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#1630 09/23/05 10:31 PM
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hi,
I am not a very good describer. I cannot use descriptive language effectively.

I have never really been a good speaker with a big vocabulary.

That is the reason I want to image stream or use the borrowed genius technique.

However, how can I do this if I can't describe properly?








#1631 09/24/05 12:46 PM
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Practice describing everyday objects with your eyes open. Set a timer for 90-seconds and for each 90-seconds describe a pencil, a cap, a balloon, a mobile Phone any everyday object.

Pretend that your recorder is a blind alien who understands the spoken word but cannot see stuff the way we see it on this planet. It understands colours, shapes textures but the term pencil does not compute so he requires imput to be able to identify thes objects. But this alien only has a 90 second attention span.

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#1632 11/25/05 09:20 AM
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But first learn to stop saying .. I can't.

This course (just like Qi-gong), will teach you that you are what your mind decides you will be !!
And the mind itself is just like a computer, Put garbage in, you get garbage out.

If you Program it with selk-talk to understand that "you can't", then you won't.

Just try for a few days repeating ... "I am NOT an idiot .. of course I CAN".






#1633 11/25/05 04:18 PM
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Peajie wrote:
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Just try for a few days repeating ... "I am NOT an idiot .. of course I CAN".

Actually, THAT is somewhat unproductive as well, because the subconscious mind doesn't really understand the word "NOT", so the above message reaches the mind as "I am an idiot" because the sub-C works in pictures and ONLY gets the picture of whatever concept is held in the mind of "Idiot".

Better said "I am able to visualize well". Forget about any kind of judgemental statement about yourself.

Cheers!
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#1634 11/26/05 02:24 PM
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When you say you "Can't", you are using a contraction, the long form is you "Can Not". Can, not. Another form is the compounded word, cannot. Same meaning...

You CAN , "not do it", and you CAN "do it"

SO, it is a choice...you CAN engage in the acivity of NOT doing something. That implies, since you have a choice, that you also CAN engage in that activity.

Bottom line? Each time you say you "Can't", you are also saying you "CAN!"

so, make your choice...

vitaman






#1635 11/27/05 08:00 AM
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I hear what you're saying, Rambo.

I feel the same way about it.

Many of my mental images during image streaming have aspects to them that I just don't have the vocabulary to properly describe.

".. and it has a sort of thingie on the end, it's curved, and it widens as it curves, and it looks like it's hollow and it attaches to this, ummm, I don't know how to describe it ...."

And as my verbal descriptions are plodding along as slow as molasses my mental imagery just wants to zoom ahead. But then I want to stick on what I was seeing so I could describe it.

Frankly, the visual system races along at speeds that leave the verbal auditory system in the freaking dust.

I always wondered WHY? WHY is describing aloud so important? What about it is important? Putting the words to the images? Connecting the verbal to the visual? It really does hurt (it's frustrating and painful for me) to try and do this. It's extremely frustrating and has been a big impediment towards doing image streaming consistently.

I have tried an approach, however, and I don't know if is doing much good in terms of why describing the images helps, but it's this: I simply make up my own language. I make up nonsense words that describe the very things I have no words for.

So, that particular part of the door that is that frames it, you know, the part outside of the bevelling, that's an umplah. And the way it curves forward in space and expands while vibrating with colors, that's zightodling.

So, saying the umplah zightodles is much quicker, and I know what the hell I mean, even if no one else does.

Even though it's painful, though, I must admit that making yourself describe things while images streaming is a great way to improve your word choice and vocabulary, and it shows just how limited mine is in describing the various visual aspects of objects in space and how they relate and change.

However, I really feel that verbalizing can be a great impediment to the freedom of the visual intelligence. It was to shoot off at its own speed and not be crippled by a slow poke who is trying to clumsily translate everything into another system.








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The reason for talking out loud is to slow down the visual steam. All to often the answer has come and gone before we had a chance to articulate it. That's why playing with describing out loud is so important. It makes it easier to catch those great ideas we have.

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#1637 12/02/05 07:10 AM
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If that is the only purpose, then I have to say that in my case, verbalization serves to interfere and disrupt more than anything.

It's sort of like taking dictation of someone talking about something and stopping them constantly to allow you to write it down. And then, maybe, asking questions, "Did you mean read r-e-a-d or reed r-e-e-d?" Which further interrupts trains of thought, sometimes derailing them completely.

If there is no linkage between verbal and visual systems going on in terms of the IQ benefit, then I think making up nonesense words is perfect for me, because I can just babble with words that sound and feel right and it doesn't slow down or interrupt things too much.









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