AlexK’s Blog
Jan 11
To try is to plan to fail
We hear that a lot yet we don’t really understand the significance of that. What it means is quit working on making it work just do the best you can. I know this is hard to do when we’re learning something and we’re not sure if were doing it [...] [...more]
Posted: under Persistence, expectation, learning.
To try is to plan to fail
We hear that a lot yet we don’t really understand the significance of that. What it means is quit working on making it work just do the best you can. I know this is hard to do when we’re learning something and we’re not sure if were doing it right.
So why not try?
It implies failure. Look at it. What does, ‘I am going to try.’ Really say? If you think about it or listened to yourself whenever you’ve used that expression, it says “I am going to try, BUT…, I might not be able to, I don’t think it will work, I don’t think I can.”
What does the mind really hear? Everything after the but. All that was said before it is wiped out. Gone and meaningless. You may have great intentions and they were wiped out because now your focus is on the, “but” and that highlights your true expectations.
The problem with trying is it’s an either or option with too much emphasis on possible failure.
To try is to attempt to two things at once. To succeed and fail at the same time. Giving yourself the safe way out by taking the middle of the road. Ultimately, “to try”, is a cop out. The problem is sooner or later you do wind up being squished like a grape. It’s an easy excuse to short change yourself and not live up to your true potential.
Short-changing yourself
When you did the intended task and found it didn’t work perfectly. You weren’t able to do it as well as a professional or discovered there were some things you cannot do well. You quickly let yourself off the hook and say. “Well. At least I tried.” and that’s the end of that.
Right there, you’ve short-changed yourself!
You tried, with the expectation that failure is a probability. Proved you can fail and left it at that. You don’t take what you learned from the experience. You cannot look at what worked for you and where you ran into problems that led to your failure, because you’re finished. ‘At least you tried.’
So what is just do it?
When you just do it you apply what you know to the best of your ability. You’ experiment and learn because in the end you expect things to work out. You take each opportunity to develop your skill more. Like a plant pushing to the surface you know you’ll succeed because you’re moving in the direction of the sun.You’re an adventurer who knows there is no failure only learning. Just do it
© Alex Viefhaus January 2006
Sep 15
When I first learned PhotoReading I started with the PhotoReading book. The first page suggested following the path of the little Einstein graphics.
It was about halfway working with the little Einsteins that I figured what was going on. Here the author was telling me what I should read and what I can safely skip. [...] [...more]
Posted: under Activation, Goals, Purpose, expectation, reading, success.
When I first learned PhotoReading I started with the PhotoReading book. The first page suggested following the path of the little Einstein graphics.
It was about halfway working with the little Einsteins that I figured what was going on. Here the author was telling me what I should read and what I can safely skip. It was brilliant I thought. But how do I know where I have to read. Other authors don’t provide those little Einstein’s That’s where the PhotoReading step came in.
Some but not all of a book is immediately relevant. Students often say, ‘ But I need to know it all for my instructor. I won’t pass the exam otherwise.’
No, you don’t need to know it all in one step and you don’t even need to know it all. Authors are repetitive. You only need to know it once. The right example and you’re done. With PhotoReading you’ve got it all in your head anyway.
Secondly you don’t need to know it all in one drop. Learn it in stages. Follow the course outline to discover when you need to look at the book again. That becomes your little Einsteins.
The information builds in layers. Like the little Einstein in the PhotoReading book first comes one pass, then another and then another as necessary to get the information you seek.
But you want to know what the secret to successful activation is?
Stick to it. Stay with it until it gels. You learn what works and doesn’t work with each activation pass. So keep your curiosity high and stick with it.
© Alex K Viefhaus 2005
Sep 12
Have you ever had to do something but were not in the mood for it? You’re probably looking for a technique that will help you to become alert and in the flow instantly.
Even if you are in the mood for something it is useful to be able to switch yourself on when you are [...] [...more]
Posted: under Ideal State, Personal development, expectation, learning, motivation.
Have you ever had to do something but were not in the mood for it? You’re probably looking for a technique that will help you to become alert and in the flow instantly.
