Comments on: Back to the books http://www.watchtheskies.co.uk/photoreading/back-to-the-books/ i've seen things you people wouldn't believe... Sat, 30 Aug 2008 06:44:07 +0000 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.6 By: Matt http://www.watchtheskies.co.uk/photoreading/back-to-the-books/#comment-138 Matt Thu, 05 Apr 2007 09:37:35 +0000 http://www.watchtheskies.co.uk/nlp-hypnosis/back-to-the-books/#comment-138 If you are talking about Novels... then the interesting thing to experience here is that by letting your unconscious mind read the book first, you might actually find that your experience is enriched as your mind can imagine richer and more vivid images of the story. Remember that it is your unconscious mind that deals with turning words in to representations, so if the author tells you about the wizened tree surrounded by hanging mist deep inside the thick, silent forest, it's your unconscious mind that converts the words you read in to meaning, imagery, sounds and feelings. If your unconscious has already had a chance to process the book, then when you read it your unconscious says "aha, I've already constructed this scene, here it is!" and you might experience the book more than you would if the last time you read it is the first time you read it. With novels the idea is that you photoread the book and then read it normally, although I find that I read it quicker than I would normally, but with a deeper level of understanding of the plot, and a more vivid "experience" of it. With non-fiction, I find that it helps me extract the salient and relevant information from the book in about a third of the time. I'm still an "L" plates photoreader though, it takes me time to relax and get in to the right frame of mind. Hope that answers your question. Matt If you are talking about Novels… then the interesting thing to experience here is that by letting your unconscious mind read the book first, you might actually find that your experience is enriched as your mind can imagine richer and more vivid images of the story. Remember that it is your unconscious mind that deals with turning words in to representations, so if the author tells you about the wizened tree surrounded by hanging mist deep inside the thick, silent forest, it’s your unconscious mind that converts the words you read in to meaning, imagery, sounds and feelings. If your unconscious has already had a chance to process the book, then when you read it your unconscious says “aha, I’ve already constructed this scene, here it is!” and you might experience the book more than you would if the last time you read it is the first time you read it. With novels the idea is that you photoread the book and then read it normally, although I find that I read it quicker than I would normally, but with a deeper level of understanding of the plot, and a more vivid “experience” of it.

With non-fiction, I find that it helps me extract the salient and relevant information from the book in about a third of the time. I’m still an “L” plates photoreader though, it takes me time to relax and get in to the right frame of mind. Hope that answers your question. Matt

]]> By: sjp1966 http://www.watchtheskies.co.uk/photoreading/back-to-the-books/#comment-136 sjp1966 Thu, 05 Apr 2007 08:43:38 +0000 http://www.watchtheskies.co.uk/nlp-hypnosis/back-to-the-books/#comment-136 I just took a look on Wikipedia about photoreading. It seems like an interesting concept but surely you cannot take in all that a book offers you, details will be missed that maybe important to the plot (unless I’m totally misreading what photoreading is). Surely reading a book is about getting into it and immersing yourself in the characters as you follow the story through, it would be impossible to get that level of involvement when photoreading? I just took a look on Wikipedia about photoreading. It seems like an interesting concept but surely you cannot take in all that a book offers you, details will be missed that maybe important to the plot (unless I’m totally misreading what photoreading is). Surely reading a book is about getting into it and immersing yourself in the characters as you follow the story through, it would be impossible to get that level of involvement when photoreading?

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