Image Streaming

Step #1: Close your eyes

Step #2: Find a relaxing setting which you won't be disturbed and try to relax your mind.

Step #3: The mind is continuously presenting images in your mind's eye. For example, if I describe
a multi-color beach ball atop a sandy bed of beach sand, you will more or less vividly picture this in
your mind. Close your eyes and attempt to remain aware when this spontaneously occurs in the
mind.

Step #4: Try to describe any impression which presents as descriptively as possible to either
another live person who is present or some recording device (e.g., cassette recorder, dictaphone,
computer recording software)

Step #5: Incorporate features from all five sensory modalities (i.e., visual, auditory, tactile, olfactory,
gustatory). Building on our early example: "Juxtaposed the glistening grains of golden sand, I can
see a reflection of the sun creating a luster on the beach ball, which is segmented into six
equivalent wedge-shaped areas with the following colors in order from left to right; red, white, blue,
white, yellow, white. I feel a refreshing and pleasing breeze, which is counterpoised by the warmth
of the sun. I hear the whir of water rushing from the ocean in the background accompanied by the
distant quacks of seagulls. I can smell the scent of sweet bakery goods emanating from local food
stands, which immediately elicits the taste of funnel cakes in my mind, which tastes like ...", etc.

Step #6: Try to speak from the first person, using the pronoun "I".

Step #7: Attempt to include taste and scent as often as possible, even with items you would not
usually associate with those senses.

Step #8: Do not suppress or censor thoughts or descriptions, even if they are unpleasant or
uncomfortable.

SCHEDULES
The author has written three schedules of increasing challenge. The author maintains it is critical to
increase in accordance with the schedule since basic image streaming will become far too easy as
intelligence builds.

(Translator note: Basic image streaming may be insufficiently challenging if your intelligence is
already high. However, it is probably important to spend some minimal amount of time familiarizing
yourself with basic image streaming anyway, as proficiency is necessary for the subsequent
levels.)

The author restates her/his belief that image streaming is the quickest way to increase I.Q. up to
180, depending solely upon initial I.Q. levels.

The author warns the reader not to slack off in training or results will diminish.

Beginner schedule

1.) 45 minutes per session minimum

2.) At least five days per week

3.) More admonishment not to slack off

Intermediate schedule

The author recommends this schedule for those who wish to accelerate gains. who wish to "peak"
for examinations or some other events for which peak performance is desirable. The author advises
that this schedule isn't intended for year-round adherence since it require lots of effort and
motivation; he also advises against disregarding this advice, which might lead to burnout and a
resultant loss of gains.

1.) One hour per daily cumulation

2.) At least six days per week

3.) More admonishment to neither neglect training nor overtrain due to overzealousness; both will
be detrimental to gains.

Advanced schedule

The author writes that this schedule should be reserved until several months of training is
completed and this training is reinforced by earlier schedules.

Below are new features of image streaming:

1.) With eyes open

2.) With your "inner voice", bypassing the need to verbalize descriptions. The author points out that
words are limited to speeds much slower than the rate of non-verbal awareness, and the aim is to
surpass the subvocalization threshold (Translator note: of about 1200/wpm), which is suitable at this
point as competency at and fluency of image streaming will have increased from prior training. The
author writes this will easily quadruple image streaming rates. Only "understand" the features of
your descriptions, don't describe them verbally.

3.) Alternate between verbalizing and acknowledgment throughout each session.

4.) Incorporate physical movement of objects in descriptions now

5.) Try to envision yourself as these aspects; fully immerse yourself in these features

The author believes at this point the reader is adequately prepared to perform image streaming
during other activities and for longer than an hour without negatively impacting gains. The author
recommends three months of beginner and/or intermediate image streaming first, else the reader
won't be able to describe fast enough for this schedule and version to be effective.

What To Expect

Here the author expounds on the theoretically boundless potential for raising I.Q.

