Forums IMPORTANT: PLEASE READ PhotoReading, Memory Optimizer Validity?

I've been very interested in the vast implications that this "Photoreading" could employ. I could assimilate my entire school's data in its textbooks in just a couple of days, possibly weeks. That's some MAJOR efficiency. I'm pretty sure Paul Scheele hasn't hired all you people for his possibly decieving endeavors . The reason why I am skeptical, well nominally, is because I went to amazon.com and found some horrendous reviews concerning Paul Scheele's book (this was the review of his book).
Secondly, I have a question about when you read the books: After you have read a book, the next day/week/whenever, do you begin to actually formulate your own opinions and theories steming from the book?

I know what you mean about the Amazon.com reviews! Half of them sing high praise and the other half are from really angry sounding customers. But I don't think that means it doesn't work. I think that people may have a logical block to it working. For what it is worth, I havenn't got it to work yet either, and I felt annoyed, but the theory looks as though it can work, so I'm sticking at it.

As for getting answers to your questions, I asked what I considered to be an intelligent question about photoreading and language learning. The absence of an answer from anyone at LSC leads me to believe that "Photoreading" has its limitations. So good luck with getting an answer!

You asked:

After you have read a book, the next day/week/whenever, do you begin to actually formulate your own opinions and theories steming from the book?

Well, yes. If you want to. Your purpose formalises what you're curious about, and what you're curious about in the books lets you get what you're after. It's pretty down to earth, really. By knowing what you're after you get more curious, and you follow your curiosity with increasing skill to the information you want.

When I've read a number of books on specific subjects that common themes emerge very quickly. I get especially excited when I see the same patterns repeated across multiple disciplines, because then I'm really making big connections.

The most important thing in PR is to explore what you're curious about.

Inchiki, when I stopped trying to "get it to work" and instead focused on reproducing the technical skills of Photoreading in a relaxed way, it started to work.

I especially enjoyed the moments of learning photoreading when I closed and acknowledged feeling stressed by the process. I then found myself wondering why I was so stressed by it and discovered that I was expecting to read whole books and have them flash on my inner eye. So I adapted: I photoread only as much of the book as I felt relaxed reading. When I felt tense I stopped and relaxed again until I felt the desire to start photoreading again.

Looking back that was probably the small 'insignificant' moment of attentiveness that opened the door on my photoreading skill.

I also notice that a peaceful environment is paramount for me to learn. I gave myself six months to learn PR because of this factor, and to give myself time to really learn the process thoroughly. That way if I wasn't feeling up to 'studying' Photoreading I didn't do it. It think the complete lack of pressure makes a big difference.

Learning PR by reading school texts seems a big goal to me. But if you're passionately interested in them then it'll be easier. Have fun with it!

Pveitch

Alright, thanks everybody, I'll take it into consideration. Especially about the relaxation part, I'm not going to push myself more than I truly desire.

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question, or when the answer doesn't answer a question, then re-ask it. Put a DANA/PETE in front of your question to make it easier for us to see it.

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As far as reviews: I've emailed a some of them to see what was going on. Most people never tried the process. They merely read the book and formed opinions. In some cases they tried PhotoReading but did not receive immediate conscious results so they gave up.

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When you read a book, form an opinion whenever you want to. It is up to you.

I form many opinions when I preview a book.

If you want to form an opinion to write a report, then wait until you fully activate the book. Check back after a couple days to see how your opinion has been affected by your thoughts of the previous days. My opinions about books have changed considerably after a few days of rumination.

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Point me to the post of the language question, and I will respond.

Thanks Pete. I just saw your infomercial at 3:00 AM (yes, the Learning channel ). That's some amazing reading. It seems as if you were able to skip the activation techniques; suppose you mastered those too lol. I plan to buy the Photoreading system (well, the book first, but I'll get the system when I can so that I start trying to read like you!) when I can get the money. Tell Paul Scheele I love him.

I think the main reason this process may not work for some people is the inability to change the way they assimilate information.
Or in another word - stubborness. The world is packed with stubborness. People just don't want to change.
As a beginner I can't claim vast reading improvement speeds however there are fundamental points raised in the book that are intrinsically important in understanding how we learn. The part of book relating to how children learn has had a profound effect on my life. The peripheal vision part also - this is also a technique encouraged by practitioners who help myopic people (people that wear glasses for distance) improve their eyesight.
Even if this book had nothing to do with reading, it would be grandly informative and enlighting.
One thing I noticed right away (that doubled or quadrupled my reading / scanning speed) was the point of actually asking yourself what do you want to learn. Once scanning quickly in a blurred out state, my reading speed easily doubled. And I don't necessarily mean scanning many pages ahead. It could be just a few paragraphs. For some reason the words were more familiar and I could pass paragraphs quickly that didn't have relevance to my quest. At first I thought I was just skimming, but it has been proven to me over and over again. This is invaluable for people scanning publications (mags, etc) for information pertinant to their own personal situation. Invaluable for the internet which could be called the center of irrelevance.

This is a core fundamental process of data assimilation - that needs constant practice and much patience. There are several techniques that need to be mastered before you can "flip pages once a second".
But the important thing is "Will it improve your reading". OF COURSE IT WILL!!!

Keep your mind open to new ideas. Try them!
Don't expect a miracle instantaneously. Expect improvement instantaneaously.
And over and over and over..........

And finally, watch how kids learn. This is, for me, the most important point of the whole book. This is the real key to voluminous information assimilation.

ps - Are you using PhotoReading to read this?