8. FREQUENTLY ASKED QUESTIONS 1. Why let your child learn blind-fold reading method when they can read using their eyes 2. What is the Midbrain? 3. What is so special about activating the Midbrain? 4. What is so important about the Right Brain? 5. What are the benefits of Midbrain activation? 6. Why do we need right brain education? 7. You say the course is to develop the genius potential– isn’t the school system supposed to do that? 8. What proof or evidence do you have to show that the o\program is effective? 9. How long is the programme? 10. Is it not too tiring for children? 11. Are parents and teachers allowed into the class room? 12. How much investment are we looking at?
1. There is one common question asked. Why let your child learn blind-fold reading method when they can read using their eyes? Being able to ‘See’ and ‘Read’ blind-folded is only a sign and indicator to prove that your child’s Midbrain function is awakened (activated). Once Midbrain is awakened, your child’s hidden potential will be unleashed one by one. So, being able to read blindfolded is not an end it itself but rather an indicator of more to come. 2. What is the Midbrain? Midbrain (Mesa encephalon) acts like a communication bridge connecting the left brain and the right brain. To balance the usage of the left brain and n the right brain at will, the midbrain must be activated and fully functional. Once Midbrain is activated, the left brain and the right brain can communicate with each other, easily and freely. 3: What is so special about activating the Midbrain? As stated above, once Midbrain is activated, the left brain and the right brain can communicate with each other, easily and freely. With the whole-brain fully functioning at will, hidden potentials of the right brain will be unleashed 4: What is so important about the Right Brain ? The Importance of the Right Brain Functions : is very well explained by Professor Makoto Shichida, a world renowned expert in child education and brain development, In ancient civilizations right brain activity was well developed. The ancient people lacked telephones, radar, cars and other forms of technology. Despite this limitation they could, by the use of higher senses, bridge the limitations of distance. Modern man is predominantly left brained; we use language and sequential learning to acquire knowledge.
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This is a tedious lengthy process. Left-brain based education clouds right-brain activity and the resultant student frustration contributes to dissatisfaction in the classroom. Doctors and scientists became aware of the right brain through the emergence of people with ‘Savants’ syndrome. These people had tremendous memorization skills, generally termed photographic memory. Their ability to calculate complex equations was almost instant and correct. In short, they saw the world in terms of images and patterns. This is the domain of the right brain. Far from being unique, we all possess these abilities. At birth, our right brain is fully activated. Mothers and fathers can communicate with their offspring via telepathy. How often have you seen a tense mother with a screaming baby? As the mother calms down, loves and caresses her child harmony is restored. Up to the age of six years, this ability is present. If not stimulated the ability will diminish and become dormant (dormant not extinct). Children learn much faster than we formerly imagined. By nature, they are very in tune with life around them. Children are very spiritual; the advice coming from a young set of lips often shows wisdom beyond their years. The Blindfold Reading method teaches students to use their natural learning capabilities more effectively and how to process vast volumes of information with ease. Since the student’s brain is trained to function as a ‘whole,’ their senses become more aware and acute, allowing them to comprehend and know what is presented to them even while they are blindfolded. This heightened sense of awareness leads to higher levels of performance not only in academic studies , but also in sports and the arts, enabling the student to gain skills that will aid them in their future professions and careers, as well. Unique Functions of the Right Brain According to Professor Makoto Shichida the functions of the right brain include; ESP or the higher senses of sight, hearing, smell taste and touch, right brain sensory perception (holistic mind), right brain arithmetic, right brain memory and right brain acoustic pitch (perfect pitch).Right brain memory is in image form and long lasting and right brain thoughts come as inspirations. This half of the brain has the following unique faculties; resonance function, imaging/ visualization function, high-speed mass memorization and high speed automatic processing function. The ideal candidates for Midbrain Activation are children between the ages of 6 and 12 years. The technique is more successful in children of this age group because their brains are more easily trained and can adapt to new ways of learning.
5. What are the benefits of Midbrain activation? Your child might demonstrate one or more of the following abilities:
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~ Photographic memory ~Super IQ ~ Speed Learning ~ Multiple Languages Mastery ~ Computer Calculation Speed Perfect-pitch (music mastery) ~ Creative Talent ~ Sport Excellence ~ Superb Intuition ~ Joyful and confidence personality
6.. Why do we need right brain education ? The purpose of education in the future will not be to create people with heads crammed full of knowledge, but to rear children who know how to efficiently use the whole brain. Rearing children with enormous ability, rich creativity, and the capability to make use of high proportion of their brain should be the goal of child rearing." School system gives us information – and it is very much left brain oriented and this in turn helps to increase the power of the left brain and at the same time suppresses the right brain.
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