Natural Freedom

Healing and Recovery; David R Hawkins.

http://www.amazon.com/Healing-Recovery- ... 0971500789

Most insightful book. Look inside for table of contents.
I am grateful for having read all of his books, and practise
most of the methods.

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Thanks Jared.

I will check this book for some plateau issues on my weight.
And as always, if anyone is interested in this read, can write me a PM.

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I´m a big reader; in November 2011 managed to
read +70 books, mostly about psychology and
entrepreneurship/leadership/music. That´s all I did in
November.

Sort of a 30-day Trial. (#6th for me)

Of course one can do any 10-day trial too,
about any topic. Builds discipline and is very
educating, especially when I keep a record.

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Nice.

I'm SOO book worm too.
Unfortunately I lack the discipline to go through any book 'till start to end.
Mostly I skip parts and begin another one.

@offtopic.:
Do you have some suggestions on taking notes, or discipline to finish the books entirely and most importantly "remembering and comprehension of the formers"?
I've heard the audiobook of mortimer adler and charles van duren on how to read a book, but only raised to the scheming phase.

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Audiobook fan would make himself a tapeworm then... (?)

1) Normally I read 5-8 books/month.

2) When I take notes, I´m using underlinings and sidenotes,
then when I return to a book, I´ll write some of the
underlinings. (He who writes, reads twice)

3) I seldom do this, but they say that memory improves
when listening to Baroque music at the same time. I usually
listen B when I´m learning Japanese/Chinese vocabulary.

4) Reading speed improved when I stopped subvocalizing.
Read with mind/thought only.

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Yeah totally a tapebook worm.


4) This is definitely some viscosity in my reading comprehension flow.
There has to be some effective technique for removing such thing. I will search for it.

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Actively think about the book. It's not about speed. Read a few passages or a few pages and stop to contemplate what the writer wrote. Every author loves to think their book is deep so they hide some stuff in their writing.

That´s the most educating part of reading, to think
about what one reads. That´s how the vision opens.

The November Trial was about speed, though...

I intend to read the best of those +70 books again,
in the proper manner.

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See how you get on with interval reading.
Same principle as interval training.

Fast, slow, pause, stop.

Play with the four states as you read passages.

Some passages require pauses for thought, some can be read fast, some require a slow and careful read. Some require a stop to think during and afterwards.

Rarely do i read a book at one pace.

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In building a statue, a sculptor doesn't keep adding clay to his subject.He keeps chiseling away at the inessentials until the truth of its creation is revealed without obstructions. Perfection is not when there is no more to add,but no more to take away.