Forums IMPORTANT: PLEASE READ PhotoReading, Memory Optimizer What is the next best reading course besides PR ?

Hi

After some trial, I found myself in the situation of not being able to do PR (yet), and am looking for the next best thing.

Anybody has a recommendation ?

Would Reading Genius be a good option ?

Thanks for your suggestions.

Hey Greeni,

Ah yes, this topic has never ceased to bring about large amounts of attention, and actually one of my favorite topics to research and discuss, as well.

Now, about Reading Genius. Reading Genius was horrible, so I've decided that when I find a good enough deal, I'll try out Reading Genius 2.0 since I hear that's pretty good. But the original Reading Genius, in that purple case, was really bad, so don't get that.

In the way of speed reading, I found Howard Berg's Maximum Speed Reading to work quite well, though this differs greatly from his Mega Speed Reading. I've tried them both, and Maximum Speed Reading is at least 3 times better.

The farthest I've gone with Evelyn Wood's Reading Dynamics was the book written by Stanley Frank, or something like that. This worked very well for me, since I was in just sixth grade, or maybe it was fifth, but one of those two, and they teach you techniques to use at anytime with any reading, even if you don't use the handmotions and such. I found my comprehension was quite well, but something was missing. I was stressed while doing this, and after taking Photoreading I realized that they never taught you much about getting into an ideal state for reading.


I actually am considering purchasing Reading Genius 2.0 within the week, though not from the website, it's too expensive.

After I go through it, which will most likely be within the month, but you never really know how things will really turn out, I will definitely post my experiences, and I'll even message you explaining things in detail if you'd like me to.

Photoreading is great, and it's worked very well for me. I don't know why I'm straying away from it, but just know that it's NOT because it doesn't work, because it does work. For now, I would continue photoreading if I were you.

With all of these courses, which I was taught by Alex K, you must be active. I had a problem of being a passive reader. Never questioning, never really thinking, just letting the author guide my way through the story while I just sat there for the ride. All of these courses require energy, a passion for the information in the book, and activity. Just remember that with any course you do.

If you have any more questions, I'll do my best to answer them as soon as possible.

Take care!

-JackTuff13

Thanks Jack

Do keep me posted / emailed of your experience with Reading Genius 2.0, and where you are getting these at more economic cost.

i heard about smthg called Quantum reading ..... i heard it's the next level of PR but am not sure, did any1 heard of this b4 ?

Hey Qasem,
Quantum Speed Reading right? I think I know what you're talking about. It was discovered from some Japanese woman, I guess a child psychologist or something. She gave some kids a few books and they were instructed to flip them in front of their face. After it was over, one kid kept doing it and was able to discuss what the book was about.

Is that what you're talking about? I think it's meant mostly for children.

I'll go see if I can get some stuff on it now. If I find anything of interest, I'll post it here.

-JackTuff13

Hey guys,

As you can see from the following passage, this goes well beyond just reading.
"Here is another example. There was a child in my class who had for a long time been under the impression of having been a victim of bullying. During one lesson we were speed reading a blank book that was given the theme of something that you are worried about. We often have interesting themes centered on rare insects of the world or about personal stories but it so happened that one of the students' mothers was sick so we decided on this subject theme. Young I.M. decided on a title, 'My bullying' and then started flipping through the blank pages of the book.

Because there are so many children doing this lesson together it is hard to check the results one by one. At the beginning I was thus not aware of I.M.'s misfortune. I suddenly realized that he seemed to be drooping his head and was totally silent. I thought this was strange and asked him what was wrong. He replied, 'I'm going to apologize to my friend tomorrow.' But since it was very strange for him to be apologizing for having been the victim of a bully I asked him, 'Why apologize?' His reply was, 'I thought that I hated (him) for being bullied but I had said something really nasty to him before it all started.'

In a word young I.M. had gone and deeply hurt his friend and was now wondering why he had said such things to bully him. He then realized that he was to blame in the matter. This led him to understanding he would have to apologize the next day and say, 'It was my fault.' Because falling outs are emotional problems even though we may understand them logically, it is very hard for us to become really humble in dealing with them. However in doing QSR we are not just simply looking at images or understanding things but dealing with right brain perceptions. Deep emotions and feelings of consideration for others tend to ooze out of these (perceptions). These profound sentiments are then able to be humbly accepted. It goes without saying that the bullying problem of this particular child ended on that day. We normally focused on the results of which book's images were seen, or what colors emerged as we continued in our lessons. But after having done this for many years it became more obvious that that the children's facial expressions were becoming brighter and brighter. I can only conclude that there must be some stimulation of the most intrinsic levels of these children's consciousness that is happening."


From what I've seen so far, this program is extremely right brain oriented, dealing with only gathering images from text. It looks interesting, but quite frankly, not something I would do.

This is what I've gotten so far, if I come across anything else of use I'll try posting that, too.

-JackTuff13

Is a version of PhotoReading.

AlexK

I was seeking coaching from a highly knowledgable person, and I mentioned to him that I could not do PR. Here's his reply:

"Photoreading is a method of the analytical mind and does not work for someone who mediates (like myself), someone who goes beyond the mind."

I don't exactly buy into this but it is an interesting proposition.

Paul meditates, Pete, meditates, Learning Strategies as a whole is very much involved with Spring Forest Qigong which both an active and passive form of meditation.

The problem is reversed people often try to learn PhotoReading with an analytical mind. The fastest way to excel at PhotoReading is to have an open mind, a beginners mind. An inquisitive nature of an explorer. Like a child learning a new skill. You don't analyse as you learn you just follow the steps and see what you get. Then follow them again and again and again. Just like learning to drive.

Alex

Hey Alex,

Learning to drive is a great way to describe learning any subject.
With Photoreading, you may be unsure about whether or not you're doing the steps right, so you're a little cautious of how you do the steps instead of just doing them.
When you first learn to drive, you usually keep talking to a minimum, keep your head still, and always try as hard as you can to follow all the rules.
After a while, you get used to it, it becomes second nature, and you can even listen to the radio or talk to others in the car, and you don't even worry about following the rules. You KNOW you're doing it right.

The same goes with photoreading, do it enough and you'll soon begin not caring about whether you're doing it right or not, and you'll just sort of KNOW that you're doing it right anyway.

Hope that helps back up what you said Alex.

Take care.

-JackTuff13