How To Effortlessly Learn The Bible Many Times Faster

Your brain is a truly amazing machine. Amongst the many things it does for us, one of the most important is surely to keep us alive. To do this, it has a representation of the world and analyzes data coming in from the senses, as seen in the light of this internal model.

YOU HAVE THE WORLD INSIDE YOU

Are you with me so far? Inside your brain is a model of the world as you know it. This is evident: you can go for imaginary walks in your mind, down roads you know. You can mentally place items you have seen in places you know. This internal model of the world is then constantly kept updated with the new data coming in from the senses, to keep us safe in a changing world. You simply learn from whatever you take notice of, coming in from your senses.

YOUR TEN SENSES

Your senses provide input for perception. Traditionally, we talk about five senses: sight, hearing, smell, taste, and touch. (This classification is possibly the work of Aristotle). Humans have at least five more senses: pain, balance, joint motion and acceleration (proprioception), a sense of time, and a sense of temperature differences.

What we here call senses are not some randomly thought-of ways we perceive the world. Each “sense” consists of sensory cells that responds to something physical in the world, and then signals specific parts of the brain to this particular stimuli.

That is: we have specific sensory cells for sight, and specific sensory cells for hearing, and correspondingly we have specific regions of the brain that respond to sights, and specific regions of the brain that respond to sounds. And we also have specific sensory cells that responds to pain, and specific parts of the brain that respond to these pain signals. And the same goes for balance, joint motion and acceleration, and so on.

Your brain learns a whole lot about the world by noticing when the senses are activated together. If you see your finger on the stove and feel a lot of pain in that finger a the same time, your brain correlates these sensory signals. “Neurons that fire together, wire together.”

HOW YOU LEARN

When neurons in the brain fire together, a link is created between them, and the more times they fire together, the stronger that physical link becomes. Eventually, when one is fired, the other will become very excitable and will fire very easily.

This goes not only for the senses, but for the “opposite” system as well. Just as the senses are the brain’s input channels, the motor system is the output channel. By moving muscles (large or small) it controls everything we do, how we affect the world. The brain will obviously also learn how movements and sensory inputs link together. Again, repetition will give stronger links, and eventually make what first seemed difficult or impossible, easy.

We can use this knowledge to our advantage. When you study the Bible, you will want to apply as many senses as you can.

HOW TO LEARN QUICKER

I most certainly believe the most common way of studying the Bible, is by reading it. But have you tried listening to it? Adding a modality will most certainly let you learn quicker.

An easy way to start listening to the Bible is to use the online audio Bible found at http://www.audio-bible.com/bible/bible.html.

Now here’s a twist. How about reading it out loud to yourself. That will activate both your eyes, your mouth, and your ears. Now while you read, why don’t you record your voice, so that you can listen to your own rendition later? You should. An easy way would be to use your computer. You can simply hook up a microphone (a cheap one will do) and use the built-in recording software that comes with most Windows and Mac computers these days. I wouldn’t recommend using the built-in microphone on your computer, as you’ll capture too much noise from the internal fan.

ACTION STEP

Here’s what to do, right now.

Record yourself reading from the Bible. If you don’t have a specific part you want to learn, you can start at the beginning. Record Genisis, Chapter 1. If you don’t  have a Bible handy, there are many online versions. You’ll find the King James Version here: http://www.allonlinebible.com/Genesis/1.html.

Most computers these days have ready-installed software for recording audio. If you don’t have anything like that, or don’t know how to find or use it, Audacity is a great, free piece of software that works for both Windows PCs and Macs. You’ll find it at http://audacity.sourceforge.net/.

After having created the audio, you can upload the file or files to your mp3-player, create CDs, or just listen on your computer.

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Now don’t just sit there — do it! You will never be able to memorize the Bible if you don’t actually put in the effort. This is a fun little thing to do. Don’t try to bite over too much, just do a little bit and enjoy it :)

HOW TO GET MORE

If you found this illuminating and interesting, I’m absolutely convinced you’ll be thrilled by a new product I’ve just released called Bibelizer 101: Bible Power Tools.

