Forums IMPORTANT: PLEASE READ PhotoReading, Memory Optimizer Activation by touch?!

Sometimes when i'm touching an object and I am in a particular situation, and then after a some time passes i retouch the same object again, that whole past situation just fires again in my mind without any conciuos effort.

It just happened to me now. about 4 hours a ago i was talking on the phone and was playing about with this bottle cap. now as soon as I went to throw this cap away the whole scene just popped up in my head, just like some sort of spontaneous activation.

This happens to me everynow and then and it could be interested to learn how to master it and use it for remebering things effortlessly.

any comments?!

Sounds like anchoring. Other more knowledgeable folk will respond soon. You'll probably hear that anchoring is fine for getting into the state appropriate for different activities. Then you'll hear that for memory that anchoring is an unwanted crutch. Anchoring to external thing could make for heavey going and the need for big pockets.

Maybe someone has ideas on how it might help as a stepping stone to spontaneous activation. Yoda would probably say "Do or don't do, there is no trying"... or was that the guy form Karate Kid.

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thanks for the reply.... now i know what is is at least. its a start. hope someone more knowledgable perhaps there are ways of using it to my advantage.

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Then you'll hear that for memory that anchoring is an unwanted crutch. Anchoring to external thing could make for heavey going and the need for big pockets.
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Can you explain what you mean in this part cause it is not clear to me.

And the guy from karate kid was Mr. Miyagi I think. :-)

Your right it was Mr. Miyagi.

My sister and I were talking about how Yoda and Mr. Miyagi seem to be the same sort of character. I think George Lucas stole the idea of Yoda from the Karate Kid depending on which one came out first of course.

Just a thought.

Actually, star wars was out before karate kid, but they do look quite the same. If yoda was human I would have to choose mr. Miyagi.

I am not the expert.
Anchoring is a method of taking a mental/physical state and attaching it to something. Often it is anchored to a body position or awareness. It can be anchored to other sensory inputs, like the look-smell-feel of say a bottle cap.

Then by accessing the anchor you are supposed to enter quickly into that state. In the PWMS the 3-2-1 relaxation ritual is being anchored to the phrase, body state and to the mental state. So that with practice you can enter the state just as quickly as you can say 3-2-1... and faster if you become familiar with being in that state.

I believe that is one of the purposes of different hand positions when mediating on different subjects.

Remember I am not the expert.

Oooh, the pocket thingy. Anchoring is a tool, so anchoring on bottle cap, candles sticks may make it a bit combersome and inconvenient to keep the anchors with you all the time or to do without them when you don't have them. Better to anchor to something more internal.

I suspect that mind maps are as much an anchor as a probing tool.

But what do I know.

Yoda and Miyagi. Yes Star Wars was first. However, I believe both characters are drawing apon the same cultural archetypes.

Adrian,

The experience you talked of is actually rather common. Especially with smell touch and taste. The smell of something can many years later trigger a full memory of an experience. They are 'usually' very pleasant experiences like the aroma of pie might trigger a memory of an experience with ones grandmother (burnt biscuits once triggered a very detailed memory for me of an event that took place many years ago.) Vivid memories are often triggered when we touch things from our past.

You could use this for photoreading. Remembering successful photoreading sessions just prior to starting another session is actually good practice. It puts you in the postitive frame or mind for for your next photoreading session. You can create a physical trigger to fire it off at will of course. I've given a basic how to... on another thread. I could explain how to do it again if you like.

Alex

I activated one book spontaniously by carrying it into the bathroom with me and then back out again. I'm thinking of doing a mind-map from my spontanious activation and then manually activating to see how I compare. Basically, the book I have is a large book of lists on how to have "the classic American childhood." Because the lists are generated from meta-values of the author, I was able to spontaniously figure out the meta-values and the rules for applying them.

I think part of it is that I generally reserve books for "bathroom reading" that I do not intend to photoread, but just want to crunch through in a straight line. My brain might have thought that I read it, because I photoread it and I took it into the bathroom. (I was going to superread it, but decided not to).

thanks Alexk. that would be interesting to know. or else give me the link of the forum so I can read it there so you do not have to re-write it.

To create a physical trigger for yourself to bring on the memory of a positive experience whenever you want. Prepared before hand it is quite useful for repeating/recalling positive photoreading session. When you have a successful photoreading session recall/remember it with as much feeling and detail as you can. Then at the peak of your remembering, when you really feel like you got it again, create your trigger, e.g. squeeze your thumb.

The idea is to recall the experience as vividly as you can, bringing into play all your senses... smell, taste, touch, hearing, seeing and emotions. When you know that you are fully re-experiencing the experience you create the trigger... a squeeze of the left thumb with the fingers of the left hand for example.

To check the trigger forget the experience for a moment... then test the trigger by squeezing the thumb again, you will notice the memory flooding back. To make the trigger stronger you can add to it other experiences where you where highly successful in your endeavours. You simply repeat the proceedure with one or two additional experiences and they can be other experiences than photoreading too. So if your success with photoreading has been limited to date... use other success experiences.

Now heres the beauty of the trigger it you can use it anytime for anything that you want to feel or be motivated towards success so you can use it for more than photoreading.
When you want to have this feeling of heightened success you can fire off your trigger (i.e. squeeze your thumb).

For photoreading do this just before opening your eyes after doing the 3 to 1 count down and stating your affirmations for photoreading and it triggers the positive feeling you want when you photoread.

If you want to know more about this technique you might like to obtain the book
Triggers A New Approach to Self-Motivation by Stanley Mann, A.C.S.W.ISBN 1-13-930785-0 ISBN 0-13-930793-1 {PBK} copyright 1997.

There was also a tape course available on this technique but I cannot recommend it because it comes as part of a package deal with is quite costly.

Alex

BTW the triggers lose their effectiveness if you neglect to use them so you might have to repeat the process at some time.

[This message has been edited by AlexK (edited December 14, 2002).]