The author lists the following as the common effects of the beginners schedule:

1.) Increased ability to construct ideas and extract meaning intuitively

2.) Improved reading speed and better comprehension

3.) Greater intellectual curiosity

4.) Improved visualization

5.) Increased attention span

The author asserts at the 2-8 month range the reader should experience:

1.) Greater overall problem solving ability

2.) Manifestation of creativity

3.) Diversification of intellectual interests

4.) Acquisition of a strong visual, or "photographic", memory

5.) More thorough learning

6.) Stronger rebuttals

7.) More complex and unique ideas

8.) Fluidity and harmony of thoughts

9.) Qualitative difference in dreams

10.) Altered perception of time

The author hold the useful benefits appear in months 2-8, but that one mind begins to merit "genius-
like" characteristics at 8-12 months:

1.) Constant presentation of "convoluted" abstraction in the mind

2.) Exceptional recall abilities

3.) Exceptional concept formulations

4.) Exceptional ease to build complicated arguments

5.) Consistently pleasurable mental states

Negative Situations And What To Do If They Occur

The author warns of possible adversities:

1.) Personality changes primarily due to the constant bombardment of ideas

2.) Excessively original ideas that oppose convention

3.) The presentation of sufficiently complicated ideas that one might have difficulties expressing
them in conversation

4.) Image streaming before bed alters brainwave patterns and may disrupt normal sleep

(Translator note: Take heed to this one. I have REM behavior disorder (i.e., I talk in my sleep and
act out dreams due to a lack of atonia.); I began brief (~3 mins. avg.) sleepwalking stints on very
rare occasion, though with increasing frequency, after the third month whereas I had never
sleepwalked before. This probably isn't normal and probably won't happen for most persons with
normal sleep atonia; but it is noteworthy for just in case.)

5.) Maintenance is required to remain at peak levels

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Quantum Wave Streaming

The author explains that quantum wave streaming (QWS) is like advanced image streaming except
the aim is to link your internal reality with their direct and indirect external triggers.

1.) QWS is performed with eyes opened.

2.) Relax as though attempting to daydream

3.) Remain aware of external reality and focus on some smaller objects at first

4.) Focus on the minutiae of these objects, describing aloud the qualities as done in basic image
streaming

5.) Continue this as a warm-up for five minutes

6.) Once the warm up is complete, continue to describe object of consensus reality while watching
for thoughts which are prompted by your descriptions. It is important not to force or encourage
thoughts, but rather to wait for their extemporaneous appearance

7.) Once an unconscious thought develops in the mind, properly describe it as in normal sessions.
After you are done, return to describing external objects. In this section, the act of describing
external objects is referred to as "quantum wave streaming"; the act of describing internal objects is
referred to as "image streaming". The prescribed order should be an alternating succession
between one complete image stream and one quantum wave stream (e.g., a.) describe an object;
b.) wait for a thought to appear; c.) completely describe only that thought; d.) return to step (a)

End of Technique

SCHEDULES

The author reiterates his recommendation of developing proficiency at image streaming before
attempting quantum wave streaming.

The author only describes an advanced schedule, which consists of 5-7 days per week; 20 minutes
to an hour (with at least five minute breaks every twenty minutes).

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That is Image-Streaming. Each full-flow Image-Streaming session should run from 10 to 30
minutes. Examine whatever images happen to be playing in your mind's eye at the time, while
describing them in rich detail to a live or potential listener (person or tape recorder). Even
minimum, trivial-seeming impressions or whatever: describe them in such richly textured
detail as to force anyone listening to experience and see what you are describing. 10 to 20
minutes at a time, practice several hours of Image-Streaming and you will have mastered the
basic skills needed to make other forms of visual thinking work for you. — And you will also
have experienced some of the other benefits of Image-Streaming as well, including improved
intellectual performance and creativity.

Even if your imagery is already clear and vivid, you will be astonished at how much more so it
quickly becomes when you describe it in this way, while continuing to examine it. This
improvement is even stronger if —

1. You describe in as sensory-textured detail as possible. The major part of your brain that
we want to bring on line, works with sensory images even in profoundly intellectual
matters. Explanation takes you away from that sensory immediacy. Instead of saying,
"I'm at the beach" or "This is Virginia Beach," detail instead the warmth of sand under
your toes, the sound of surf, the smell of salt, the wheeling of the gulls above you in the
almost-white sky, black and white of the gulls on that paler white far above you ....

