Benefit
Contemplation of the green dot is one of the main exercises for learning fast reading techniques. The perception of the green dot occurs through immersion in a special state. The method of observation develops concentration of attention, trains willpower by obtaining the necessary installations. With this training you will learn to better focus on any process.
Description
In front of you there is a text with a green dot in the center. Your task is to look at the green dot, the text cannot be read in any way!
Contemplating the green dot, consciousness goes through several stages. As the concentrated calmness increases, the micro movements of the eyes become smooth, soft, almost imperceptible. It is becoming easier for you to keep your attention on the dot, to focus your thoughts only on it.
Without regular classes there is no result.
However, be careful – if you start falling asleep due to complete relaxation, the dot will begin to “float” in different directions: left-right, up-down, approach you or move away from you. This shouldn’t bother you. You should keep the state of “calm concentration” and return the green dot to the place, gradually bring yourself to the state of habitual wakefulness. The task becomes easy and simple – to look at the green dot is not difficult, eyes without any effort in stillness stop at it, all extraneous thoughts disappear. The vision of the green dot becomes clear and bright. Achieve a special clarity of consciousness, which is the main goal of the exercise.
When you master this technique (usually it takes one or two weeks), start to set the next task – the gradual expansion of the volume of perception. You should strive to see, along with the green dot, all large passages of the text – right and left, above and below. Then expand the field of view in width and horizontally. Then strive to see the entire line of text from the center of the page horizontally. Then increase the amount of perception – you should see 2-3 lines of text up and down with a green dot – it means not to read the text, but only to feel its presence, to see the image of the text.
Reading is always closely related to eye movement. In this exercise making such a movement is strictly prohibited. The whole period of contemplation of the green dot your view is fixed only on the dot. Seeing, contemplating a text isn’t the same as reading a text. It means to try to discern the outlines of the words, phrases, and sentences surrounding the green dot with side vision. Gradually you see more and more fragments of text.
The ultimate goal is as follows. For 10 minutes you freely contemplate the green dot, without being distracted by extraneous thoughts. After you suddenly see the whole page at the same time with the green dot in the center. This does not last long, just a few moments, but this is enough to get a new experience, contributing to the expansion of the field of view.
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