Subliminal Learning: Reawakening The Genius Within

I want to share with you a few words on "Subliminal Photography," a learning technique discovered by Mr. Richard Welch's team in the mid-70s while looking for potential improvements to well-established speedreading methods. According to Mr. Welch, even though speedreading results in improved comprehension and retention, approximately 90% of participants regress to standard reading within 90 days following the completion of the (speedreading) course.

Their conscious minds talked them out of practicing the new skill, says Welch, who has since discovered that the conscious (analytical) mind forms a barrier disguised as a "fact" that every word must be subvocalized to be remembered. Speed readers do not subvocalize (read) as much as standard readers, leading many to assume that speedreading is a time-wasting scam.

What happens to words that weren't subvocalized? Are they "lost in space?" Those questions bugged Mr. Welch. He set out to find the answers. His team carried out exhaustive tests and studies, involving hundreds of people of all age groups and socio-economic backgrounds. They've been led to a startling discovery: the less the reader subvocalizes (goes through the material without reading), the higher the comprehension and the better the retention. This was valid for all participants, regardless of their IQ and age.

According to the National Education Association, the average adult reader in the U.S. reads approximately 250 words a minute. However, that figure varies depending on the nature of the content. For doctors and lawyers, that figure drops to 70–90 WPM, while for engineers, it drops as low as 30 WPM. Even more startling is how an average reader comprehends and retains the material.

The mean adult comprehension is 50%, 90% of which is lost within 48 hours. That means that our primary learning vehicle is ineffective. The time we've invested in studying to pass exams is needlessly wasted. For speed readers, those figures are relatively more promising. An average adult speed reader handles approximately a thousand words per minute. Not only are they moving through the material four times faster, but their comprehension is also better (60%). They usually retain the digested material for up to seven days, after which the retention plummets.

Here comes the shocker: the subliminal photography begins when the reader is going through material so fast that he can no longer subvocalize (at all). At approximately 25 000 words per minute (2 pages per second), it's physically impossible to focus and subvocalize the words. Subliminal readers comprehension is roughly 77%, according to Mr. Welch, but retention is 100 percent for life. This technique works for dyslexics, as proven by his team.

Everyone can do this. This is a God-given ability we were born with. We've used this technique automatically from the time we were born until about the time we started school. Naturally, everyone has a photographic memory. That's why children learn at a rapid pace. We've simply been programmed out of using it, says Welch.

The learning curve:

What happens at the age of five? We go to school, and we get to learn how to learn, says Welch. The utterly ineffective learning method is forced upon the children, who are gradually programmed out of using photographic memory. Instead, the system relies on repetition and subvocalization as its primary vehicles; thus, we stymie the further development of the subconscious mind, which, according to Dr. Alexander Rich, who has worked as a Professor of Biophysics at M.I.T., has the capacity to store all of the known information in the world with room to spare.

That's why we rely on the analytical mind, also known as the "10%," even though that part of the brain is not designed for learning. It's meant to serve an entirely different role. So, the learning curve goes down for the rest of the individual's life unless the person is reintroduced to "subliminal photography" (call it what you will).

A person fully adapted to this learning technique can absorb more material weekly than an average "standard student" in a matter of years. Mr. Welch's team wanted to discover the limits of the learning potential of the human mind. With a tachistoscope, they reached two million words per minute. "The machine has peaked out, not the mind. Participants got it all verbatim," says Mr. Welch.

By now, we all know that the role of the public fool system is to indoctrinate and condition the youth rather than educate them. Waste no time hoping to see this technique used on a grand scale. Instead, use it to your advantage and neglect skepticism. Test it on yourself. There's nothing to lose and much to gain. According to Welch, it takes approximately 21 days for the conscious (analytical) mind to lower its guard and allow the paradigm shift to take place. This can have an enormously positive impact on our society. Just imagine what'd happen if we increased the average person's ability to learn by up to a hundred times.

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