Forums IMPORTANT: PLEASE READ PhotoReading, Memory Optimizer alpha again....

Hi All!
Found this in a hard-core EEG book in the library (useful things, libraries).

"...what really determines the presence or absence of these waves [alpha] is not whether visual messages are or aren't coming into the brain, but whether or not we are attending to them...A simple way of securing this is to wear spectacles which will throw everything out of focus... With the field blurred , we have only to listen intently to a sound and the alpha waves begin, to cease again if we transfer our attention back to vision..."
-Adrian, E.D. (1944). Brain rhythms. Nature, 153, 360

Cool ey, this guy Adrian is one of daddies of EEG work, so he's pretty well respected.

So coming back to PR, does this mean then: that we maybe ought to play music while PRing, is trying to see the X really necessary? It certainly supports the use of chanting to keep the PR state. I don't know, but it's worth playing around with. What does everyone think?

Cheerio!

Nick

As to the X, it helps you get the photofocus, or, in Adrian's terms, "blurs our field of vision". I took the Subliminal Dynamics course years ago, and we didn't have the X or the blip page to help us. I find that they help a lot. I suspect this effect does help trigger alpha waves, but I can't be sure.
If you're thinking of using music to trigger the alpha state, I suppose it can help. The ones particularly suited to this purpose, I believe, would be the 60-beat Baroque music. But then again, it really isn't practical to always have the music on. (Especially in the library! )

KWLee

I have the subliminal dynamics course also and if you look 2 to 6" above and beyond the book as they instruct in their course, you're notice in your peripheral vision that the blip page is there and the text is blurred. They just don't go really in depth or place emphasis on it like LSC.

That's what I meant, really, though I obviously didn't make myself clear. As I recall, we were told to look above only for thick books. Without the blip, I lost touch with keeping soft focus soon after the course. I easily achieved a wide peripheral vision, but the book usually remained in hard focus for me. Just curious...do you know if they have changed the course since, say...eight years ago? Thanks!

KWLee

It does not matter whether the book is thick or thin, large or small. I still use this method when photoreading because when you are not looking at the book per se, my page turning is extremely smoother and much more faster than staring into the crease. Plus, if pages clump together and they do, it has little or no effect on me thus I'm able to maintain state. Also my state is much more deeper than it is when in soft gaze and looking into the center crease of a book. I don't have to worry about eye divergence either, eventho my eyes diverge naturally. And I know a lot of you out there right now are going "WHOA"!!!!!!

Remember In some previous post awhile back I indicated that my photoreading techniques are very ecletic, a combination of techniques borrowed from subliminal dynamics "Mental Photography", and Learning Strategies "Photoreading". Bruce Lee's awesome fighting system, "Jeet Kune Do" was very ecletic. It's a conglomeration of the best techniques from many fighting systems. The more tools one has in his toolbox plus the knowledge on the usage of these tools and when to apply them, the better off that person is in completing the task professionally and neatly.

I do realise the advantage of keeping a focal point above the pages, but I find that the blip page does the job just fine. I'm fortunate in that my early training with Subliminal Dynamics got me into the habit of turning pages quite smoothly (Perhaps the only thing I retained from that course!), so I don't have to worry about losing the focus. Naturally, I appreciate the eclectic approach - I'm a little of an eclectic myself. However, I find that, eventually, I keep coming back to the techniques in Photoreading. They seem to work just fine for me and fit together perfectly.

KWLee

As far as activation techniques, Photoreading wins "hands down". Photoreading is by my opinion "superior" to Mental Photography. But I do use techniques learn from mental photography to enhance my photoreading sessions. 80% of my techniques are from photoreading, the other 20% is from subliminal dynamics, i.e. page turning, focusing above the book, relaxation prior to photoreading, the distraction index, & the eye chart drill.

Now that you bring it up, it just occurred to me that the distraction index drill is just a form of pattern interrupt. (I seem to remember from one of your posts that you're familiar with NLP.) What do you think?
I agree completely that Photoreading wins hands down on the activation part. The fact that Subliminal Photography relies on spontaneous activation didn't go down well with me at all. Page turning, well, I've never attended a Photoreading seminar, so I'm not qualified to compare.

Cheers,
KWLee

KWLee:
The distraction index is a pattern interrupt.
Spontaneous activation is a great thing to have, but takes a long time to develop. Most of us don't have that time to wait, we need the information rikki tic and thats where manual activation comes into play and this is where photoreading stands out ahead of the pack. Plus Photoreading can be applied to all sorts of reading material. i.e. computer e-books, loose leaf documentation etc. Plus coupled with paraliminals like memory supercharger, personal genius, photoreading activator, & dream play makes for one hell of an arsenal for waging war against the information explosion era.