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+====== Read it seven times ======
+September 1985
+                                  Z-NEWS 302
+WOW! again:   Foot put into mouth!   Suggesting (in Z-News 209,  pg  2,  first
+line)  that  everyone read material seven (7)  times,  without  simultaneously
+giving full explanation of why,  has been big stumbling block for many.  So we
+deliver  details  to  remove those (mental)  blocks;  remember,  read  through
+explanation (and everything else) seven times:
+Readings 1 and 2.   Skim material twice,  quite rapidly.  Use your finger
+to  help your eyes play over words,  lines,  and paragraphs.   Key  words  and
+phrases,  ideas,  and concepts begin to take from.   You gain a feeling of the
+thought-flow, a framework making next step more powerful.
+Reading 3.   Read material now from beginning, much more slowly and care-
+fully.  Pause to re-read and ponder new ideas and deep thoughts.
+Use dictionary for unfamiliar words.
+Readings  4  and 5.   Skim over material twice again,  but not  quite  so
+rapidly as first two times.   Let key concepts sink in even deeper.  This is a
+more leisurely skim.   Pause at any word looked up in dictionary and make sure
+you  know  both  basic meaning of word,  and its meaning in  present  context.
+Sometimes the thought expressed by a particular word or phrase is so new  that
+it's difficult to grasp at once,  even with dictionary help!   Do not worry at
+this point.  Future readings add clarity.
+Reading  6.   Now,  read material from beginning again with extreme care.
+Now is the time to really pause, to ponder, to digest, to impress deeply.  Try
+to obtain essential, inner feeling of messages, even though you may not under-
+stand them fully or grasp completely at this stage.  Try at this point to read
+material aloud!
+Reading 7.   It's a slow skim.  Somewhere between your leisurely skim and
+your first careful reading, #3.  It is time to enjoy, to bathe yourself in new
+insights  and viewpoints opening up to you...new understanding comes (in  next
+octave)!
+There you have it--we do our best to explain.   Never think that learning
+something new, really new, comes quickly or easily.  GREAT EFFORT IS INVOLVED!
+But  keep  reading even if you think you don't  understand--what  comes  later
+(down  the lines) explains what came before,  following natural  back-and-fill
+(smoothing) concept.
+Z-News 302 is Copyright 1985 Echelon,  Inc. [Now out of business.]  All Rights Reserved.  Permission
+to  reprint,  wholly or partially,  automatically granted if source credit  is
+given to Echelon.
+{{tag>Echelon Reading Comprehension}}
+~~DISCUSSION~~