Forums IMPORTANT: PLEASE READ PhotoReading, Memory Optimizer I have peculiar eyes. So perhaps I need peculiar guidence.

I will try to keep it brief; something hard for a fiction writer. I appoligize in advance.

Until recently I was only able to focus with one eye at a time. But after 38 years of breathing almost ever day, and a divorce (lower stress lifestyle), and the first year with out any sign of TIAs (baby brain strokes) all of a sudden not only could I see out of both eyes but I couldn't turn one off to save my life. Great accept the vision was severly over-lapped even though the eyes are uniform in position. Anyhow five doctors and four pairs of glasses later I now have calm consistent 3-D vision. (Feels real weird to tell the truth, but good.)

So to try and get to the point, I have these very special glasses. And am perhaps too hesitant to purposely rock the boat as it were, trying to fight the perscription to diverge my eyes. I have tried anyhow with no zero luck. But I think the specs pull me back in. Rather thick they are. And viewing without them is a bloody mess. Not just doubled but very fuzzy indeed. (Stong astigmatizim.)

So unless I hear other recommendations from you I am proceeding down the magic X path.

But here is where I get confused, (this happens a lot, confussion that is,) I am using the Photoreading book by it's self (no course book). And I find page 48 rather vauge on the point of Xs and all. And so far my activations have been spotty at best. So;

Is this X best envissioned as clear or solid?
Is gazing at the center of the page and attempting to bring the corners into view best?
Or is envissioning the corners and joining into an X?
Or just gazing out to the white spaces of the four corners satisfactory?
Now as to this distance aspect; I found the discussion of cones and rods very interesting, rods being the retinas distance sensors.
My question though is; for Photofocus if i see the four corners of the page and the letters clearly am I off the yellow brick road?
Or should I gaze over the top of the book to a distance of a foot, a meter, as far as possible or perhaps just far enough that the letters become blurry?

Well, you're quite the trooper to tackle this lengthy disscourse let alone answer this soagy eyed soul. And whatever responce I receive I will truely be grateful for.

Thank you.

Stephen,
Yes, glasses will often pull you back in. The imaginary x techniques works just as well. So by all means use it.

Is this X best envissioned as clear or solid?

It is imaginary, it provides 5 focal points the 4 corners and the center.

Is gazing at the center of the page and attempting to bring the corners into view best?

Yes, that is the idea. When photoreading we try to see the whole book with both open pages in view all at once. Normally when we read with hard focus we are only aware of a small section of the page. In Photofocus (what you are doing when you photoread)we are taking in the whole 2 pages at once. Much like looking at a landscape/sunset scene. We are taking in the whole scene all at once not getting stuck on the details.

Or is envissioning the corners and joining into an X?

You actually have the corners in your vision while photoreading.

Or just gazing out to the white spaces of the four corners satisfactory?

Gazing into the white spaces of the *text* and not looking directly at the words is the actual idea.

Now as to this distance aspect; I found the discussion of cones and rods very interesting, rods being the retinas distance sensors.
My question though is; for Photofocus if i see the four corners of the page and the letters clearly am I off the yellow brick road?

No, you can still see the words clearly. After some practice almost everyone will notice that they also see the words clearly. It is more likely to cause you a bit of bother in that you could become distracted and find yourself regular reading instead of photoreading. To help overcome this I suggest that you photoread the book upside down. (It works just as well though it is not discussed in the book in great detail.

Or should I gaze over the top of the book to a distance of a foot, a meter, as far as possible or perhaps just far enough that the letters become blurry?

No need to force it. If you use the x techniqe you just look at the centre of the book seeing the open 2 pages of the book with a soft gaze.[/B]

I actually used the x technique and soft focus for my intial photoreading experience. The blip page came later

Alex

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No, you can still see the words clearly. After some practice almost everyone will notice that they also see the words clearly. Alex
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Alex a couple of people have mentioned lately about the clarity of the words in photofocus.I'm a little confused. When I PR my vision looks like the image that Razordu30 posted (sorry I don't know how to link his post dated Aug 22, in the thread "What exactly should the blip look like")

Can you explain what you mean in more detail for me.

Thanks

Dan, with regular practice and activation of the books you photoread the text on either side of the blip also becomes clear. A strengthening of the eye muscles takes place. The text can become quite sharp and in forcus... lifting off the page (or so it seems). You notice the white paper surrounding the letters more than the text itself but gone are the blurred fuzzy edges. It is like muscles built up with weight training over a time they get stronger and suddenly you notice that you're lifting weights with ease whereas before you struggled with them

Let it happen, when it happens. Ramon did an excellent job of showing what Photofocus looks like. That is all you need in order to photoread and activate any book you choose. The blurred state is perfect for photoreading. The clarity appears over time, naturally it will depend on how fequently you photoread. If one is a very casual user of the technique then in all probablity the text will remain blurred for them indefinately. It doesn't really change the photoreading process. Flipping the pages, while maintaining a steady photofocus gaze, while in the accelerative learning state for photoreading. If you're getting it like in the pictures Ramon posted without going crosseyed then you're doing it right.

Alex

Wonderfully detailed reply. Thank you.

Question; I believe in the upside down technique; but wonder if going from the last page toward the the first is any less or more effective?
Or for that matter when you are reading right side up, if starting from the last page makes any differance.

Just turning the book over and flipping the pages from right to left works just fine. It usually easier for keeping the pace on page turning. If you like to experiment and flip the other way it will work just as well. With photoreading the whole book is put into the inner mind in about 10 minutes or less (depending on number of pages) It doesn't matter what got into the mind first... it sorts it all out anyway.

Alex

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