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When i go about Super-reading and dipping my material i always run into a problem. I know that you're saposed to be conciously looking at the words and running your eyes down the page but i have two ways of doing this. This is hard to explain, but if i relax my eyes on a page (any page)of text, certain words pop out. Sometimes my eyes recognize a path of white space leading to a word or something. I can't quit tell what's going on, but some words attract my attention (i'm sure Alex is able to explain this perfectly hehe). For example, just a second ago i stared at a capital T in The for maybe 15 seconds or so. Suddenly another capital T popped out a little ways down the page, and i kept seeing new T's as i followed the path. So back to the point: when i'm super-reading/dipping should i be conciously reading the few words in the middle of the page until i see a word that makes me think something important is around it? Or should i move my eyes down the page and focus my concious mind on my peripheral vision? PS. I can't really move my eyes while doing the technique i described above with the T's, i have to stare at the page. PS #2: when "moving" your eyes down the page, do you go line by line specifically? or just try to move your eyes in as smooth a motion as possible? ANYWAY THANKS A LOT FOR ANY COMMENTS.

When that happens read those few words. You can quickly recognise if it answers one of your questions. That is when you notice a certain 'T' or whatever, a quick read of the words that follow is in order. It could something new or even highly important that your mind is pulling you in for. It sounds to me like that is one of you inner minds tricks, to pull you into reading. There can be others. That is the whole idea of superreading noticing what attracts your attention. In the beginning you may not get perfect results, if you keep following the pattern of going in for a dip when you notice or are attracted by something, you train both the inner mind and conscious mind how to pull out the answers or what is important quickly.

The straigh down the middle scan is one of the techniques of superreading and dipping. There are other method. Skittering techniques, where you develop your own way of quickly looking over the text on a page is another. It could be something like the backward S, where your eyes just curve over the page tracing a S or Z pattern. Sometimes I'm moved to zig zag each paragraph orther times the whole page. I've even just glanced down the middle and circled back...

I might be at the end of the page and something draws me back to dip. It works much better when you find your own way to superread.

Scanning down the center of the page is the starting point. Notice what happens do what works and let go of what doesn't.

Alex

i still cant do the super read...i formed questions, and i started to see down the page...i notice myself being pulled by something and read the words...they are not the answer for the questions i formed...and sometimes not even the main points...how should it be??

Alex, do you have instant recall of info now? can u answer questions immediately after PR?? i mean subjective questions..

Thanks!

gymosphere,

Try this when superreading and dipping... read the chapter heading and subheading... turn it into a couple of questions. If you know the answer move on. If you don't, then the answer is somewhere in the next paragraph. You'll probably find you're covering the trigger words this way too. Or you formed questions from your trigger words, open the book to roughly the area you inner mind indictes the answer might be... remember to check the table of content for the section of the book that may answer your questions... you'll be drawn to certain chapters. Trust it, you've already stored the information in your inner mind when you photoread it if you find yourself staring at a certain chapter in the index list go to that chapter... scan the headings and subheads... even if you don't get drawing in first time allow yourself to go back over it again. sometimes the recall or pin point comes after the superread... because you are travelling so fast over the words while superreading you might find yourself pulled back to dip.

Do I have instant recall after Photoreading? Occasionally, Usually I walk away after photoreading and just think what I think the book is about. Inwardly/sujectively I can often sense the book. One or two points might come up. For example I once PRed a book without previewing... and my postview was interupted. Later when I was thinking about the book while doing something else I realised exactly what the book was about. I was a bit annoyed that the title of the book was so decieving. When I activated the book I confirmed it wasn't about what the title indicated.

I have found if I hold questions in my mind while photoreading I am often drawn in for a quick read them. So yes answers seem to come instantly too. I do not rely on it I still activate by superreading and dipping.

The idea isn't that photoreading instantly provides recall of the book. Photoreading reduces the amount of time you need to get the information out of a book. I've found it possible to get all the information I want out of a 300 page book in 15 to 30 minutes. There are other books I will gladly spend more time with because they are so interesting. I can PR a web page and know if it provides the information that I am seeking on a topic. This allows me to view an average of 30 unique sites (less when I find a site or 2 worth digging deeper into ) on a topic in 2 hours.

Play with trusting the process. When you get a hit allow yourself to acknowledge it fully. Get excited about it. And the tricky part - pretend the misses didn't happen. I know that sounds weird but that how you get your inner mind and conscious mind working in harmony. Pretend that you sucessfully activate the book. That may mean you have to add more activation layers (remember I did 6 activation layers on a book that I normally had poor comphrension with all up it took me 3 hours to activate the book).

Also notice the first one or two activation layers seem to be difficult on a tricky subject or where your comprehension is normally poor. That's were you have to keep going stick with it the full 20 to 30 minutes if you only found one answer then its a good start. Do another 20 to 30 minute session of superreading and dipping.

Give it more time in the beginning. You're relearning your reading style and developing a new inner mind connection.

Alex