Become A Better Reader

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Visualize a pale yellow ankh at the center of the crown. Helps with retention and processing.

[Guest]

iv'e been ussing this for a while at the pineal at up in the  air in the protection. along with a royal blue and the pineal dot, it's super good

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I use it for reading.

[Guest]

:D

[Rebel]

Visualize a pale yellow ankh at the center of the crown. Helps with retention and processing.

At the center of the crown chakra? Or literally at the center of the crown on one's head?

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It should be in the crown chakra. But this was all theoretical, and I have my doubts about hyperspace archetypes now. It was working for me at the moment but honestly, it could have been a placebo effect.

Step 1: Process Phrases and Read Fast Across the Page
When someone reads he or she is not suppose to say the words aloud in the head (or use the mouth) - this is called subvocalization. There is a neat trick to break it and start soaring in your reading. If you can really slow down on your attention, and right before you subvocalize the next word, you will notice your vision recognizing its a familar word. The next time you are about to subvocalize, take one step back, recognizing several words in proximity instead of one word, and keep moving your eyes across the page, down back to the beginning of the next row, across, back ... etc. Whenever you need to subvocalize again, remember to take that one step back. Your vision always recognize the word before you pronounce it - You just have to recognize this and start recognizing phrases instead.

In addition, scan the page quickily so you don't fall back into the habit. More importantly, scanning the page at an accelerated pace activates the processing part of the brain. And also, I will explain later in Step 2, but it is one of the keys to remembering everything you read.

If you don't need a dictionary to read the book, then most likely you can recognize the words and do just fine without breaking them down into sound units to slowly make sure. A good writer usually has phrases or words that are not out of order, meaning all the clause/phrase/adjective describes what is immediately before. A good writer never switches a point of view (first, second, third) part way through a sentence. So even if a word is new then the context should already define it for you (and you don't have to slow down to subvocalizing speed since you are at the processing level which opens more doors to your innate comprehension capabilities).

Buy either simple books or books by well known author who usually write very well. Stay with modern books because of the English and its position of words.

There is one golden rule to reading and subvocalization. You can never completely get rid of it, but you can certainly reduce the amount of subvocalization.

Step 2: Encode Reading into Long-Term Memory by Making Connections and Engaging the Text
You may realize that you understand a sentence as soon as you see it, but can't connect that sentence with the next, and essentially, you don't remember all the details or the main gist after reading is done. This is normal since you are probably never formally trained in the other necessary reading skill. If you just process clause by clause to peice together a sentence, you are storing the details in what psychologists call "Short-term memory". If you want to retain the information you must relate that sentence with the next sentence so it "encodes" into "Long-term memory." In order to relate sentences you must, as I said before, scan the page FAST, so as soon as a new peice of info comes you can make connections before the last peice disappears from memory. This means you will have to ask questions while you read and predict where the text is going.

What May Get In the Way
Dyslexic? Push the point below the center of the wrist where it folds on both hands. This is a very effective method of increaseing blood flow to the brain and balancing the inner ears. 5 minutes a day should cure any Dslexia. Some people see permanent improvement immediately in just the first five minutes.

If you can do what I said, then you have used the entire brain hemisphere to read correctly (right brain for recognizing phrases, and left brain for logically puting the text together, and without further adoo you acquired effective comprehension and retention for reading).

Other reading problems can stem from eye issues. If you have lazy eyes, then practice the Bates Method or get the eyeQ software CD which is a great eye exercise trainer to get your eyes moving across the page in a systematic order. In addition, eyeQ is a good program to force your brain to process words at a phrase level though if you follow what I say, you can learn to read correctly as well. The program does cost around 200 US dollars but a 7 minute session gives immediate results (The Official Website at http://www.eyeQ.tv has a web-based demo last I heard of it on TV.)

I hope this helps. I know from heart that reading difficulties are often frustrating.