When you begin your practice
When you begin your practice, think how you move your eyes over a landscape scene, like the Grand Canyon. Move your eyes smoothly from left to right, seeing all the color, size, shapes, movement.and grandeur in general. Don’t stop to examine any one part of the view, just move your eyes smoothly across the scene. Move your eyes across the page looking at the print in the same manner. Do not look at any one word more than another. Move all the way across the page, smoothly. Understanding what you are looking at will begin to come to you.
As the skill becomes stronger, your ability to relax and concentrate will make your understanding even better than it ever has been. This is the point at which your reading speed is going to be restricted only by the speed at which you can see. YOU determine your own reading speed,
understanding and enjoyment by the degree of development of your eye movement. Practice, practice, practice.
BOOK PREPARATION
Every book owner and every book reader should learn to care for the books they use. Books are the source of all stored knowledge and history. If cared for, these wonderful instruments will last for lifetimes. Every new book should be properly “broken in” before it is read or used.
Breaking in a book is easy.
Open the book and lay it, with the spine down, on a table or desk top. Hold the pages upright, with the cover of the book and the spine lying flat on the table. Starting at the front of the book, take about 20 pages at a time and lay them down flat. Run your fingers gently, but firmly,
along the inner edge of the book (See Illust. 3). Be firm, but gentle enough not to break the glue at the spine. Continue through the entire book. Repeat the process. This time, start from the back of the book and go forward, with about 30 pages each time. With the book properly
broken in, you are ready to read.
Taken From: THE ALPHA-NETICS
RAPID READING PROGRAM