To get it, all you have to do is jump on over to http://www.bibelizer.com/BiblePowerTools/ then click the button that says “Download Now”. That will take you to a PayPal payment page. If you don’t have a PayPal-account, that’s no problem. Just look for the link that says “Pay with Credit or Debit card”. (It’s located under the sign-in form, at least on my screen.)

Enjoy!

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How to understand the Bible

To remember the word’s of the Bible, you need to understand what you read. Today’s article is about how you acquire such an understanding. First, let’s take a step back..To be able to remember any long body of text, you need:

1. Understanding
2. Structure

Please note: What you don’t know about how your brain works can steal hundreds of hours from you in wasted efforts. The brain learns in specific ways, and trying to memorize the Bible the wrong way can be a long and painful task. As I said, we’ll take a look at the first one of these today: Understanding.

IN THE BEGINNING, THERE WAS…

In the beginning, there is meaning. If you do not have a clear understanding of the meaning of the text, you will have a hard time memorizing it. We are creatures of meaning. We attach meaning to things. Meaningful concepts can be connected to other meaningful concepts you already have stored in your brain, creating a new and better understanding of the world. By associating new concepts with concepts you already know, your brain has a way of “attaching” what you’re learning now, to what you already know.

CAN YOU REMEMBER THE SKIES?

To see how hard it is to remember meaningless data presented to your senses, just try to remember a particular cloud formation. How many cloud formations do you remember from your entire life experience? Probably only those that really looked like something else, if you remember any at all. The way clouds look, specifically, does not have any meaning for us, there is no information present, and so it is hard for us to remember the shapes, exactly. On the other hand, what kind of clouds are on the skies, is highly relevant to some of us. Different kinds of clouds signify different kinds of weather, such as storm clouds ( http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Cloud_types#Storm_clouds). So if you’re a fisherman and your life depends on the weather, or if you’re simply somewhat happier when the sun shines, you’ll be able to extract information and meaning from the kind of clouds you see on the skies. Unless you’re a painter and shapes are highly meaningful to you, and occupy a large part of your brain (physically!), that’s the only information you’ll get. Only characteristics that are meaningful to you will be remembered.

UNDERSTANDING THE BIBLE CAN BE VERY CHALLENGING

Understanding what you read in the Bible might at some times be more than a little challenging. Words can be turned around and studied, and passages debated for decades. However, what we’re after here is not a perfect understanding of the message from God (who could truly and confidently say they’ve accomplished that?), but a way of finding a meaning that makes sense to you, and that may be remembered. There is of course the slight chance that your interpretation will be fundamentally flawed, but at the very least then, you will have something in your head that can be studied, debated, and improved or even changed totally, once a new meaning makes itself clear to you.

THE TWO LEVELS OF UNDERSTANDING

Thus, without understanding, you will have a very hard time remembering what you read. There are at least two levels of understanding you have to have in order to memorize the Bible: you need to understand the words, and the story itself. Both can be harder than they seem at first glance. We’ll talk more about that in an upcoming article.

If you found this illuminating and interesting, I’m absolutely convinced you’ll be thrilled by a new product I’ve just released called Bibelizer 101: Bible Power Tools. But you don’t really need to take my word for it: I have a “better than all your money back” guarantee. What does that mean? It means that you can receive Bibelizer 101: Bible Power Tools and try it for yourself. Any time within 60 days, you can ask for your money back. I’ll ask you no questions, but promptly refund you, and YOU GET TO KEEP Bibelizer 101: Bible Power Tools as my thank you for taking the time to check it out. Do you see how I’m taking all the risk here?

HOW TO GET IT

All you have to do is jump on over to http://www.bibelizer.com/BiblePowerTools/ then click the button that says “Download Now”. That will take you to a PayPal payment page. If you don’t have a PayPal-account, that’s no problem. Just look for the link that says “Pay with Credit or Debit card”. (It’s located under the sign-in form, at least on my screen.)

