I don't use the 4321 technique because I had already learned a technique called Mindscape which is similar to the Silva Mind system. Basically, I visualize and say the names of the colors Red, Orange,... Violet, invoke all 5 senses in the "passive scene" (a calming beach setting for me) and ascend seven steps to enter my "Workshop." It's a metaphorical place created by your mind's eye. By the time I have entered my Workshop, the techniques should have put me in a deep alpha state.
I use this almost always now with PhotoReading, for both the PhotoFocus and the activation steps. I find that it does help me to relax and focus my mind on the task at hand, and to get closer to that wonderful "flow" state. So I am a little confused here. Do you think my technique is still a good thing to use, but that when PhotoReading, my mind will just automatically shift from alpha to the theta/beta brainwave state ideal for the PhotoFocus? Can anyone explain why PhotoFocus might put the brain in high beta, which sounds more like a chaotic state of mind? I almost always feel more relaxed during and after PhotoReading, so relaxation must be more complicated than the frequencies of one's brainwaves.
Enlighten me.
-Cameron
