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Something I've been learning about the eyes is the very interesting fact that we don't conciously use the amazing abilities that our eyes have. Just like the brain subconcious that we're trying to tap into, we need to learn to control our eyes.
To get the perfect blip page and photofocus, you first need to be able to control the divergence and convergence of your eyes, so you can lock in a good blip. The second thing is harder, it's to let your eyes develop their focus independently. If your one eye can focus when the other is closed, then why can't they both focus when you diverge your gaze? They can! But it takes some practice. And then more practice. It is very possible though...
I understand what you mean to an extent. Since I was a child, I've been playing with the focus of my eyes at certain distances and even concentrating them on specific empty spaces at a certain depth in the air. I can control my eyes to the fullest. But you say they both focus independently and all... but... my problem is that with the blip page existing, the text from both pages collides, and I know that's required for a blip to even exist. I can focus independently with both eyes, but the collides text rather destroys a good part of the page's visual comprehensibility. I'm probably butchering the entire process of photofocus since I don't know exactly how to attain it. There should be a better tutorial for that, given that its a key step in photoreading.
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Actually it's not the key step. People with vision in only one eye will never see the blip page and that is no reason why one cannot PhotoRead. You're making too big a deal of it and as a result are just think you're not getting it. The key step is simply to relax and soften your gaze so you see the full both pages at the same time. When you do that you go into parallel vision this will cause a blip page. Play with stereograms if you're so insistant on seeing the blip page. It's not the eyes that read it's the mind and what the mind chooses to show your consciousness looks scrambled because thats what it spent all these years trained to do. Again if the blip page gives you so much trouble ..... leave it alone and use the imaginary X technique. PhotoReading is the non conscious mind taking in the information... it's not a blip page. Alex
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...To answer Flex22 question, I'm realizing that Photoreading is taking my logical and creative side of my brain and they walk hand in hand. Mind Mapping reinforces my book reading.
I find the core purpose of the book-(logical)
I start branching out, as it blossoms with color pens-(creative)
i.e., 5 books I photoread are all in financial investing. One of the books peaked my interest and it was "financial leveraging".
I took the core purpose, "financial leveraging", then branched out with the book chapters: (CLOCK WISE)
"Leveraging of Planning", which branched out to..."
"Leveraging of Time", which branched out to..."
"Leveraging of Money", which branched out to..."
etc. I looked at my mind map and saw the whole picture of the book in my mind, all at once.
It's amazing. I always remember when I start PR is to drink water then relax, relax, be still within: "Inner Peace".
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Hi everyone, I have a question about mind mapping. When you mind map, are you suppose to refer back to the text? or are you suppose to create your mind map from what you have understood through PR/activation? Thanks for your help.
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I agree with Alex, from what I've read here it seems that some people make a big deal out of photofocus. I don't mean to sound patronizing, but it really is quite simple.A little practice of course is needed, if your used to hard focusing on every word for many years. Basically, just relax, soft gaze and don't hard focus in on words. Thanks for the feedback Investor50.
I have masses of felt tips, crayone and A2, A3 paper which I bought a while back but haven't used yet lol. I should take my own advice about the photofocus and apply that to mind mapping, as in relax, and just do it. Like Darkwingdw has just asked, I also wonder whether to revert to the text, or just go with my feelings/thoughts about the book.
There' so many facts in the technical books I read, I think to myself why should I put one fact in over another, because they're all relevant.Then I think, well all the facts won't fit onto a mind map, so I end up doing nothing. Thanks!
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Keep It Simple Student "If you're regimental on the process, creativity is thrown out the window." Paul S. comments that we be flexible in the work and have fun!
I'm jazzed about the program!
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Take it first from memory when it comes to mind mapping. Explore what comes to you once you make a start. If you get the sort of tip of the tonge feeling, by all means go back to the book. If you find it difficult to recall what you activated go easy on yourself, remember the conscious mind can only hold 7 plus or minus 2 bits of information so if you find yourself duplicating your activation as a result try doing a shorter activation pass and then mind map 7 to 10 minutes is just as valid and can even prove to be more productive than a 30 minute pass. Reason I don't recommend mind mapping whilst activating is the problem of getting bogged down trying to map it all instead of the key elements. Flex22... my niece aged 4 saw my less than elegant words only mind maps yesterday. She said, "can you teach me to do them?" The little voice in my said ???? she can't even read and that part of my mind made a bolt for the door while I heard a voice say. Uh,,, Okay. So now we're grabbing th sketch pad and markers while I selected 8 colours my mind is going how on earth are you going to show her how to do a mind maps without words. That's exactly what I'm going to do a mind map without words. So I said to her to start a mind map we start with what we are going to explore in the center. She wanted to do one about her best friend. So I said let do it about the both of you and what you both like doing. So I drew a branch and drew pictures of what they like to play, another branch for pictures of ther favourite food, another branch for what they liked to do in preschool (I was instructed to add eyes for my represenation of friends) A branch for books and a branch for their favourite movies. (I had to draw Shrek, Donkey and Garfield). My point is not the fact that I drew pictures instead of words. A 4 yr olds attention span is short, and they are not fussy about how well you draw a representation is just fine by them. I took advantage of those two factors when I did the mind map and I can look at my handiwork and remember not only why the pictures are there but the additional tales she was telling me. The point is no matter how scrappy the short amount of time you put into producing a mind map is really worth the effort if you want to remember stuff. Alex
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Hi Alex, Thanks for your comments on Mind Mapping. What's your thought on learning a foreign language using Mind Mapping? My future goal is to speak Spanish as a second language.
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Cluster. Eg furniture, car and aspects of cars, in the garden, in the kitchen etc for brances. Draw images and duel images... the image of what it is... and the images of what it sounds like... taking time to draw the English sounds like helps to bring the word back into memory. Eg Tia - a tear drop, for Aunt. By all means play with it.. the time taken to draw something... 90 seconds to learn a word sticks with you, just because it took you that long to draw it. Consider mind mapping in a straight line for a sentence... draw link images to phrases etc. Remember a map is a guide to were you want to get they don't have to start from the center. Like treasure maps.. Alex
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Ever since I've used the mind mapping with all the books I'm photoreading, it is a big help. When I need to quickly review a book I just pull out the mind map, which is tucked away in the book, and review it. It makes life easy. Alex, you are right, mind mapping is truely a treasure map. Thank you,
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