Review: PhotoReading Live Seminar Reviewed by M. Cole

 

PhotoReading Whole Mind System Live Seminars

Product Reviewed: PhotoReading Whole Mind System Seminar
Type: course for learning PhotoReading, a unique and highly effective speed reading method
Price: $750 for public class, private classes also available
Notes: Highly recommended. In a very big sense this is the 'ideal' way to learn and master PhotoReading. There is a two-day class and a four-day class available.
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Imagine your every question about PhotoReading being answered in a matter of seconds. Imagine coming up with those questions in a dynamic learning environment where the PhotoReading Whole Mind System is the central focus. Imagine everyone else in the room doing the same thing, and supporting you in your journey to master reading at break-neck speeds (and feeling comfortable doing so).

This is the norm in each PhotoReading Seminar by Learning Strategies Corporation.

I had the opportunity to experience one of these classes some months ago. Before I go into my own experience, let me tell you a bit about the seminar itself.

If you're not familiar with PhotoReading, let me start by saying it is most likely not what you expect. Yes, absorbing information at 25,000 words per minute is possible. Yes, it will probably increase your productivity tremendously. But, you're not expected to gain a photographic memory of the pages you PhotoRead, nor are you expected to read, in a traditional sense, at 25,000 words per minute. The PhotoReading Whole Mind System is much more dynamic than this.

The process of PhotoReading can be put under five headings: Prepare, Preview, PhotoRead, Activate, Rapid Read. Each of these is a step in the process of gaining the information you desire. That is the key; PhotoReading is goal-oriented and as such cuts time and effort with more than just the third step of the process, PhotoReading at 25,000 wpm. With PhotoReading you continually ask questions and change your approach to the material as those questions are answered. The process is really more powerful than most people expect. It is dynamic information absorption as well as dynamic information processing.

PhotoReading is simple. Really, it is. What the seminar provides is the environment in which to fit the process to your own system, your own habits and ways of thinking. It provides an excuse to practice the system enough to make it real for you. The success of others, the instructor included, will inspire you to progress further towards mastery. By the end of the course you will be well on your way to integrating the PhotoReading Whole Mind System into your life.

Unlike some of the others that attended the class, I came having tried PhotoReading a bit. It had been an empowering process for me, but I hadn't felt I was fully utilizing it just yet. I needed something to kick-start my drive to make PhotoReading real for me.
For many the PhotoReading Whole Mind System Personal Learning Course works just fine. Others would do better in a class setting. I decided to get a more thorough preview of the PhotoReading process by purchasing the book. It covered so much that I didn't see how the personal learning course could add much more than Paraliminal technology to the system. So the logical choice in my quest to master PhotoReading and get it integrated into my life was to attend a public seminar.

Meeting others who had a similar desire to learn the system was great. We could talk about our progress and our plans to use PhotoReading in the future. We talked about other things as well, such as our own lives and what attracted us to PhotoReading. It was a really relaxed and enjoyable atmosphere, not like any class I'd ever taken.

We had a great time discussing things and learning from our instructor. She was very experienced and knowledgeable about the PhotoReading system. She explained what was practical and impractical use of PhotoReading, and told us some stories about how she used PhotoReading in her life. Perhaps one of the greatest things about having a master PhotoReader there in person is being able to see them PhotoRead. The process is described in detail in the book and on tape, but it's difficult to feel confident about how you're doing it (holding the book, turning the pages, etc) until you've actually seen a master in action.

Confirmation

In my early attempt to PhotoRead I wondered if the third step of the process, the PhotoReading at 25,000 words per minute or more, was actually doing anything. I had a feeling that it was doing something, but a part of me wanted hard evidence. The PhotoReading seminar gave me the opportunity to obtain this evidence once and for all.
We were given two book, both with the fronts and backs covered so we could see neither the title, the author, nor any cover art work. We were then told to PhotoRead the first book without stopping to look at any words with hard-focus. We did only the third step of the process, twice, front to back and back to front. We were then told to let go, close our eyes, let the images flow and to draw on a sheet of paper whatever images we saw. I closed my eyes, saw some strange, abstract images, and tried to draw them as best I could.

I would go into exactly what I experienced here, but it has been brought to my attention that going into it in too much detail here might skew your results if you happen to take the seminar in the future. I'll just say that the images did come, and that they were so abstract I couldn't make out what they meant. However, as soon as I found out what the books were about, they made complete sense, and in such a way that the images really couldn't have been reasonably interpreted to represent anything other than those books.
The second book in particular confirmed the power of my inner mind to me. The images were extremely abstract (more than the first). There were two lines that signified water. There was a strange object that had two swirls in the middle and seemed to signify some kind of ancient animal-inspired art. The centerpiece of the imagery was a large cross. This last part seemed wrong to me, so I crossed it out, and modified it.

I soon learned that I had PhotoRead a non-fiction book related directly to the original image I had crossed out (and to the others, of course). This turn of events was the ultimate confirmation of the power of my inner mind. It had known more than me; my conscious mind had only succeeded in taking away the accuracy of the PhotoReading process. I had learned two valuable lessons: trust your inner mind, and trust the third step in the system, PhotoReading. (If you'd like more info on my experience, send me an email. However, be forewarned that it could ruin the experience for you, if you decide to take the class.)

The PhotoReading seminar got a lot of people excited when I was there, and I'm sure this is a regular occurrence. I was excited because a whole new world was opened up to me. I had to suspend my skepticism at the beginning, and it was justly rewarded with confirmations and successes. Of course, not everyone is as successful during the course. That's why everyone that attends a course can use free coaching over the phone, and the option to take the class over for free as many times as desired. Since the system is really so simple, Learning Strategies knows that it's only a matter of feedback and practice before anyone that can read can PhotoRead. The live seminar is the most effective way to practice and get feedback that I know of, and so I recommend it to anyone able to attend.

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Also see the review of the PhotoReading Whole Mind System Personal Learning Course.

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