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Originally posted by cironick:
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?...

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Check out page 47 the two Einsteins with lighbulbs.

You'll notice that Paul speaks of a clarity to the text and how to get it. In the beginning the text is often blurred as you photoread more you develop that clarity although some people may find that it just stays blurred and that's fine too. No need to force it to be blurred and no need to force it to be clear. Just relax and grow with it.

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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?

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Your eyes will gaze in the center of the book letting your peripheral vision see the left and right pages (you're not trying to read them).

Alex

Alex gave some good advice a few weeks ago to notice the white areas and not worry so much about the words. When I tried to apply this after reading her comments I imagined the opened book more as a painting or a photograph and tried to take in the form of the paragraphs and the white space. This technique worked well for me. Sometimes the words were blurry, sometimes they were clear, but I didn't sweat it and just turned pages so I could see the next snapshot.

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Questions!!!

My PhotoFocus generally has no problem but i tend to read the words that are near the center of the book. I don't think that helps in fact it might have bad effects.

Please advice.

Thank you.

YeeSeang

Read the words see the words in the blip same difference. As long as you keep the pace in page turning it's not a problem. Turn the book over and photoread upside down if you find it distracting. It's much more challenging for the conscious mind to read and it will stay more with the chant.

Research has shown that the mind will invert it and always make the information right side up if it sees it upside down. They've experimented having people wear glasses that made them see upside down and interestingly enough within 30 minutes they were seeing it right side up again.

I came across an interesting article 2 days ago talking about mature blindfolded people becoming more sensitive in their fingers within minutes of being blind folded and then quickly losing the skill once the blindfold is removed. It goes to show that our brains are quickly adaptable to circumstances and it raises the question "Are we ever really too old to learn a new skill?"

Have fun with it. If there is one piece of advise I would like to give it would be...

Look for what's working and focus in the direction you want to go. If you think that a wall is going to hit you and you keep looking at that wall it will hit you. Optimally focus on what works and allow that to build.

"Keep the state and see the page" whatever the state is right now and however you see the page with your soft gaze (blip or no blip), noticing the patterns of white and four corners of the book, and recognising a word here or there... actually that's rather brilliant when you think about it. Turning a page every 2 seconds and recognising a word here and there just goes to show not only how fast you can take snapshots of the pages but how fast the mind has processed information and fired it up to your conscious mind.

Since we want to keep taking "snapshots" the only problem really with seeing the words is their ability to distract you and pull you into pausing for a regular read. It's useful if you're photoreading to find the answer to a question, then you probably would stop as soon as you know you found where the answer is. It's also good for building curiosity. You'll probably have some pages that you want to quickly postview. I've left my fingers holding pages I wanted to jump back to for a postview because a word or phrase as fired my curiosity. Since I quickly mark the page by holding it I stay with the photoreading.

Alex