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Originally posted by ChrisMC2005:
Now in each 30-minute activation session, you're supposed to super read/dip or skitter through the entier book?
Yup. Each activation pass creates a layer of comprehension of the entire book at a conscious level, in your conscious mind. The activation techniques have you build comprehension from whole-to-parts, structure first, and increasingly more detail as you go.
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Of course, say you had 10 specific mind probing questions. One could find the answers to those in 15-20 minutes using super reading and dipping.
Now you're getting it.
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Then, you have the answers to 10 questions. Now, in finding the answers to those questions, one will likely find the answers to more possible questions.
You will notice as you're SuperReading & Dipping, or Skittering & Dipping, your conscious mind will begin to automatically throw out questions about what exactly you are activating. And, your inner mind will continue guiding you to the answers to all of those questions.
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But lets say our purpose in reading it is quite general... and we don't know say 30 well-formed questions to ask. Say it is a philosophy book, with a meticulous train of thought.
Then keep your purpose/outcome statement general. Go in to get a general understanding of the whole book by activating it cover-to cover in 30-minute passes.
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now will the book eventually gel, with about 80% comprehension, after a number of activation sessions in which all the techniques are followed with respect to a limited number of mind-probing questions?
Absolutely.
Let's say you have a book that would take you 10 hours to get through and comprehend with your present reading skill. Once you master the basics of PhotoReading, you can take that same book and in 3 hours or less, you'll comprehend it fully, with better understanding and improved retention.
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Besides looking for clues from our inner mind, when we super read/dip/skitter, how do we take advantage of the fact that our inner mind has already seen the material?
All of the activation techniques allow you to "burn in" new neuro pathways in your brain, between your conscious mind and your memory bank. This is the way our brain was designed to learn and store information. Conversely, this is also the reason pushing your eyes faster and faster and faster across the page in a typical speed reading course causes stress and anxiety, since your mind doesn't liked being forced to do something.
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I am finding that the only material that seems "familiar" to me is material that I have super read or material that I already know alot about.
That is normal. Very very little will seem familiar when you first start activating.
The more Mind Probing questions you craft with the trigger words and phrases you wrote down during the Preview step, the quicker the entire book will "gel" when you are activating.
Hope this helps!
[This message has been edited by Dana Hanson (edited January 04, 2002).]