Even if you are in the mood for something it is useful to be able to switch yourself on when you are learning something new. Apprehension about your performance can lead to frustration. That makes learning difficult and something you want to avoid. Especially when the student no longer likes the subject. To avoid frustration we need to be alert and relaxed a place where you are calm and present to the learning task. Or we need to be able to return to that open-minded state where can continue to learn.
There are techniques and as you practice them and start using them regularly they become quick and easy to do. There will be times when you need to spend a little longer at getting there. Normally it only takes 3 to 5 minutes even for a beginner and is useful to practise occasionally to help keep the trigger strong.
It helps to practise a short relaxation exercise. You can use techniques you may already be familiar with from audio recordings. The good ones will have helped you to create anchors for each stage of relaxation. Anchors like 3 Physical Relaxation, 2 Mental Relaxation, 1 the target state. The target state has a few names, Accelerated Learning State, Level, ideal state for learning, ideal state of relaxation. The prominent feature of this state is that you are producing more Alpha. It readies your mind and body for instructions and whatever the purpose was for clearing your mind. So the name given to the state often reflects the purpose the instructor had for it. I call it the Accelerated Learning State (ALS)
I like the term Accelerated Learning State or ALS because it most accurately describes the what we can use this state for. To speed up our learning passage. We can to learn; to heal, change a habit, know our spiritual selves, learn information (ESP, Remote Viewing senses) a subject for school. Accessing this state speeds up our progress.
Finding that ideal state for learning, a technique
Create a trigger by using the same symbols each time you use your technique. The symbol can be a number, an animal, a word or phrase. When you think your symbols one after the other they will trigger the memory of your experiences. This makes it easier and faster to enter the target state each time you use it.
Close your eyes. Take a moment to take a deep breath, breath out slowly. Think relax the body Think of the number 3.You can do a head to toe scan to relax your body. Noticing any places with tension and allowing that tension to release. If you have trouble releasing tension make a fist while focusing on the tense area and think of it relaxing and relax your fist at the same time. The physical action will show your body want to do.
Take another deep breath. Breathe out slowly. Think of the number 2 or a symbol. Mentally relax. You do that by letting go of thoughts about the past or the future, You can also think of relaxing scenes for you. When distracting thoughts enter you just put them aside for later and bring your awareness back to the present. Back to what you are doing now.
Take another deep breath breathe out slowly. Think the number 1 or a symbol that for you says you’re there. It might be an image of a plant or flower, something that represents peace. You might hear some words or a phrase that signals you’re there. You might even hear the binge of an elevator door opening (indicator you’ve reached your destination). It might be a physical sensation. In this case create an easy one like a twitch of the finger or toe and use it deliberately. Twitch your finger or toe on purpose when you want to enter the target state.
What to do when you get there.
When you read the Accelerated Learning State you need to set your intent into action. This is were you give yourself affirmations. Not the kind that you parrot over and over to try and change your reality. (‘I am slim and healthy‘ when you are overweight or ‘I like to exercise, when you don’t). No, the affirmations you make here are statements of fact. You’re telling yourself what you want to get out of being in this state.’ When I open my eyes I will… ‘ I am going to notice… I am looking for… I will be alert.. my concentration is…
These affirmations are statements of your intent. They help you focus on your purpose. What you want to do next. Why and how you are going to do it. They clarify your thoughts, You moved your mind to the present moment away from the scattered thoughts and confusion.
Places where you can use Accelerated Learning State
Beginning of class. Affirm (tell yourself) how you want to participate in the class. Understanding the instructor? Asking questions? Wide awake and alert? Focused with sharp concentration?
Before exams
Relaxed & calm? Answers come to you easily? Focused? Understand the questions easily? Answers flow? Finish it with time to spare? Correctly answer the questions for your best passing grade?
For reading
To get the information swiftly? Focused concentration?
Remote Viewing ESP
To access the information important to you? Decide what to do in the future?
Healing
To shrink a foreign growth? To empower the body to fight an illness? To calm the nerves?
Sport
To make the right moves? To play tension free. the easy shots go in without fault? See the best openings?
