Gnarlyocelot; yes you absolutely want to formulate questions from your trigger words.The author of the book uses the trigger words to bring all the concepts of the book together. This would explain why you are not getting anything when you try to activate the book.When you do not tell your mind what questions you want answered nothing will happen.
Active, purposeful, questioning,probing that is what you need to get what you want from the book.
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