AFTER YOU’VE PAID

After you’ve entered your payment details, you’ll see a screen that asks you to click a link to “Return to TechNomade”. You need to click that link in order for you to go directly to the download page. Don’t worry if you forget, I’ll send out an email shortly to everybody who’s bought, but if you’d like to access your downloads straight away (and who wouldn’t?!) then you need to click that link “Return to TechNomade”. (If you’re wondering, TechNomade is the name of my company.)

WHAT TO DO NOW

All you have to do is head on over to http://www.bibelizer.com/BiblePowerTools/ and once there, click the Download Now! button, then follow the instructions on the screen. There’s absolutely no risk involved for you. I want you to be happy, and I’m looking after you. If, for any reason, you want your money back, just let me know within 60 days, and it will be so. So here’s the link again: http://www.bibelizer.com/BiblePowerTools/

I’m sure you’ll be very happy you clicked :)

Take care,
Sten

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Bibelizer 101 is coming very soon

In between battles, I’ve been working on Bibelizer: The 3 Step System to Memorize The Bible. I’m still not done with the full-blown course, but during its creation, I’ve built up a pretty decent “tool chest” to help you memorize the Bible. I just realized these tools are very valuable one their own, and so I plan on releasing them to you early. In fact, they should be ready for you within a couple of days. Good news?

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I really need your help with something ….

First of all, I want to thank you and everyone else who has sent in all of the kind emails and written all the nice blog comments about the free chapters of Bibelizer I’ve been giving you this past month. It was a pleasure for me to make them for you, and I am sure you would do the same for me. And now I could really use your help with something. Here’s the deal:

For the last many, many weeks, I’ve been busy creating Bibelizer — The 3 Step System To Memorize The Bible. This, I don’t have to tell you, is a monumental task. So what’s happened is that I’ve fallen behind on other work — work that actually pays the bills.

There’s been tremendous enthusiasm around the Bibelizer System, and I don’t want to let it die unfinished, but I do need to pay my bills, NOW.

So I’ve got a choice…

I could create something other than the Bibelizer System, of less magnitude, that I could sell quickly, and generate some bill-paying cash… This would mean I pay my bills, but the Bibelizer System is delayed.

And I wouldn’t really like that. And I’m guessing you wouldn’t either.

I could email you some offer on something not created by me, on which I receive commissions for the sales, and make a petty change.

Doable. But not very interesting.

I’ve racked my brain, and come up with a fresh solution, and I hope you like it. Here it is:

I’m going to ask you to help fund the creation of Bibelizer — The 3 Step System To Memorize The Bible.

You’re not being asked to give your monies away, however. Not by a long shot.

Here’s the deal I want to extend to you (if you let me, more on that below):

First of all, once I’ve finished creating the whole System, you get access to the whole thing: “Bibelizer: The 3 Step System To Memorize The Bible”.

It’ll be presented as videos, downloadable audios, AND text files (pdf), so you can learn the way you want to, and reinforce what you learn by employing several senses.

In Step 1, I give you all the mind tools and online tools you need to succeed. This step alone will save you countless hours of studying. You will become confident in citing the Bible, and will effortlessly acquire a new and deeper understanding of your readings.

In Step 2, I give you the perfect study plan, a way of structuring your studies so you will rapidly increase the speed at which you learn. This accelerated learning process is gold. You’ll have to see it to believe it.

In Step 3, I hand you the two magic ingredients, motivation and persistence, on a silver platter. This is where most people fail, they excitedly talk themselves into starting, but are not able to finish the task at hand. You, however, will not falter, and you will be able to memorize the Bible, or parts of it, as you wish.

Together, Steps 1, 2, and 3 will make you a knowledgeable and confident member of society. You will be able to recite the Bible at will, no more embarrassing forgetfulness.

Once I’ve finished creating the Bibelizer, as a Funder:

* You’ll obviously get access to all materials — videos, audios, and text files

* You’ll also get access to the private Bibelizer Club forum where you can discuss your progress and challenges with like-minded people

* You will have myself and other memory experts at your fingertips

* And should you ever experience any problems what-so-ever with the materials, you’ll be happy to know my support center is open 6 days a week

I haven’t decided on the pricing for the final product, but with this deal, as it involves you having to wait a little before receiving the goods, you will receive a *significant* discount. When Bibelizer goes out for sale publicly, the price will probably be around $400 – $500.

