Forums IMPORTANT: PLEASE READ PhotoReading, Memory Optimizer PhotoFocus Questions

1. Since PhotoFocus is supposed to instantly download 25,000 words/min without cognitive focus on words or even entire lines at a time, wouldn't that fry our brains since millions of neural connections are being formed in such a short amount of time? Should we feel that physically to know that we really are PhotoFocusing?

2. I can see the blip page fine. When I turn the pages, I have to redivert my eyes so I can see another blip page. Do our eyes need to be constantly divergent so that we don't have to "reset" them for every page turn? If so, how do we do that?

3. If you leave your reading at PhotoFocus, and actually don't activate, will the "downloaded" information stay in your neural networking that it can be accessed somehow unexpectedly in the future, or will it be lost just because it wasn't activated?

4. The 25,000 words per minute. How is that calculated? In other words, is that just the PhotoFocus stage? Or is that the number of words in the entire book divided by the time it took you to gain satisfaction from the whole PhotoReading experience from Preparation to Activation?

I don't want to sound skeptical and I do want this system to work for me because I am so hungry for information!

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Originally posted by Cptn_Duke:
1. Since PhotoFocus is supposed to instantly download 25,000 words/min without cognitive focus on words or even entire lines at a time, wouldn't that fry our brains since millions of neural connections are being formed in such a short amount of time? Should we feel that physically to know that we really are PhotoFocusing?

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One hundred people at the February Retreat PhotoRead a minimum of 20 books each in one day most exceeded that number by far. No one fried their brain and we all slept well. I have experiemented on 40 books in one hour to see what it would be like. I'm still around.

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2. I can see the blip page fine. When I turn the pages, I have to redivert my eyes so I can see another blip page. Do our eyes need to be constantly divergent so that we don't have to "reset" them for every page turn? If so, how do we do that?

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When you PhotoRead on a daily basis you'll find yourself holding the blip page steady. You adapt with experience like with everything one does, it gets easier the more you do it.

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3. If you leave your reading at PhotoFocus, and actually don't activate, will the "downloaded" information stay in your neural networking that it can be accessed somehow unexpectedly in the future, or will it be lost just because it wasn't activated?

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Spontaneous activation. If we need it it shows up. There is no guarantee that it will suddenly show up. Bit like trying to remember someones name and you can't until your half asleep that night and you remember. That happens to everyone, why/ We don't know I think if we did we'd figure out how to have reliable spontaneous activation. If you don't need the information, then no great loss really.

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4. The 25,000 words per minute. How is that calculated? In other words, is that just the PhotoFocus stage? Or is that the number of words in the entire book divided by the time it took you to gain satisfaction from the whole PhotoReading experience from Preparation to Activation?

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It's PhotoRead at 25,000 per minute. Calculated on the turning of the page ever 2 seconds average text, average book.

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I don't want to sound skeptical and I do want this system to work for me because I am so hungry for information!

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Skepticism is great provided it doesn't stop you from trying and seeing for yourself what works for you.

Alex

Alex, could you tell us about your experience with 40 books in an hour?
Was it just the pr step or pre/post view also? thanks.

I collected the books of interest together and did a quick preview at that point. Pile them up set myself a glass or water Set my purpose which was simply to see how long it would take to photoread 40 books, what my experience was and what comes of it. Took a drink got into photofocus and PhotoRead. At the beginning and end of each book I noted the author and title of the book, then either had another drink or just went on with the next book.

at the end of the lot I closed my eyes and made a mental note of the closing affirmation. Over the next couple of days I noticed I had some spontaneous activation with about 5 of the books, in that some useful applicable information came up for me.

Alex

So you still were able to get something from the books you read? I was wondering if I used the old fall back purpose of "To learn the steps of photoreading" or something like "to enhance my photoreading ability" would actually allow any "useable" info during activation. Did you activate any of the books? Were your spontaneous activations of any real depth?
Thanks for the info.
I am currently trying to photoread as much as possible and wonder if i should take the time to get a real in depth purpose or just keep it general for all but a couple of books a week.
Any opinions out there???

You don't need to "learn the steps of PhotoReading" That's pretty basic and is sumarised on page 146 of the book with a mind map and page 147- 148 with description. In other words your purpose isn't a purpose.

I suggest instead of focusing on 'ability to PhotoRead' get real and have a real purpose for the book. Why anyone wants as a purpose to PhotoRead is beyond me. Bugger that, I want to know what's in the books that I'm interested in. How do I find that? I apply PhotoReading. I don't care how well I PhotoRead, it's end results that matter. If I'm going to the shops to get some groceries and I just want groceries I'll take the car (PhotoRead) to get there. Or I can want to spend a couple of hours walking (reading) and perhaps pick up a few things from the shop, it's fine my purpose is different.

In other works PhotoReading isn't a purpose it never will be... It's a means of reaching your purpose which is usually getting some form of information from a book. How does one become a profient PhotoReader? Just do it and then do it some more. Step 1......... Step 2....... Step 3........ Step 4.........
Step 1......... Step 2....... Step 3........ Step 4......... Step 1......... Step 2....... Step 3........ Step 4......... then it becomes Step 1.... step 2.... step 3.... step 4.... Step 1.... step 2.... step 3.... step 4.... Step 1.. step 2.. step 3.. step 4.. Once you do it often enough it becomes step 1234.

Alex

Right I know the steps but i was refering to what paul says in the self study course. He states that he is always asked about books that people have to read and can't come up with a purpose. He states that "to learn the steps of PhotoReading" can be used in those cases.
And in your post you stated your purpose was

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simply to see how long it would take to photoread 40 books

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So I wondered if pauls fail safe purpose was just to be used in the learning stages of pr or if as in your case a general purpose would have any merit in the activation stage.
I don't have trouble finding a purpose for some books however I've been pr'ing 2-10 books a day and have trouble defining a specific purpose for some of them.
Some times I don't know if it's pitt street or christmas.

Thx in advance.

When I PhotoRead 10 books a day for 2 months I simply stated that I wanted to know anything in this book that would be useful to me in my life now or in the future.

What Paul means when he said to learn the steps of PhotoReading is like the phrase to read for the sake of reading, to PhotoRead for the sake of PhotoReading. Of course activation of those books with such a purpose is going to be difficult if your normal reading comprehension skills are low. People who read for the sake of reading have an inner motivator of wanting to know what is useful for them from this book. For the sake of learning the course and merely PhotoReading books which you don't expect to activate... "to learn the steps of PhotoReading" is enough of a motivator for you to flip those pages.

Some where along the line, since it is one of the steps of PhotoReading you are going to determine what your purpose is for a particular book. If you've added books to your pile that you would not normally read "just to see what would happen"... well heads up, you've stated the purpose already for those books.

When you want to activate a book... "learning the steps of PhotoReading" is going to slow you down. You're not giving your mind a task that it can zero in on in relation to the book. To activate means getting active with the book and that remains difficult to do with a passive purpose.

Alex

[This message has been edited by Alex K. Viefhaus (edited July 14, 2004).]