2. Describe as rapidly as you can, to get more and more detail in. Describe faster than you
can stop to judge whether or not something is worth mentioning, just go ahead and
flow it through (and see what comes with it). This is a kind of "brainstorm" only with
description instead of ideas or answers, and has a similar rule to brainstorming's "if it
occurs to you, express it!" Really rapid-flow describing exerts almost a Venturi force or
suction pulling other perceptions into focus.

3. All this is done most easily with eyes shut, so that your inner visual circuits aren't
distracted away from these initially subtler signals, and so they can operate at full
sensitivity. In other words, please keep eyes closed during such processing, in order to
see more freely.
Image streaming means basically allowing the mind to freely provide images (or rather,
experiences) to you, and then describing it out loud. I think a better term would be “Experience
Streaming”, because you are not just describing images, but entire surreal experiences. The
inventor of this technique, Win Wenger has described a step-by-step method of successfully
doing image streaming, on his Project Renaissance website. Here, I will describe what has
worked for me in how I personally image stream, and note the ways it differs from Mr.
Wenger’s techniques.

Step 1: Preparation

I would get a bottle of water, because when image streaming is done correctly, I talk so fast that
I easily get a dry mouth. Drinking water helps during sessions. Then, I select a quiet place,
where I could image stream with no distractions. It could be a bedroom, out on the balcony, or
in my car. Any place private would do.

Step 2: Relaxation

I would set my phone’s timer for 15 minutes. This was after about 1 week of image streaming. I
think if you just begin image streaming, 10 minutes is a good time to start. With my phone
timer on, I just sit back relax and take about 10 deep, calming breaths. This sets the mood
before actual streaming.

Step 3: “Experience” Streaming

While sitting calmly, taking deep breaths, I would describe the first image that comes to my
mind. If i don’t get an image, i just imagine something to start the session. I proceed to describe
it in detail and with all my senses: sight, taste, smell and feeling. For instance if I see an apple
on a brown wooden table, I would describe the scene. Walk towards the table and pick up the
apple, notice all the marks on it, smell it and even take a bite and describe its taste. I would
describe if the room is cold or warm. All this descriptions are done as fast as possible. And
while doing it, I would sometimes get distracted by another image, say something beside the
table on my right. I would jump on that immediately and start describing as quickly as
possible. Trying to go into as much detail as I can. Remember, nothing is unimportant or
irrelevant during image streaming. So long as it shows up, even a faint image or smell. I would
describe it, until it gets clearer. The key is to do it as fast as you can, this forces more images to
come into view. I would sometimes find myself at loss of words while describing details of what
I see. It happens.

I find myself talking so quickly during sessions, that I am out of breath when each session ends.
Almost every time I stream, I get oblivious of time, and when my phone timer goes off, it
startles me, as if waking me up from a dream.
Now, Mr. Wenger in his book, the Einstein Factor and website proposes that you use a tape
recorder so you can replay each session, to form a memory loop. I do not do this, because for
me spending 15 minutes alone, is a large part of my day, and it feels boring re-listening to a
session. He also suggests describing to someone else, maybe a partner during each image
streaming session, this would help with better image sessions, because you have someone else,
asking “well how does the apple look?”, “what does it feel like?”. I agree. I choose however to
image stream alone, because sometimes you see very scandalous images during sessions, that
you just would feel more comfortable describing them to yourself. He talks about trying to
decoding images and messages from the subconscious during image streaming. That also, goes
into the realm of pseudo-science, that I do not bother about during sessions.

Step 4: Concluding Streaming

After my phone timer jolts me back to reality. I would drink some water from my bottle, and
take some deep breaths to ease myself. I have read of complaints like brain fogginess after
sessions. This is natural, image streaming is a brain workout. It’s like going to the gym and
complaining that your muscles hurt. It is meant to happen. What I would usually do, is to stay
off streaming for a day, or two to give my mental faculties time to relax. It gets better, with
more practice.