Comprehension

 

 

     What makes one person understand a specific subject more competent or knowledgeable than the other? Comprehension. Right now as you are reading this, you are either tuned in or tuned out. By tuned in, I mean you are comprehending word for word as you read and put the ideas together. By tuned out, I mean you have other thoughts on your mind while you are reading. When a persons attention is tuned in, their comprehension is tuned in. When their attention is tuned out their comprehension is tuned out. Tuned in and out speaking of the thoughts on our minds.

 

 

 

 

     When tuned out, the less comprehended, the less memorized, the less learned. When tuned in, the more comprehended, the more memorized, the more learned. One way of improving reading comprehension is to clear your mind and thoughts while reading. Many of us while reading will have other thoughts on our mind subconsciously. We are consciously reading, but subconsciously thinking of other things. When this happens, we sometimes forget what we just read! So, what do we do then? We reread it so we can comprehend and understand it. If we comprehended everything the first time, imagine how much time and trouble this would save us rather than repeating many things we fail to comprehend the first time.

 

 

 

 

                                                 What is comprehension?

 

 

 

 

     Comprehension is defined as ability or capacity to understand, grasping the meaning of something, knowledge acquired from something, to understand, to become conscious or aware of something.

 

 

 

 

     We cannot comprehend or understand a subject unless we are conscious or aware of that subject. The applies to the subconscious as well. We must consciously control our subconscious thoughts when learning or comprehending something new. I cover more on the subconscious in the following link I provided http://hubpages.com/hub/Subconscious-Habits .

If we do not control our subconscious thoughts while learning a new subject, our conscious comprehension will be effected. When our conscious comprehension is effected by our subconscious thoughts, this effects our ability to remember the subject or task.

 

 

 

 

     When a person suffers from ADD symptoms or ADHD other known as attention deficit disorder or attention deficit hyperactivity disorder, the person often struggles in comprehending some things for being not able to control or focus their thoughts and impulses. There have been many ADD medications produced in efforts to control ADD ADHD. In many cases, there have been misdiagnosis and unneeded medications. Here is an excellent video/link on explaining ADD and ADHD further. http://familydoctor.org/online/famdocen/home/children/parents/behavior/118.html

 

 

 

 

    ADD ADHD can cause depression, anxiety, impulsive thoughts and behavior. All of these come from inability to control thoughts, focus, and comprehend. But there is a twist, many people with ADD symptoms while being able to less comprehend one subject often have an obsessive or in depth thought process in another subject. Howard Hughes is a prime example, the man was a genius in the thought process of aviation and making money while his OCD controlled other parts of his life. http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Howard_Hughes#Mental_illness_and_physical_decline

 

    

 

     The video above covers some interesting ideas on improving comprehension. One area of the video talks about our interests. This is very important. The things that interest us attract us, the more attracted or interested, the more we pay attention. The more we pay attention, the more we comprehend! Many with ADD, ADHD, or OCD can highly comprehend 1 subject and lack in others, Refer back to Howard Hughes. He had a high comprehension and understanding of making money and creating new ideas, but he couldn't control those ideas when his OCD subconscious thinking took over.

 

 

 

 

      So in comprehending, we must focus our minds on the subject or task at hand. Focusing our minds must be a conscious effort / tuning in! I cover more on consciousness in the following link http://hubpages.com/hub/What-Is-Conscious . We must consciously focus on the purpose of learning the subject at hand and we must control our subconscious thoughts that take away from our conscious comprehension. If we can generate an interest in the subject at hand, even better. The more interest generated, the more comprehension generated.

 

 

 

 

      While our subconscious thoughts can often take away from our comprehension, they can also benefit. If we are studying a related subject that we already have experience in, our subconscious can be used as a filing cabinet to pull files of old information in comparing with new information. In a subject related to our subconscious memories, we can compare data and develop new ideas! These new ideas are found from expanding our consciousness from all angles and perspectives, not just our own. As we comprehend many ideas from different perspectives in a specific subject, we figure out how to form and bond the ideas in better understanding our subject.

 

 

    

 

     The more perspectives and information comprehended, the more learned, remembered, understood, and known. The more known of a subject, the higher consciousness and awareness you have in that subject. If you and I are having a conversation about cat's and you have never in your life seen a cat, I will usually have a higher consciousness and awareness of cat's and what they are. The less a person is consciously subjected to a object or subject, the less the person can observe and know of the subject. But, there are exceptions.

 

 

    

 

     Now imagine again that you have never seen cats, but you have read much information and perspectives on cats and what they are. You have read and you comprehend the anatomy and biology of the cats in your studies. Me on the other hand, I have seen cats for many years, but I have only made my own ideas and perspective without researching cat's from other perspectives. My comprehension of cats would be limited while your comprehension of cats would be expanded. You would have more comprehension and awareness of what cats are and how they function. I would only have my fixed perspective without truly knowing how the cats function and operate having only my internal observations.

 

 

    

 

     So, in furthering our comprehension in any given subject, we must focus our attention, learn from all perspectives, interest ourselves in the subject, consciously control our subconscious thoughts while learning the subject. These techniques as anything else are always easier being read without being comprehended and practiced. Comprehension is a true job of focusing our minds, even when they don't want to cooperate. When we comprehend that we are in control of our minds, we can then empower our minds to accomplish and comprehend anything we choose. Good luck.

 

 

                                                  

 

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