Forums IMPORTANT: PLEASE READ PhotoReading, Memory Optimizer Beginner questions

1. I still cant see the difference between having photoread and just reading normally. I follow all the steps and still cant achive rapid reading at activate step. (no much difference from normal reading.) The speed of my reading does improve but intuitively I feel this isnt due to the photoread step....
When I photoread the book, I can really see the blip page (sized around 1/7 of one page). Why it seems to me something useless though every time before I read I believed its power? Can anyone share his experience of getting success?

2. According to the book, after photoreading we should stay calm and relaxed for around twenty or more minutes before activation. But what if I read a short article? Does it mean we have to spend twenty minutes even it is a short prose? I know it mustnt. So what should we do? Immediately activate?

Rapid reading is the colosets to traditional reading it's usually reserved for step 5 of the process.

Questions for you, How much time have you spent manually activating one book, how many blocks?
How many trigger words do you pull from the preview or if you don't preview how many from the postview.

What's your purpose. What kind of mind probing questions do you have.

According to the book you should let go and of the book and do something else, calm and collected? Geee I'd have to give up fighting with my lawn mower as something else to do while I let the book incubate. Nah, do something else, let the book incubate for 20 minutes to overnight if you can. Setting up some sort of ritual after PhotoReading is unnecessary however if you want some, do the dishes, make the bed take out the trash are good options.

For short articles handle the same as emails and electronic files pg 83 of the manual no need to incubate the short stuff the mind can sort out rather quickly. Books cover much more material so at least a 20 minute incubation period is helpful

Alex

thanks, that means finding out trigger words is also important? I never do that...
Btw how long does a photoreader usually take to read or comprehen a story book of 400 pages? (assume he doesnt need to use the dictionary...)

p.s. what is "coloset"?

coloset means my fingers got tangled typing "closest" (typo sorry )

Pulling out trigger word helps with purpose and mind probing questions.

Alex

And now my problem is that I dont kw if i am benefitting from PR.
To comprehen a book of 300 page, how much time, both at most and at least, do you need to spend?

It's sounds to me (and I could definitely be wrong), but you are missing an important step of Photoreading, which can be unclear in the book.

Are you going through the entire book or a section of the book in a set amount of time (around 20, 30 mins)? This is called the layer approach, where you go quickly through the book multiple times and eventually the information in the book "gels" together. That is the power of photoreading - multiple passes.

I do have a question for Alex though - in the book, Paul suggests that Superreading and dipping don't necessarily have to go from one end of the book (or section) to the other end; but you should jump around with SR. However, I never jump around, but enjoy a more linear approach of doing multiple layers of the entire book (or large section of book). Does this mean I'm doing more of a skittering approach? Or am I just superreading, but in greater lengths? [Hope that makes sense ]

I usually go through a book once only.
I've never heard about multiple pass. How does it relate to photoread? My habit is first preview the whole book quickly and once only, photoread, close my eyes, then superread also once.

aptyk0 you are not superreading you are only rapid reading and since your post imply that you are having problems with both time and comprehension you would not have a ound purpose nor mind probing activation questions. If you really want to fully activate a book in the shortest time, layer it with multiple passes. Apply the five day tes see page 76 of the book (English language version 3rd edition)

Rapid reading is where one progresses though the material sequentially from front to back applying a pace that can range from superreading, skittering, down to tradional reading to analytical reading throughout the book.

Ked, The multiple times from beginning to end does indicate a superreading appoach. Consider this though, how effectively are you using your time? A 30 mintue superread through a book from beginning to end is a good approach especially if it's material that is a must read and you are having difficulty getting curious about it even though you know it would help your purpose if you were. (textbooks and reports often fill this category)

How much more benefical could it be to you if after a once through super read you did continue layering by starting where you purpose and curiosity lead you?

A reason to consider it is because even though the author presented it in that particular linear fashion it may not be the best way for the individual to learn it. Good learning builds on the information that you have managed to take in and understand already. To have a better memory of new information being able to link it to what has already made sense makes both learning and remembering easier. So jumping around and taking it in would be a heck of a lot faster.

Imagine for a moment two unique cars a sedan and a wagon. Into each of these cars you are going to pack exactly the same stuff for moving, lets for the sake of example take move some stuff from the kitchen. A stock pot that didn't fit in any boxes, 3 boxes of identical size, the dishwasher, and 6 bottles from your wine cellar that you had no boxes for, The box with food that you want to eat as soon as you arrive at the new place and you're also taking the 2 family dogs, the cat and the canary. It all fits into the car. Do you think you would pack both cars in exactly the same order? Nope you may be able to put all the stuff on the back seat and have the animals in the back of the wagon but you cannot put the animals in the boot of a sedan.

Make activation work for you not because the information is in the book in a linear form. If you have the home study course you will notice that the instructions do not follow the order of the book, they follow the pattern of interest and learning.

The linear approach is fine if you are reading the book for the first time. However you have already exposed your mind to the linear form by PhotoReading the book I see no reason to do that again. Except perhaps for a novel but I would be skipping parts then.

Alex

So superreading is the solution if i want to read and have a better memory of the material at the same time?

If you want to be able to remember what you activated better then you need to have a sound purpose. Even with traditional reading if you do not have a purpose you do not have a purpose for remembering so you are effectively telling your mind that it can forget it. Make a point of deciding why you are reading a book if you want to have access to your memory of it.

'I have to, for school', is not a purpose.

Alex