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A question regarding focusing beyond the page to slightly blur out the reading material....
That's fine if your distance vision is clear. What about if you don't use your myopic (my close vision is good, my distance vision is bad) glasses for reading? Can I instead focus too close (before the book) and let the page blur out because its too far away?

You can try the other method of Photofocus to see which one is more comfortable for you.

Instead of seeing a blip page, look at the printed text on both of the open pages as one "chunk" with a soft gaze. Imagine a transparent X from corner-to-corner. Just make sure not to hard focus on anything while flipping those pages, and you'll imprint all the patterns of text directly into your "other-than-conscious" mind.

I was wondering if it matters if I focus before instead of beyond the book. When I'm focused beyond the book, its supposed to be using the right side of the brain more. But would the same apply if I'm focusing before the book?

When you focus before the book, you cross your eyes, which can cause eye strain.

When you focus beyond the book, you diverge your eyes, which causes your pupils to dilate allowing more light to come in. Paul argues this is an important distinction.

My eyes naturally focus clearly between 3" and 10". Beyond 10" is not clear. This is a typical myopic condition. When I look in the distance (without glasses) there is no strain though I'm seeing a blurred image if I don't strain or "try" to see. If I read a book just out of my range of clarity I am actually relaxing my eyes as they are always relaxed when focused beyond their distance range. For me that's beyond 10". Myopic specialists are often instructing their students to NEVER read with their glasses unless their vision is so weak they can't focus comfortably - say less than a few inches. As my glasses bring a distant object to a reachable distance for my eyes at an apparent 10", reading with glasses would bring the book to an apparent distance of just a few inches which severly accelerates myopic conditions resulting in people constantly be prescribed stronger and stonger glasses. My point in all this is that there are many, many people out their that are myopic and if they need to wear their glasses for this process to work, then that will make their myopic conditions all that much worse. Incidentally, many points Paul makes in the PhotoReading book are also used in myopic vision therapy. I found the connections there fascinating. Maybe someday Paul will write on vision therapy.
I look forward to you response and clarification of this most important matter to me (and what should also be important to most myopics out there that are eager to retain their eyesight and maybe improve it as I and many others have done.)

I just realized upon rereading Pete's response is that he is assuming that binocular vision is working perfectly in the reader. And for people with good distance vision that is usually the case. However for nearsighted myopics like myself, our eyes are hardly ever the same in clarity. So it would follow that binocular vision would be not very functional. If there's no binocular vision, there is no eyestrain, as the eyes cannot cross as only one is focused on the page at a time. Usually the stronger one, of course. Or in other words the brain takes the better of the two images presented to it by the two eyes.

In my first post I had said that i was not having much succsess with the system, Now after time It is going much better but.By reading Pete's responce I am wondering if this is where I am lacking so far I am only able to see the blip is if I slightly cross my eyes I have not been able to see it any other way I have been able to understand the material but not the way I would like to.My eyes try to focus on the material. Does any one else get tence wile super reading?

I have the same problem as marks. I know this is an old thread but I also have a hard timing focusing with a soft gaze. Anybody else have the same problem and what have you done to fix it?

The key is to remember you're not focusing but merely noticing. If you were glasses you may want to photoread with glasses one but remember to use a focus more related to distant viewing than regular reading vision.

The text will be a bit blurred and that 's fine, as long as you're noticing the four corners of the book, the pattern of the white instead of looking at the text, an imaginary X and you're relaxed with your vision, body and mind you'll do fine with photoreading.

Alex

I've read some posts on this forum that suggest that reading beyond the book can also mean noticing the four corners, the white space but also the things around the book. Is this true? I always thought that it only meant looking through the book as in having a x-ray vision (you imagine looking through the book).

I have another question that I really need an answer for. When I'm supposed to have a soft gaze am I supposed to squint? Or should I drop my eyelids a bit so text is blurred. Or is it simply just de-focusing your eyes? I know this question is "weird" but this whole photoreading step is so outlandish.

P.S.
Alex I read your advice about starting with Magic eye pictures and developing parallel vision, I'm going to try that out. I'll print 12 Magic eye pictures and learn parellel vision (divergent gaze) and then implement that technique when I photoread (photofocus). Do you still recommend doing this?