Forums IMPORTANT: PLEASE READ PhotoReading, Memory Optimizer Photoreading Concern

Greetings,
Having studied NLP,systems thinking,cognitive psychology last year, photoreading for me is a fact instead of a belief. And I have been getting results though it's just been 10 days I have started the program.

However, I have a concern. When a person photoread, the information bypasses the filters and goes directly in his neurology. This means all the information contained in the book ,right or wrong(from your perspective), enters your system, without you judging the information and filtering out the ones you don't accept. I think this proposes a concern,since it may create a conflict between
your model and the model in the book or you may adopt a model that is not useful without intention to do so. What are your views?

[This message has been edited by gladiatorr (edited September 20, 2004).]

[This message has been edited by gladiatorr (edited September 20, 2004).]

That effect occurs whenever you expose yourself to anyones elses ideas or thoughts. Be they in a Book, Movie, news, speech or conversation and if it's emotionally charged for you then even more so..

The fact of the matter is that by PhotoReading my non conscious mind is filtering the information with cold reasoning rather than emotions which is really colours our ability to judge what we consider right or wrong against our value system.

I see the effect of this when I read advertising promoting products. I am not sucked in by the emotional language and instead found that my noncscious mind is pointing out to me that what is really being said or not said. By passing the emotional pull these advertisment hold. My non conscious mind challenges me to prove that what they are selling has value for me and I was surprise to realise that many many advertisements sell emotional fluff. Often they don't even tell you what you will learn from reading the book.

Because I have all the informattion not just a little bit I am not like the frog sitting in water getting cooked alive while the water heats, up not jumping out because I'm not aware of the fact that I'm in hot water because the temperature is only going up a little bit at a time.

To me it's the same with PhotoReading. My mind gets the whole thing in one go so if it isn't right for me I can jump out straight away.

Really when it comes down to it the nonconscious mind is able to filter information according to our beliefs much better than the conscious mind.

Ever attend a seminar where the speaker got everyone all motivated? Consciously everything looked briliant you were on an emotional high yet non consciously it didn't work the non conscious mind wasn't sold or hyped up and you are back to your normal self in a day or two.

Personally I found the non conscious mind more aware of my values than I am of them consciously and when something goes against my values it's my nonconscious mind that rings the warning bells when something doesn't ring true for me. I think our values get tangled more when the conscious mind and emotions get involved.

Alex

[This message has been edited by Alex K. Viefhaus (edited September 21, 2004).]

Hm.. Interesting, and it reminds me of why traditional affirmations given in hypnosis doesn't work if the client isn't very open to suggestion. The unconcious mind can continue to preserve the paradigm without the help of the concious mind.
Thanks for your views.

Hello there

Like Gladiatorr here, I am also into Thinking-Pattern-Improvement (NLP, self hypnosis and such).
When I got into self hypnosis I found myself resisting to affirmations. In fact, I hate the idea (both consciously and non-con.). I feel like I'm trying to sell myself emotional fluff(using alex's words).
If I can't see the logical sequence in the process, I cannot integrate it into my concept system.
On the other hand, when I succeed in integrating a new concept, I tend to understand and use it better than most people I know.
I believe a good analogy would be that of mathemtics - you can't use an unproved assumption, but once you prove it correctly, its unarguable and may serve any other use.
I think I'm resisting activation of new concepts on all levels (not only with PR). Do you have a suggestion for me to get more suggestable to affirmations and give myself a fair chance to learn PR?

Gil

One of the first things that a hypnotist learns is, what you say, is what you get. If you turn around and say "I think I'm resisting activation of new concepts on all levels (not only with PR)." you are feeding yourself the 'emotional fluff'. Not the kind you may want but the kind that is giving you results that you get.

Forget about hypnosis etc. Try a feeling of curiosity. As you PhotoRead a book say things like. I wonder what I can learn from this? What new can I find in this book? I wonder what the author has to say about...? Why did the author consider it important to write this book?

Now if you choose to override those questions as emotional fluff you are not very curious about what your experience could be, then it's time to take a look at what you learned in hypnosis and NLP etc. Do you really want to "resist" what you consciously desire to change?

Alex