It's not a short cut. For direct learning to work you need to activate it somehow. Be it actually applying what you learned in the field or manually activate.
People who have used Direct Learning successfully in exams usually did so on multiple choice questions and true or false questions. When it comes to essays you run into trouble because the nonconsious mind has a lot of information but no connections or triggers to answer the question. There is no guarantee that the essay question is the right one that will trigger spontaneous activation.
That's what you are really hoping for with Direct Learning. Spontaneous activation. For that there are no guarantees until you built that body mind connection and are able to trust your "guesses".
Alex
