I got an email from [censored to protect the innocent] asking me some questions about PR and he said that he was only doing a few of the steps and not the other ones then he went on to ask more questions. There's nothing wrong with "tweaking" the system after you get good at doing it but he was having trouble right off the bat and I told him if he changed or skipped steps then it becomes something other than "Photoreading." There are other "subliminal" type reading programs and techniques and by changing things up front you may turn PR into something that doesn't work.
At first I skipped the trigger word step and the mind probes and I did OK but nothing like when I added them, as "boring" as seemed at first. Every step is designed to get you reading actively. I do skip steps now but it's usually because of the material I'm reading, not because I don't like the steps. You can't change things to fit the situation until you are good at using all the steps in the first place.
Also the goal of having a book "gel" may be a hinderance. Forget it. Instead remember a time when you "got" a joke that previously you didn't "get." That's what gelling is like. It's not a HUGE awakening, it's more like you saying "Alright, I got the point." It's subtle.