Job application and interview, training, presentations. sales. writing. programming, meetings.
the Accelerated Learning State is even the best state to be in for prayer.
So if you are already familiar with a method use it. Once you’ve used it 2 or 3 times a day for about 21 days you’ll notice it had already become faster. Three deep breaths and you’re there because just thinking about getting into the Accelerated Learning State will trigger it.
Alex K Viefhaus 2005
Sep 04
Many people feel if they could get everything they wanted out of a book in thirty minutes they wouldn’t keep putting it off until they had the time. Reading wouldn’t be such a chore.
In 2004 Learning Strategies had a PhotoReading Retreat. There were about 120 participants. The retreat was about taking PhotoReading skills to the [...] [...more]
Posted: under Activation, Goals, PhotoRead, Photoreading, comprehension, expectation.
Many people feel if they could get everything they wanted out of a book in thirty minutes they wouldn’t keep putting it off until they had the time. Reading wouldn’t be such a chore.
In 2004 Learning Strategies had a PhotoReading Retreat. There were about 120 participants. The retreat was about taking PhotoReading skills to the next level. They recorded the and is available on DVD. The Results Supercharger. These DVDs can be an inspiration to those who have learned PhotoReading and a hurdle to those who haven’t because they are about pushing your PhotoReading skills.
One of the features of the recording is the 30-minute challenge.
In the days before the challenge we PhotoRead many books. On the Power reading day alone everyone PhotoRead at least 20 books and managed as many as 30 or more. We did some manual activation on four books. During manual activation we looked for what we wanted to know and we didn’t expect to know everything from the book. We were looking for answers to our most pressing question toward our life goals.
Most of the people in the room were anxious about whether they could activate a book in 30-minutes. But that’s all the time they had so they put it to use and activated as much as they could in those 30-minutes.
When it came to the 30-minute challenge someone picked a book for us. We PhotoRead and activated it in that 30-minutes (no incubation time). At the end of the 30-minute we told the person who gave us the book what it was about. When we stopped talking, they asked questions and encouraged us to keep talking. All managed brilliantly.
What is important to notice is, [b]somebody is asking [i]questions[/i].[/b] After PhotoReading we let the mind answer. If you want to experience instantaneous activation, get someone to ask you questions about the book. For me instantaneous activation is PhotoReading a book and asking is there anything in this book new or useful to me to activate it some more. Then yes or no. Yes, take another look, no put it back on the shelf. But I ask myself some questions. When yes, I find something useful, when no, I never have, so I no longer spend more time with the book. I’ve PhotoRead it anyway so the information is still available to me. And if there is anything useful in the book in the future I know where to find it.
Activation takes questions. Whether manual (you ask the questions, mind map, link with what you know ask more questions to activate some more.) Or someone else ask a question and we give the answer without a second thought. What amuses me about spontaneous activation is, [i] it’s spontaneous; [/i]you don’t know you’re activating and as soon as you know you are activating it isn’t spontaneous any more. You start second-guessing making it manual (laboured if you like)
The point of the 30-minute Challenge was
1. To give ourselves a comparison of how much we [b]can[/b] get out of a book when we spend 30 minutes, [b]with a purpose.[/b]
When we remember what it was like to spend 30-minutes on the first two chapters and compare how much we can get from a whole book in 30-minutes. The quality and quantity of information we have that is useful to us from that time is the whole point of accessing the book.
2. Need to know. How much do you, [i]really[/i], need to know and what do you need to know right now? People read a book with the misguided belief that by reading it word for word they have a 100% comprehension.
Often they spend so much time reading that when finished they cannot tell you what the information was in the first 6 chapters. A novel is easier but even there they cannot remember exactly where the story began. And do we, really, understand it that well that we could say we have 100% comprehension, ever?
Remember research on memory shows that you forget as much as 60% of what you learn within the first 24 hours and that you have to review or use it to remember. So the more time between the beginning and the end without a review the more comprehension declines. When applying PhotoReading you review pages as you see them again.
So if you’re studying for a test. Build your knowledge in smaller chunks over many day. Reviewing each day is easier and what you already learned becomes an anchor point for more knowledge on the subject.
