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...being more precise, how many questions can I formulate each time I super read?they have to be specifics ones?

For exemple:I'm phreading Ph.book.

MY PURPOSE:I want to gain all the informations that allows me to be a good photoreader and that let me pass in a good way all my laws exames.

MY QUESTIONS:
1)I want to discover the best way to do activation
2)I want to know how to use syntopic rading
3)I want to have some exemples of winner experiences about photoreading.

I have to be more particular?
When I photoread I put much more time in the process rather than the one suggestionated (not 30 min. but an hour and more)...

I know it works but I think I have some emotional blocks...Do u think I have to relax and ipnose my self(with some particular methods and with some positive phrases?)?
Do I have just to visualize me when photoredading will works for me?
When I superread the lines are unfocus...is that right?
Thanks all.

*Sara*

Hi

Three questions per activation session is usually a good idea. Too many scrambles your purpose. They can be a specific or as general as you like, depending on your purpose.

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Originally posted by siren83:
MY QUESTIONS:
1)I want to discover the best way to do activation
2)I want to know how to use syntopic rading
3)I want to have some exemples of winner experiences about photoreading.

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Your questions are hardly questions, are they? They're more like mini-purposes for each activation session. Formulate questions which relate to your purpose.

As for timing, I suggest you stick with the 30 minute activation session. It's good training for superreading, and remember that activation comes in layers.

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Originally posted by siren83:

When I superread the lines are unfocus...is that right?

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No, as a matter of fact, that isn't right. When you PHOTOREAD, you use parallel vision, and the text may seem out of focus. When you activate by superreading, you need the text to be in focus.

KWLee

Before I start commenting I'd like to say that you've basically got it correct.

As KWLee pointed the text should be in focus, just like traditional reading. The eye motions is more like speed reading, very quick and very fluid. You however are not trying to read, you are just making sure you see it all.

Also stick to the time limits. Stick to activating the entire book per pass. Stick to very short dips (say maximum 20 sec.). Give yourself breaks between passes. Give yourself incubation time. Have Fun with it. Use NOPS.

My general comment is that I make everything more real and more personal and so...

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Originally posted by siren83:

For exemple:I'm phreading Ph.book.

MY PURPOSE:I want to gain all the informations that allows me to be a good photoreader and that let me pass in a good way all my laws exames.

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My purpose, as you, would be, "I want the informatin from this book that will enable me to PhotoRead, so that I may excel in my law studies". When I state this purpose to myself I would see myself excelling as a result of PR my law material. Being able to talk about ALL the material in great detail. How happy and proud I would feel. I would visualize answering difficult questions during class. Asking probing questions. Having deep penetrating discussions.

These are things that would get me excited about learning how to PhotoRead. I've created a real desire to learn and then master this system.

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Originally posted by siren83:

MY QUESTIONS:
1)I want to discover the best way to do activation
2)I want to know how to use syntopic rading
3)I want to have some exemples of winner experiences about photoreading.

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Again I make things more personal.

1) I want to notice the information I Need to be able to activate a book.
2) I want to learn how syntopic reading can help me in my studies.
- Later pass: I want to know the key steps I need to know to master syntopic reading.
3) I want to know about others experiences which will inspire ME to master PhotoReading.

Of course this is all just my opinion... a little backed up by some experience and a lot of reading.

Happy PRing , sending love,
Iam2

Thanks for the information and sorry but I did no already understand which kind of question I have to do . What do u mean "relate to my purpose"?The ones that I stated were not?
And...if I have to focus when I superread a text is really similat to the skittering process (it's quite the same!!).

Bye all!!

Only you can tell if your questions really relate (or connect) to your purpose.

Your purpose is probably something like ...

I am learning law to become a lawyer for _________.

I need to understand ________ about because this is required for me to become a lawyer of__________.

Your inital question could be something like...

What is in this book that can help me understand ________ about this law? What do I need to know from this book so that I canunderstand________law. The unspoken understanding is your ultimate purposes (so that I can become a lawyer of/for).

Superreading and dipping and skittering are two types of activation techniques. They are quite different and both require you to go over the text with focused vision.

Alex

Sara,

Asking the best question deals with the level of specificity of the subject matter.

For example:

--=Specific Question=--
Question: "What are types of victims protected by child pornography laws?"

Answer: "Children between the ages of __ and __ are protected by code article ____."

--=General Question=--
Question: "What are the laws protecting sexual victims?"

Answer: "Law with regard to rape, molestation, child pornography, etc.."

--=Purpose Question=--
Question: "What laws in this code would help me to become an advocate for children victims rights?"

I find that stating a purpose deals with a sensory specific set of facts connecting or relating to a personal motivation. Those purpose statements create what has been called a "strange attractor" by psychologist and human functioning experts.

Good luck,
CS

Ok...maybe i've understood.
Now, i'm going to activate a book called"the laws philosophy".
Look if I'm doing weel:
1)prepare
2)prewiew:looking at title,trigger words and so on...
3)photoread
4)activation one chapter a time(about 15 min per chapter) with this type of questions:
a)in the relations between people, wich role laws have?
b)What's a "law"?
c)Polic and laws:they always agree?
d)who's Kelsen?
e)laws is the same of justice?
f)who says what is good or bad?
g)wich is the moethod do do this?
h)what arethe limits of the laws?
i)what means"to be free"?...
Are these good formulated questions or not?

Grazie a lot
*Sara*

PS My purpose is :To learn as best as I can this book so I can pass the exames, become a good lawyer and increse my ability in language .

Sara,

When you look back over the chapters... do you have the feeling that you know what they are a bout? Do you understand the message that the book contains?

That's the best way of judging if those questions go deep enough for you.

Alex

Ok...and if I have not this sensation I have to do skittering or another superreading and dipping or rapid reading?
I really have not this sensation...ahhhh!!!
what am I wrong?!?!?

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Sara

Siren83 you said 15 minutes per chapter.

Just to make it clear you should do one chapter at a time. Multiple activation passes on that chapter before doing the next chapter.

You questions seem fine. However, I would say pick three and don't change them until you are completely happy with them. Remember sometimes the material you are reading doesn't have the answer to your question.

So chapter one: pick the three most appropriate questions. Do an activation pass, upto 30 minutes long. Mind map if you are going to do that. Take a break at least 20 minutes. Come back to Chapter one. Are any of your questions answered? If so replace it (them). Do another activation pass with Chapter one. Keep repeating Chapter one, until you feel satisfied that Chapter one has nothing more to offer towards your questions. You don't go until you think you know everything in Chapter one.

Now do chapter two.

As for your purpose. I noted that you have three examples of how to set a purpose. One from each of Alexk, myself, and CommonSense. They are all slightly different in their nature. However, we all get the system to work for us. So you are the one that really has to decide if your purpose is right for you. You'll have to try and see.

As for getting that nice feeling, I remember reading in an old post that Pete, himself, sometimes doesn't get the feeling that a book is gelling until after more than a half dozen activation passes. And up until the one pass where it gels he has felt he's gotten nothing from the book.

I suspect that it's a combination of the book and person as to how many activations it takes. Someone who has practiced law for 20 years, and PhotoRead for 5 years many only need one pass on your book. I may need a dozen.

Keep NOPSing, smiling, and believing in yourself.

Sending love,
Iam2

[This message has been edited by Iam2 (edited September 26, 2003).]