® information and networking platform where he regularly offer insights and free information to help you find the healthy messages from your eyes and ways to use a self-help system for maintaining and improving vision. You can even ask Roberto questions in the ‘Ask Dr. Kaplan Group’ (You have to first become a member) Dr. Kaplan provides this service as a way of contributing back to the community at large who support this modern healthy form of vision care.

Come along and let’s get to know each other.