Here I pose a couple of questions. What’s the point of knowing it consciously right now if it is of no use to you right now? Doesn’t it make more sense to be able to spend 30-minutes with a book to get the information that is most important to you right now?
That’s what we did in the 30-minute Challenge. We looked for information that we needed right now. Right now we needed to be able to explain what the book was about. What the author had to say of importance. Most of all find the information we thought the other person wanted or needed to know about the topic. Since they gave us the book.
If we pick up the book for personal information our purpose is different. Some of us had a personal interested in the book and after 30-minutes focusing on getting the information for the other person we still had questions of our own. We would have liked to spend another couple of minutes with the book after we talked about it to the other person to satisfy our curiosity about some points. We discovered a personal purpose.
I had such an experience before PhotoReading Retreat. I was in the States and came across a book and spent about 10-minutes with one of the books. The time wasn’t there for me to activate the book for my own purpose. A year later I had the opportunity to spend another 10-minutes with the book and I looked forward to it because I still had the purpose of understanding some information in the book. I finished in 3-minutes. Seeing the pages I realised I already understood.
Check you purpose for reading and then decide how much time you have available. If you only have 10-minutes get what is most important to you now.
What do you need right now? The book is still there and so are other sources. So if in the future you need more you’ll find it. And if in the future it only takes you 5 minutes to pull out of a book the exact information that is relevant to you in that moment. Why would you spend 12 hours, 8 hours, 3 hours or even 30-minutes with a book right now?
For exams build in 20-minute blocks over a number of days. Trying to learn everything in one day is like eating all your meals for the week in one day. It creates discomfort and later in the week you still have to eat again. Even if you learn it all in one day, You have to review the whole lot during the week.
© Alex K Viefhaus 2005
Aug 12
There are days when you fell you would have been better off staying in bed. It goes went from bad to worse. Do you ever feel it was the result of your bad vibes?
“Bad” Vibes can even Jinx a computer. (article here)
How much easier is it to jinx others when we have bad vibes?
You know [...] [...more]
Posted: under Persistence, expectation, motivation.
There are days when you fell you would have been better off staying in bed. It goes went from bad to worse. Do you ever feel it was the result of your bad vibes?
“Bad” Vibes can even Jinx a computer. (article here)
How much easier is it to jinx others when we have bad vibes?
You know those times when you feel like it’ just gets worse and worse. The day is going downhill. Just waiting for the fated third disaster to strike. What if it is just bad vibes?
Bad vibes hit me suddenly today. I had a great day was on a high. Then had an irritation with an unusual spate of porn spam by passing the spam filter altogether and hitting my in box. I didn’t think much of it one of those bothersome quirks in my life. But low and behold I had another mess. For some reason my dog decided to take out the garbage. Selected pieces of it that is. The rest scattered all over the kitchen floor. Unnaturally I cried out,”Hey?” Normal tone. What’s this? Snoopy went outside. He knew the mess irked me. While cleaning up the article about Bad Vibes jinxing the computer came to mind. I thought isn’t this similar? Did I bring this mess onto myself because I of my short irritation with the spam emails? The energy did seem on par. I went outside to pick up the trash he carried out, He was hiding in the shadows of the garage. As I moved out into the yard he made sure he kept a good distance from me. Odd, I thought. I wonder what his experience was that would make him want to distance himself from me? I wasn’t mad at him just surprised that he did that. I put the bin out for collection. It’s collection night anyway so taking the trash out was on the to do list anyway. Patted him and went back to work.
He’s not in his usual spot by my side tonight. Perhaps he has some bad vibes and want to sleep them off. He came in for a pat. Ear is unusually hot. He spent most of the evening of time outside and ice is forming on the grass. He might have an earache and this room is too warm for it. I wonder if his possible earache just a result of the bad vibes?
I don’t know but if people can create bad vibes that causes them to have problems with computers and other electrical equipment. How much easier is it to rub a conscious entity the wrong way just as unintentionally, with “Bad Vibes”?
© Alex K Viefhaus 2005
