Forums IMPORTANT: PLEASE READ PhotoReading, Memory Optimizer active learning state

hey i had another interesting question come up today during work

after the photoreading course, can you go into the active learning state [ i think i know what that means, but bear in mind my stuff hasnt arrived yet ] and soak up other types of stimuli, and remember them, even though it's not fast paced, like photoreading

exa:
in a school/college class, going into ALS and soaking up the lecture, for easier recall?

does the active learning state help in this way

thanks
andrew/agent orange

Yes. Search the forum I had posted a method by which one can use the experience for entering the Accelerative learning state for classes.

Alex

It most certainly does!!

It is actually called the accelerative learing state--hence it can be used for whatever type of learning, not just PR. This is not something specific, lots of other books, etc. detail it, though they might call it different things... GO FOR IT!

yeah i did screw up the name. alex, i cant find the post, i searched for "Accelerative learning state for classes" all words in message for your user name. i didnt go through all but i went through a few, if you could help thatd be great

andrew/agent orange

The link is here http://www.learningstrategies.com/forum/ubb/Forum8/HTML/002493.html

Alex

Then why don't you walk around life in ALS? =) just a thought, let everything go.

I get into Active Mnemonic State from time to time. Like, when I was to meet Ann Sigmund at 1515 Rivercenter Drive, I imagined two 15's floating down the center of a river. On one 15 was Sigmund Frued, and on the other was Ann Landers. I'll probably remember this long after the usefulness of it is dead and gone.

Why not go into Active Learning State all the time and Zen your way through the Tao of life?

Well, really, it's not Active Learning State, it's Accelerated Learning State, and it works because it is passive, not active. PhotoReading is called such because one "Photographs" the page. But, using a different metaphor, it's like "soaking up" the book with the "sponge" of the brain. Accelerated Learning State is a very "absorbant" state. However, when you want to know something consciously, you have to squeeze the sponge of your brain and let the material out. You need to go into reflective awareness. As anyone who has ever been "lost in thought" knows, reflective awareness means going into a state where the external senses make less of an impression.

Natural Brilliance goes into this somewhat, speaking of how we switch to passive passivity (release), active passivity (notice) active activity (respond) and reflictive contemplation (witness). The cycle is designed to minimize or eliminate the time spent in passive activity (trance). One of the reasons Natural Brilliance and PhotoReading are combined together in the self-study course is because the learning cycle of Natural Brilliance is directly applicable to the process of PhotoReading.

[This message has been edited by Kaiden (edited January 30, 2003).]