As you have been told
As you have been told, the learning or development of any skill is done only by practice. You normally don’t relax as you just did. You should go through this exercise at least twice a day, especially at first. As you were instructed, you can practice without the tape. Visualization is
very important. Practicing without the tape, just start at one end of the body, either end, and work to the other end. Do exactly as the program instructs, within each area you work.
ALPHA-NETICS
RAPID READING PROGRAM
A BASIC COURSE FOR EVERYONE
PART THREE
“Some books are to be tasted, others to be swallowed,
and some few to be chewed and digested.”
Francis Bacon
PRACTICE INSTRUCTIONS
Most people have an erroneous conception of Rapid Reading and reading at high speeds in general. You will learn that in this program, as you are taught Rapid Reading, you are also increasing your understanding of what you are reading; you will develop the ability to better remember
what you read; and because of the nature of the way you are taught and the way you learn, you will become a better learner, in all areas. This is what Rapid Reading and learning means.
The misconception many people have is that it is impossible to read any faster than they can speak, that anything faster is skimming and/or “spot” reading. This conception would be true if there were no other reading skill available to learn. You are at this point now. You are restricted, at this time, to reading only as fast as you can pronounce the words as you see them. If you try to read faster than you can speak, or sound the words, you will begin skimming, or spot reading, and lose a great deal of the meaning of what you are reading.
Another misconception about reading is that in order to better understand and generally enjoy what is being read, reading must be slow and methodical. This, of course, is not true. As reading speed is increased, concentration on what is being read must be increased. This increased concentration, alone, will increase understanding, and with better understanding will come greater enjoyment. Developing an increase in understanding is a skill development process. Some will
develop this skill faster than others, just as some will develop the total skill of Rapid Reading more quickly than others.
Taken From: THE ALPHA-NETICS
RAPID READING PROGRAM
