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How Not To Concentrate

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Lelouch Lamperouge

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Nov 21, 2009, 10:02:57 AM11/21/09

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How Not To Concentrate
To remember the letter "o" of diamond type continuously and
without effort proceed as follows:
Imagine a little black spot on the right-hand side of the "o"
blacker than the rest of the letter; then imagine a similar spot on
the left-hand side. Shift the attention from the right-hand period to
the left, and observe that every time that you think of the left
period the "o" appears to move to the right, and every time you think
of the right one it appears to move to the left. This motion, when the
shifting is done properly, is very short, less than the width of the
letter. Later you may become able to imagine the "o" without conscious
shifting and swinging, but whenever the attention is directed to the
matter these things will be noticed.
Now do the same with the "o" letter on the test card. If the
shifting is normal, it will be noted that the letter can be regarded
indefinitely, and that it appears to have a slight motion.
To demonstrate that the attempt to concentrate spoils the memory,
or imagination, and the vision:
Try to think continuously of a period on one part of an imagined
letter. The period and the whole letter will soon disappear. Or try to
imagine two or more periods, or the whole letter, equally black and
distinct at one time. This will be found even more difficult.
Do the same with a letter on the test card. The results will be
the same.
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Stop Concentrating
Better Eyesight
A monthly magazine devoted to the prevention and cure of imperfect
sight without glasses
Vol. V - July, 1921 - No. 1
Copyright, 1921, by the Central Fixation Publishing Company
Editor—W. H. Bates, M.D.
Publisher—Central Fixation Publishing Co.
$2.00 per year, 20 cents per copy
300 Madison Avenue, New York, N. Y.
Doctors are needed all over the world to cure people without glasses
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