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Originally Posted by RT Wolf  I've got a question about the activation step. In the video on the Pavlina site, with the news reporter, he seemed to describe a flash of insight into what the whole book meant. Is that what I should be looking for? |
The short answer is no. If you're into NLP or Accelerated Learning think VAK. Your dominant preference will be the first one you get signals from. So if you are a visual then you might have a visual signal. Auditory the little voice with in Kinesthetic then it can be a feeling. Buzzing or tingling in the finger tips a feeling in the gut. While learning observe your experiences rather than trying to analyse them. If you're too busy analysing your experience you take yourself out of that experience.
Notice whatever prompts you to read, go back pages, the intuition that says I missed something they are all correct. It's a personal thing and you'll notice it faster if you look without expecting it to be something that someone else has talked about.
The PhotoReading step is the no-brainer. You just look at the pages with a soft gaze as you flip them. Don't worry about seeing the blip page. If you have problems with your eyesight like vision in only one eye it's physically impossible to see the blip page but you can still PhotoRead. Use the Imaginary X-technique Notice the four corners of the book and look at the pattern of white on the page as you turn the pages. The text will have a slightly fuzzy appearance. Switch off your conscious mind while you flip the pages. Thoughts like is this right? Am I getting it? Arrrgh these negative thoughts are in the way.. don't help but it's not the end of the world. Just return to the chant when you notice them.
One purpose I find useful when starting out with any book I think might be interesting but I'm not sure what my purpose would be, is I want to learn what this book has to offer that is new and useful to me. So my first mind probing question during a post view is WIIFM (what's in it for me?). Purpose may be refined with each activation session. Since the more you understand from the text the more you can relate to it's usefulness.
AlexK