Lesson 1
Prepare For Success
It’s amazing what ordinary people can do if they set out without preconceived notions. – Charles F. Kettering
Please set aside all preconceived notions about your memory and your ability to learn so that you can have an open mind and allow this learning experience to change you into an extraordinary person. You already have a photographic memory with the ability to instantly recall images of everything you have ever experienced in life; you simply need to learn how to use it. Relax and feel confident in knowing that you will experience a change that will enable you to do what you might have once thought was impossible. I know what you might be thinking: How can that be possible? I have a terrible memory! Trust me. Eliminate the entire negative self-talk and read this book as if you were taking a journey into a land that has never been explored before. You will be amazed with the newfound power of your mind and you will amaze others too. I have provided exercises, which are designed to ensure your success, so please take your time with them until you have mastered the concept. It is necessary to complete all of the exercises and practice sessions in
order to benefit fully from this book.
Start by doing what is necessary, then do what is possible, and suddenly you are doing the impossible. –St. Francis of Assisi The effort you put forth is of the utmost importance. In any endeavor, you reap what you sow; therefore, practice, practice, and practice! Soon you will put your photographic memory to work and experience effortless recall. I told you that you already have a photographic memory and you might still be curious to know exactly what I meant by that. I can appreciate that and I will reveal the meaning through reference to a classic story we are all familiar with: The Wizard of Oz. In The Wizard of Oz, the lion desired courage, the tin-man desired a heart, and the scarecrow desired a brain, but the essence of this story proved that they each already had all of these things, and all that they really needed was someone to reveal this to them. Dorothy did a splendid job with her fervent determination when the Wizard of Oz turned out to be a fake and a failure himself.
Therefore, as in the story, Wizard of Oz, I will reveal to you some powers you already possess and show you how to make this self-discovery in order to use that which your creator has blessed you with already. Therefore, let’s begin with a short exercise, then you will explore how you remember and exactly where your memory exists. Let's try some recall in order to provide you with an exercise in memory. Remember an incident from sometime in your distant past that was pleasant, such as a birthday party or graduation ceremony. Include all of the people who were present and what they were wearing; remember the time of day, the place, the sounds you heard and whether it was sunny or overcast. Replay the entire seen in as much detail as you can. After you have recalled this memory in all of its detail, think about where it came from. Did it grow from a brain cell and multiply into an enormous picture in your mind's eye? Did you see the images with your optic nerve? Did the images come from a specific area of your brain? As you were putting together the sounds, colors and other images, did you have to get these things from different areas of your brain? Did it take you a long time to arrange all of the details, or did they simply appear instantaneously? Is it possible all of this vivid sensory detail came from someplace outside of your brain and perhaps distant from you?
I hope the last question above aroused your curiosity, because born out of that question reiterates the very theory behind Virtual Memory For Humans . In order to develop your virtual memory, it is not necessary to know the answers to any of the above questions, but it will be helpful to remember the last question about where the memory resides because you will need a place to store the things you wish to remember. And that is the key to having a virtual memory: having a storage place or location to put things you wish to remember. This might sound strange to you, but bear with me as you will explore further when you get to chapter four.