Hi Tom,
Losing your photofocus is definitely one of the reasons why you haven't been succesful in your PhotoReading sessions. I think it's useful to practice the diversion of your eyes a couple of times. I know it's hard in the beginning, I had trouble with it myself. I would flip a couple of pages and my eyes were back to the normal, hard focussed state. The main thing is not to be hard on yourself, just allow it to happen and try again, until you can photoread an entire book without losing the diversion of your eyes.
It's important to be in a relaxed state when you PhotoRead, so pushing yourself into it and getting frustrated won't be of any help. As a matter of fact, getting frustrated isn't good for anything (but I won't go into that diversion right now
). PhotoReading should be a FUN experience for you, not drudgery. Paul emphasises this a lot in his book, and he does that for a purpose. When you are not enjoying something you're reading, you won't remember it. You've probably had many occurrences of those situations, just like me.
The trick is to have fun with the PhotoReading process, to "play with it" as Paul states in the book. A playful attitude vs an expectant attitude will make the difference. Make sure PhotoReading becomes a pleasure in your life, not a drudgery.
Greetings,
Tom.
