I've been continuing with Listening to a Noisy World. I'm improving a bit; I can maintain focus on four sounds simultaneously, but it's difficult. I can't manage five just yet, but I'm definitely getting better, as I can (kind of) manage four now. |
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Basic Skills: Lesson #1 |
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I've been continuing with Listening to a Noisy World. I'm improving a bit; I can maintain focus on four sounds simultaneously, but it's difficult. I can't manage five just yet, but I'm definitely getting better, as I can (kind of) manage four now. |
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I really need to practice this more often. Oops, I've been forgetting. |
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I maintained focus on five sounds at once for a little while earlier today. It was difficult, but I'm definitely making progress! |
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Good job, you are improving fast. This course will take up to a year for most students, so rather than worry about keeping up a pace, try to really incorperate the concepts into your daily life and your general awareness. 5 sounds is very hard and I can barely do 6 after years of practice. So, good job! |
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Really? Even though level 2 says to try to reach 8? |
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8 is a goal. It would not be as valuable if you are not pushing the brain, asking for more each time. I still have maybe 50 years to try and reach 8. This stuff should be learned in a year or so, but refined over the rest of your days. |
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I think so, but now that it seems I'm picking this up at a really fast rate, I'm starting to wonder how aware of each I actually am... maybe I could be only slightly aware of them all individually and thinking I'm giving them more focus =/ |
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After assuming that I must have just been acknowledging several sounds without fully focusing on them and then kinda forgetting about this course, I've returned for lesson 2. I've started trying the Diffuse Vision technique. Level 1 is kind of tricky; I can sort of look at still objects on opposite sides of my peripheral vision, but I can't really pay much attention to them without focusing on them. I haven't tried it with moving objects yet, though. |
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Human vision is divided in to two fields, based on the placement of rods and cones. The center 30% or so is the only area that can refine the picture enough to read. The outer field is very adapt at detecting movement and shape. Do not worry about the outer stuff seeming blurry. You will never, for instance, be able to read a book using the sides of your vision. You are doing a couple things with this training. You are retraining your brain to maintain awareness with out needing to direct focus on anything. That is very useful in WILD attempts. You are also greatly enhancing your awareness, which is of ultimate importance in all aspects of LDing. |
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