Forums IMPORTANT: PLEASE READ PhotoReading, Memory Optimizer Soft Focus Facts

I just want to make sure I am doing this correctly. I've completed the PR Self Study course and am begining to try this with some material.

Should the letters on the page be clear or blurry durring the photofocus portion?

Bits

Usually its a little blurred because you are looking further through the text. It's a bit like when a camera takes a photo of a person further away in focus. The object or person near the camera is a bit blurred.

Alex

Thanks Alex. Wasn't quite sure because one time I was able to keep the soft focus and have the letters in near plain view. Just wanted to make sure I was performing this part correctly.

Also - I'm sure this is pretty common with most first timers but I'm having trouble understanding how much control I have over recall from the pre-concious. I've had the expereince before of having the solution to a problem just pop into my mind (pre- Photoreading), so I'm convinced it can work. My concern is being able to recall when required after Activation.

I intend to begin using this for an exam that I need to take in a few months. I will have a number of text books to work from (4 or 5) and I have not yet had a real firm recollection experience.

So how do I recall the info?

Bits

Hi

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Originally posted by bitstomper:
I intend to begin using this for an exam that I need to take in a few months. I will have a number of text books to work from (4 or 5) and I have not yet had a real firm recollection experience.

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You can try the 5-day plan in the book.

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Originally posted by bitstomper:

So how do I recall the info?

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In PR, we engage in manual activation, which means that PhotoReading has to be followed up by superreading and dipping and rapid reading. You can do these in activation sessions. If you want an idea of how it's done, this thread might help:
http://www.learningstrategies.com/forum/ubb/Forum8/HTML/002346.html

KWLee

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Originally posted by bitstomper:
Thanks Alex. Wasn't quite sure because one time I was able to keep the soft focus and have the letters in near plain view. Just wanted to make sure I was performing this part correctly.

Also - I'm sure this is pretty common with most first timers but I'm having trouble understanding how much control I have over recall from the pre-concious. I've had the expereince before of having the solution to a problem just pop into my mind (pre- Photoreading), so I'm convinced it can work. My concern is being able to recall when required after Activation.

I intend to begin using this for an exam that I need to take in a few months. I will have a number of text books to work from (4 or 5) and I have not yet had a real firm recollection experience.

So how do I recall the info?

Bits

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Actually you cannot 'recall' something you have not yet called upon in the first place. With activation you are recognising the information for the first time. One you have activated it you can recall it especially if you took the time to get active and create a mind map.

Ask questions of the author, notice your body mind responses. Spontaneous activation usually occurs out of the blue because you or someone else asked a question and the information came to you conscious mind seeminly as if you already knew it for a long time.

Alex

Thanks Alex.

Your explanation makes sense. I'll continue to practice and work on making this second nature.

Bits

I have another question about the blip page and the text. I find that if my blip is a little smaller the text becomes a little clearer. If I make my blip bigger the text becomes blurred. Can the mind still read texts that are blurred? Can someone give an explanation?

You're changing the focus like a depth of field on a camera your eyes zoom in and out depending on how much you relax or tense your muscles. After a while the words can take on a an unusal clarity and crispness that is hard to describe because you've learnt to focus on the words in a different manner.

What you're experiencing right now is the adjustments to discovering what's optimal for you. Nothing wrong with the process we were originally taught to use our eyes differently for reading. It's like looking at 3d pictures (stereograms). At first it seems impossible to get into focus then with some practice and in a relatively short period of time you can get them like a snap. If you don't view them for a while the muscles of the eye need to be trained again for a short while till you get to that snap stage again.

Alex

I'm not sure if I fully understand the answers given to these questions, and I am having a similar issue...
I just finished reading the PR book, and when practicing going into PhotoFocus, I guess from looking at so many Magic Eye pictures (stereograms), the text was automaticaly focused (and overlapping, which I assume it should be doing if my gaze is divergent). But I read that my vision would probably be blurred. So my question is: SHOULD the text be blurred to be PhotoRead correctly, or is the goal of someone practicing PhotoFocus supposed to be to get the text to be clear?... Also, when PhotoReading, should my eyes be fixed on the center of the blip page, and letting my peripheral vision read the left and right pages, or should I be looking (in PhotoFocus) down the text, like in the middle of the text, as if I were reading it?

Sorry if my questions dont make sense, but I was a little confused at those points in the book.

Just try to see the blip page. And if you can then yes try to see the whole book, and not concentrate on just one part.