Reading help

[Aakash]

I am currently trying to read, its a habit i've built up for 1 week now everyday reading for 30 minutes or so, however when i read what are some techniques to understanding better. do i need to visualise while i read? 

[tecladocasio]

Are you talking about Transcendental-Third-Eye Reading ? If not , you are in the wrong topic .

[okulele]

Making an intention beforehand to gain clarity and understanding about the topic.

Stopping ever once in a while and letting it sink in.

Asking yourself: 'What is it really saying?'

Basically contemplating while reading.

[Aakash]

@tecladocasio im talking about any type of reading technique, what is this technique ? 

@okulele so you would ask yourself questions about the topic every once in a while? 

[allislove]

When I am thinking I've read some useful stuff, I stop reading and ask: "How this information will change my behavior?".

[Markus]

Visualizing what you're reading as you do it can be useful. The more senses you use to take something in, the deeper of an impact it has on your mind. Good for remembering things. It's a technique used in speed reading as well - you visualize the ideas you glide your eyes over, allowing for better retention of information. I'd imagine it's especially important in that case because you're going at a fast pace, which would normally have a negative impact on retention.

[Mu_]

5 hours ago, Aakash said:

I am currently trying to read, its a habit i've built up for 1 week now everyday reading for 30 minutes or so, however when i read what are some techniques to understanding better. do i need to visualise while i read? 

I was going to make a video about this subject, and still will.  But I think one thing that is important in letting new stuff in is the willingness to temporarily trust and let in what another is saying as real, instead of putting it into a box in which you analyze how ever it is you analyze and then if it matches your then believed world, you let it in, if not, you discard it.

This is almost like trusting with the willingness before proof is given, to see and feel what may be there, see from that view and learn. 

Now of course if the person is telling you to kill, rape, harm, what not, I'd advice to not just let that in and act, but if its along the lines of something like; The world is fundamentally good and is connected in mysterious and magical ways, and we can feel and see those ways if we just become a little more quiet, see synchronicity and follow are hearts.  Then here I'd say let it in (even if it is wrong in some ways) and just let that temporary mask/perspective lens on for a period and see what shifts over time.

I think a lot of people need lots and lots of proof in how ever they accept proof, to let anything new in, which on some level makes sense, with survival and a body thing going on here, but perhaps its not something that has to be lived by so strictly all the time.