Mind over Reading

Try this:

• Read this sentence silently to yourself.
  
  
• Notice that when you read, you are more likely sub-vocalizing. That is, there is a voice in your head, usually resembling your own voice, that pronounces the words as you read. I will call this our 'default voice'.
  
  
• If you don't hear the sub-vocalization, then you may be dyslexic or have some other disorder. Or, if you are speed-reading properly and rapidly, this sub-vocalization will be minimized. That is, you may only hear a couple words per sentence or something.

  

  What book clubs are reading in Seattle by brewbooks on flickr

  
  
• But this is not about speed-reading, this is about reading with normal speeds like you would when reading a good novel.

I just want to share a way to actively enhance the enjoyment of reading. You probably already do it to an extent, but let's make sure:

• Recall having read a dialog in a novel where two characters had an interesting accent, and they were of different gender.
  
  
• Have you ever noticed that you can change your inner default voice to match that of the characters? Like you will hear your inner sub-vocalizations in a totally different voice, and with the appropriate accent?

Well, it doesn't matter if you have or not. It just matters that you can! You can actively change your default voice any time you want and thus enhance your reading experience--I'm just writing this because I could not find anyone on the Web who has talked about doing this.

Like right now as I write this, I am using a very sexy female voice with a British accent. And now, I'm using a 17 year old girl voice of a singer I saw on T.V. (I hope I don't get in trouble for this.) Okay, I just threw in a Tarzan holler straight from my mind for some reason.

The point is, I just started to actively do this. (FYI: the British girl is back.) No one has ever informed me of this! That I can do this not only in dialog, but anytime I want. I can't believe I spent my whole life, settling for my stupid, boring default sub-vocalization!

It was kind of hard to do at first, because I found myself reverting back to my default voice, but now that I had a little more practice, I'm getting much betta at retaining my British gil accent, fa example. Oops, haha spelling.

Anyway, I'm having a lot more fun reading now, and excited to share another way to harness the power of our minds to enhance one more part of our lives.

Law of Attraction

My buddy and I have another conversation at the coffee shop: 

Dark Matter and Ordinary Matter

Some guy asked me which was more important, Dark Matter or Ordinary Matter? I told him it doesn't matter.

The Galaxy of Stars by kudumomo on flickr

I got to this conclusion from reading about physics on the internet. Dark Matter is basically some kind of Cosmic energy we can't even see, while Ordinary Matter is, well, I'm not sure what it is anymore. Things are changing out there man. Here are some of the ideas from my readings that I remember:

1. Since all electrons are identical, maybe there is just one electron, and it moves around so fast it seems that it is everywhere. (wow)
2. We live in a hologram, so every bit of information is stored in every bit of information. This means that everything we see--like even the mustard that dripped on my shirt-- holds all the information the universe has and will ever contain. (wow)
3. There are no such things as atoms and molecules. We are all just bits in a computer simulation. (hella wow)
4. There is actually no such thing as time or distance. What happens here, also happens across the infinite universe at the same time, because everything is one and the same. (that's faster than light man, or is it?)
5. There is no such thing as multi-universes, in fact, there is no universe. (uh, okay)

So how can we use this information practically? Here are a few things that come to mind:

1. One electron moving that fast eh? Well, it's gotta make waves right? Electromagnetic waves and such. So everything our brains allow us to experience are just our mind's interpretation of different frequencies of energy waves that our physical eyeballs can detect for perhaps the purpose to do something productive with. Cool. I'm going to eat a piece of cake now and enjoy my one electron thought that eating the cake is actually cannibalizing myself. And then I will flush my remainder down a dirty toilet bowl. Very entertaining.
2. Hologram theory is a good one. If I hold all the wisdom of the universe right within me, then I'm going to start tapping into that knowledge to heal myself, starting with my grey hairs. Maybe get some of my one electron hair dye to help out. Very useful.
3. Bits in a simulation eh? Well I've already kinda tapped into this thought by becoming somewhat an expert at lucid dreaming. But I've never been able to meet up with another mind while Lucid dreaming, or maybe it's the same mind anyway right? And that's what we have online video games for anyways, and this is who we are and what we must do baby. Play video games, this is life man.
4. No time or distance huh? This is really something we can use. I mean I just spent $20 today driving around. Imagine tapping in to the knowledge that we actually never go anywhere. That distance does not exist. Imagine how much gas money we can save!
5. No Universe? Lonely thought, but thank GOD for that one electron. It's doing a great job. We can learn from this thing. If we can catch it, and study it, maybe we can convince it to create a universe for us. We can use it to store all our new data, make more holograms, and play even more video games.

Love and Life

Angel by bl0ndeeo2 on flickr

When we pray for someone, we send them an energized reminder of love. When we pray for ourselves, we attract an energized reminder of love. When we love, we don't need a reminder, because we become one with love.

Sometimes life requires us to focus on everyday tasks and issues, but love does not go away, it is always there.

What does love require us to do? Nothing. Because love is always there.

Life is not always there. But it can be, if we love and become one with love. Because love is always there.