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Whenever I read technical material I find that my level of comprehension is bad. I could read one chapter that I have a sense of familiarity with after pr-ing the book, and I find that my recall is zero. I am currently revising for my exams and feel I need to change the way I revise because I read books and the stuff just doesn’t stay in my head. Part of the problem perhaps lies in my unwillingness to make multiple passes through the relevant chapters, I just get bored easily. I have tried everything – binaural beat cds, ces, smart drugs – and none of these things seems to help. Can anyone give me some advice?

Hi,
I'm afraid, but I think, the only "method" to cope with learning material is to deal with it quite a lot. I thought for a long time, too, that there must be a method to "soak" all the wisdom in any written material w/out any effort, but unfortunately I'm no Superman. You must go through your material at least one time, better two or more. For this reason, the PR whole mind system is quite right, because there you go through the material many times w/out even recognising it. But your unconscious does! So the more often you go through your texts, the better your understanding will get. But there is a price to pay! With PR you can hold this price down, so you have more time for different interests!

gx
MR

Hi,
I'm afraid, but I think, the only "method" to cope with learning material is to deal with it quite a lot. I thought for a long time, too, that there must be a method to "soak" all the wisdom in any written material w/out any effort, but unfortunately I'm no Superman. You must go through your material at least one time, better two or more. For this reason, the PR whole mind system is quite right, because there you go through the material many times w/out even recognising it. But your unconscious does! So the more often you go through your texts, the better your understanding will get. But there is a price to pay! With PR you can hold this price down, so you have more time for different interests!

gx
MR

Hi

Richard what kind of pills have you taken?

Thanks for your advice, i guess i am going to have to try and read chapters more than once to gain recall. Another problem i have is when i have an appointment perhaps in the middle of the day, i tend to not do anything upto that appointment. Perhaps its procastination that could be my issue but i just don't make use of time.

I have taken :

piracetam, vinpoetine, hydergine, lecithin, lucridral, brain lighting, various vitamin pills, ginkgo.

I thought perhaps i could just take a pill for a few weeks and my understanding and recall of my subjects would increase. But i was wrong none of these were any better for me than hanging upside down between study periods. Brain lighting seemed to have a good effect but this positive was cancelled out by the side effect of pains in my arms whilst using holosync, making it impossible for me to use holosync thus i discontinued use. Perhaps its my bad diet that makes these pills ineffective, i don't know.

Other things i have tried. I have used many binaural cds perhaps only quietude i can put up with whilst studying. The mindtech one i mentioned in another post was totally useless, i seem to always get sucked in by false claims.

Bwgen has no effect on me and holosync does, so i don't see how it could be an alternative. Paraliminals have helped me particulary anxiety free.

The book the power of now has had a profound effect on me, and this is after pr-ing once and then speed reading it in a short time.

GEEZ!!! guys the strength comes within, not from pills

Hi,
try to plan your day the day before! Make use of time management systems - it helps a lot! For the beginning, plan your next day, with schedule. Say e.g. from 9 - 12 - go to library, read book XY. Also plan your breaks - cause you can look forward to have one at the time you set it! There are many time management books available - read them! They are most helpful. Remember - time is too precious to be wasted!
gx
MR