Forums IMPORTANT: PLEASE READ PhotoReading, Memory Optimizer Definition/Clarification of PhotoFocus

I've read a great many post on here about the importance of divergence, but no one seems to go into any further explanation other than the “blip page” as to how I know I am correctly in PhotoFocus. While I can “diverge” my eyes at will, be it with text or anything else for that matter, I am still unsure as to how clear the diverged text should appear.

Question 1: If I were to diverge my eyes and two letters, let’s say an “F” and a “W”, visually overlap each other, should they appear to be a blur and barely distinguishable as letters to my conscious mind or should they be clear and obviously an “F” on top of a “W” (or “W” on top of an “F” if you prefer)?

Question 2: I see the random dot stereogram in the manual. I diverge my eyes so that the dots line up correctly and I can tell that there is something written there, but I haven’t made it visually clear by focusing yet. Is this an example of PhotoFocus, or do I need to be able to see the letters and words clearly while my eyes are diverged in order to be in Photofocus?

I know I just basically asked the same question twice, but I am looking for answers from two different scenarios in order to get a more clarified singular answer.

I thank you very much in advance for your time, help and input.

anyone??

Hello Mongoos!

Your question is very good and you are
absolutely right that nobody has ever
given a clear definition of photofocus.
I am going to teach you how to photofocus.

Firstly, get your Photoreading book in your
hands and open it on page 64. Here you can
see the story with Betty Edwards. Here Paul
says that he had read that if you want to draw
your thumb you should not draw your thumb,
because by doing this way you will use your
left brain. Instead, you should draw the space
surrounding your thumb. By doing this way you
will use your right brain, which is the creative,
intuitive part of your brain. Let me explain this
to you and then you will understand Photofocus.
I do not know if you have studied the Silva-method
(from the book it is obvious for me that Paul has),
but I have learnt it before Photoreading.

From the Silva-method you would know how the brain
works. Your brain has two different parts, the left
side of your brain (which is simply called left brain)
and the right side of your brain (which is simply
called right brain). The left brain is the analytycal
part of your brain. It is for analythical thinking,
therefore it can see the details only. It cannot see
the essence of things, it cannot see the thing wholly,
it is able to see the details only.

Countrary to that, the right brain is completely different.
The right brain is the creative part of your brain.
I am sure that it has happened to you that you were trying hard
to solve a problem but you did not have any idea. You did not
have any idea, but suddenly, instinctively came an idea
(you know the "aha!"-feeling), which was the solution for the
problem. That is typically your right brain and we call this
ability of your right brain creativity. The right brain is intuitive,
instinctive. Imagination, concentration are also the abilities of your
right brain. The right brain has a "long-distance" memory, while
the left brain has a "short-distance" memory. The right brain is
able to see the essence of things, it is able to see the things wholly
(that is what Paul calls "wholly procedure").
The right brain is unable to see details of things! It is able to
see things wholly. And this is the essence.

When you are trying to draw your thumb you are drawing one part
of your thumb and not the whole and therefore you use your left brain.
But if you draw the space surrounding your thumb you will see your
tumb wholly and now you will use your right brain. Interesting,
isn't it? But surely it is not surprising.

According to this, you will be able to read the book with
your right brain only if you see the book wholly (as Paul says
on page 64 that after reading this from Betty Edwards he tried to
see the book wholly). Paul also mentions that while seeing the book
wholly he noticed the blippage in the middle of the book and then
on the other pages he explains why is it that you see the blippage
in the middle of the book. So, you can see that seeing the blippage
is not the aim of photofocus. If you see the blippage that does not
mean that you are in photofocus. The blippage is only a side effect
of photofocus and not photofocus itself! To be in photofocus you
need to see the book wholly, you need to see the whole book at once,
you need to see both pages of the book at once!

Somebody would say: "Okay, but how to do that?". That is very easy.
This is where soft focus comes in. You need to focus softly on the
book. Some would say again: "Okay, but why? Why is it that you can
see the book wholly only if are focusing softly on the book?"
That is, again, very easy. Whenever you try to look at something,
your view gets narrower in order to be able to examine that thing.
This is why Paul says: "Do not concentrate on the words!".

Some would say: "Okay, I get it now. But how to do soft focus?".
That is easy. Do not strain your eyes, let your eyes relax.
This is why Paul says: "Relax your eyes." and "The keyword is:
relaxation". As soon as your eyes get relaxed your view will
expand and you will see the book wholly. That is so easy.

So, again, in a nutshell:

Relaxed eyes-->soft focus-->seeing the book wholly-->photofocus

So, this was photofocus.

As you can see, the two questions you asked are absolutely
unessential for photofocus. Keep using photoread and you
will be a professional. And do not expect results for the first
time, because it will need some time for your brain to get used to
this new way of reading. Practice makes perfect. You did not
learn to cut paper for the first time, did you? This is
absolutely the same. It needs some time to get working.
Photoread at least 4 times daily. Do not worry if you do not
experience anything, keep photoreading. For the first few weeks
you should not experience anything at all! You might experience
something in the first few weeks, but do not worry if not.
Keep on photoreading and sooner or later you WILL experience the
extremely enormous beneifits of photoreading.

I hope I have been useful.

Best regards

vajti

I have a question.
When one becomes professional with Photofocus, will he can see whole page of book as clear as concentrating words?

Thank you very much Vajti, it's a very good explanation. I did a test with a friend and my pupils are bigger with soft eyes so that I can see the whole page.