Golden Guarantee: After you’ve received the Bibelizer, you still have twelve whole months to decide whether you want to keep it or not. I think it’s only fair I let you try it out for yourself. You decide. Should you not be totally amazed by the Bibelizer System, all you have to do to get your money back, is write me an email saying so, within a year after you’ve received it. You don’t even have to explain your reasons. I trust you. AND you get to keep it, as my way of saying thanks for trying it out.

To sum it up: I need your help to pay the bills, and I’m thinking about offering all of the Bibelizer to you for only $97. All materials will be delivered digitally — as downloadable files over the Internet, as I finish the System up. You’ll have exclusive, first access to everything.

I think this is a fair deal, and I’d like to go through with it. I need to pay my bills, and you get (if I may say so myself) a great deal.

However, just setting this up takes a bit of work, and I want to know if you’re interested before creating the payment links and the other technical stuff that goes into this offer.

And I want one more thing from you. If you take me up on this offer, and get the Bibelizer for a fraction of it’s real worth, I want you to promise me to give me your honest feedback. What’s good and what’s great, and especially, what could be better. This product will evolve, and I rely on your feedback to able to make it even better in the future. (As a Funder, you’ll obviously have life-time rights to upgrades ;)

Now if this sounds good to you, let me know in the comment section here. Also please let me know if you can promise to give me feedback. If enough people are interested, I’ll set this up within a few days.

Thanks :)

Best regards,
Sten

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Acquire The Right Mindset And The Right Weapons (Get Chapter 1 Right Now)

Bibelizer 101 – “What Everybody Ought To Know About Memorizing The Bible” is divided into 3 Steps. The first step is all about “Acquiring The Right Mindset And The Right Weapons.” It will dramatically reduce the time it takes you to memorize the Bible (or parts thereof), and will give you all the tools you need to cut your learning time drastically.
I want to email it to you right now. Just enter your best email address below, and it will be at your doorstep within a few ticks :)

After you’ve done that, please come back here and let me know your thoughts. Try the techniques out, and let me know how you go. I am sure you will have pleasant news for me!
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Win The Course “What Everybody Ought To Know About Memorizing The Bible”

I just released the Introduction to my new course “What Everybody Ought To Know About Memorizing The Bible” (download here), and I will give away the first chapter in a couple of days. And more is yet to come, after that :)

But today, I really would like to know why you want to memorize the Bible, or parts of it. I’m looking for the human angle here… what do you think it will do for your life?

Just for fun, we’re going to make it a little competition.

The best three answers, will win their creator the whole course for free. (I will choose one winner, and I’ll get back to you on how the two other ones will be chosen.)

And even if you do not win the course itself, clarifying this point for yourself is a major win :)

Okay, so here are the questions. If some of them don’t make sense to
you, just ignore them, I’m looking for the benefits memorizing the Bible will bring you in your life; the questions are merely starting points to get you thinking in the right direction.

1. What concrete thing do you want from getting “What Everybody Ought To Know About Memorizing The Bible”?

Digging a bit deeper:
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2. How will you know when you’ve gotten there?

3. What makes that important to you?

4. What does that get you?

5. Who else does that affect? What do you want for them?

6. What change would this make in your life?

7. How do you feel when you get there? What’s different?

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Now, I do need a way of knowing who you are, so I can send the winners their free course. To be able to do that, login to the blog comments section with your twitter account before leaving your reply. If you do not have one, it is easy and free to create one (it only takes a minute or so, over at https://twitter.com/signup).

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I really look forward to hearing what you have to say :)

Best regards,
Sten

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What Everybody Ought To Know About Memorizing The Bible

I don’t believe in magic pills. But there are many ways  to make it easier to memorize the Bible. Today I’m releasing a rough draft of the introduction to my new course on memorizing the Bible. Please let me know your thoughts in the comment section below :)

Download it here now :)

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