Forums IMPORTANT: PLEASE READ PhotoReading, Memory Optimizer Failure with Photoread

Hi!

I've been using Photoread for 6 months, usually photoreading 5-10 books a day (as I feel like). But I have not had any results with Photoreading at all. I feel no difference between reading a book normally and using Photoread and activate it. Also, I have not had spontaneous activation yet.
However, I do belive that Photoread works, because I have acquaintances who can use Photoread very well and had great successes with Photoread. So, I guess I'm doing something wrong. I'm doing the prepare, preview, activation step properly, I'm quite sure about that, but because I feel no difference between activating the book and reading it, I'm suspicious of the Photoreading step. Also, as I stated above, I have not had any spontaneous activation yet with Photoreading 5-10 books a day, but at least photoreading 5 books every day, while the people I know have had their first spontenous activation after using Photoread for 3 months and photoreading only 1 book a day. So that's the other reason why I'm suspicious that I'm doing something wrong in the photoreading step. So, here's what I'm doing when photoread:

1. Preparation
I get into the relaxed state, state my purpose and put on the tangerine. I think it's okay, I have no problem with that.

2. Reaching the alpha state of mind
I think I'm doing this well, when I'm in alpha, I feel totally relaxed and I feel myself concentrated, ready to do something with ease.

3. stating my purpose
I think I have no problem with this. I never state irreal purposes like
" to get 100% on the next exam", only real purposes like these:
"I desire the pieces of information in this book in order to reach my
goal, which is to take a successful exam/increase my knowledge etc.

4. Photofocus
Well, I think there's the problem. Although I see the cocktail-weenie
and the blippage and the stereograms (the paralell-view stereograms, so I'm not crossing my eyes) with ease, but I have read that you need to see both pages at the same time when in photofocus. I think this is the problem. While I see the blippage, my I don't see both pages at the same time, in fact I'm focusing at the middle of the book.

So my question is: Do I have to see both pages while seeing the blip or not? Because according to Paul, there are 2 methods of getting into photofocus: one is the imaginary X- technique and seeing both pages, and the other one is seeing the blippage, but he doesn't say that you have to see both pages, and that's my qustion, do I have to see both pages or not?
I hope someone who sees the blippage and had sucesses with photoreading, spontaneous activation could tell me the answer and what he/she sees when
in photofocus and seeing the blippage.

5. chanting and flipping pages, it's easy, so I think I have no problem with that.

6. Stating that your photoreading of the book was succesful and you will reach your goal
I think this is okay, I never forget to do this every time I photoread,
because some said this is very important.

And that's what I'm doing during the photoreading step.
At first, I tred to use Photoread for not scientifical books then for scientifical books, but had no succes with either. Also I never try to
force photoreading a book, I only photoread when I feel like to, but now I'm disappointed a bit.

I'd be very grateful, if anyone could answer my question and tell me what am I doing wrong.

Best regards
vajti

I was wondering when you are doing the steps, are you thinking are you doing it rite or are you just doing it?

I remember Paul saying its not about the steps and also in the book recommending that you shouldn't get into is this rite or wrong, but to basically just do it and go from there.

Also, I have used photoreading to help me in some exam work of my own and one of the things i do is i've learned that learning comes in layers.
I've noticed that as i've gone over it in the way i've found for myself from what i've learned the comprehension is growing and just seem to feel like common sense.

There is a seminar coming up next month where paul will we teaching. I've signed up for it and im flying in for the seminar too. I'd recommend if you could to sign up for it too. I think sitting down with someone who created it could help you in a big way. He might see something you are doing and not noticing that could help you.

Mirko

Thank you Mirko. But next month I'm going to take 2 final exams, so I won't have time to do that. That's why asked about this, because I wanted to utilize Photoread for the preparation. And how much time did it take for you to get get the system working? And my question is still open: Should I see both pages while seeing the blippage to maintain photofocus or
you only have to see both pages when you use the imaginary X-technique?

vajti

Hi Vajti!
Yes you should see both pages while photofocusing

Thanks Andridem. And how do you do that? How do you expand your field of vision?

Hi, I guess if u want spontaneous activation very badly like me, I will probably think you have to PR 10 books a day for at least 5-10 years like pete do and I am starting to PR any books I can find in the Libary, just throw any information into the brain and believe one day the brain will unleash all the information and you will be genius. @.@

Hi vajti!
First of all - RELAX! All the exercises on the eyes are based on a one simple word - Relaxation. Speed readers in Russia (i don't know about the whole word) are doing Shulte tables. You draw 5*5 tables and put some numbers in it(or better someone should do it), then by looking in the center of the table you have to see all the numbers in the table.

vajti Can you activate manually the photoreaded book ?
For my part, i have the same problem like you(i'm student too): i CAN'T activate the book !!


The activation step has never WORKED for me No matter how many times i 've tried.

Any good advices on this critical step will be very appreciate.

Frenchie - from Paris

Frenchie hi)))write something about the activating process))How do you do it?

Hi frencie!

I haven't tried activating the Photoreading book, because I've read it so many times that it would be useless to try to activate it. The first book I tried to activate was the "Perfect sight without glasses" book, because I'm short-sighted a bit and it's not too long (about 50 pages). Since then,
I've tried to activate numerous books including scintifical books, bot neither have succeeded. Because I've tried to activate so many times, but
never succeeded, I haven't had spontaneous activation, I thought the probelm should be with the photoreading step. And it seems that I was doing photofocus wrong all the time I was photoreading, because I thought you don't have to see both pages in photofocus. Simply the soft-focus thing was not clear to me. And I think you have the same problem as I had,
because not many people seem to clearly understand what photofocus is. Simply, if you don't succed to photoread the book, you have nothing to activate.