Speed Reading Mastery

This tool trains the Moving Centre to carry the act of reading, progressively bypassing the inner voice. It also demonstrates something essential: the three centres operate at fundamentally different speeds, and this speed can be trained.

THE THREE CENTRES AND THEIR READING SPEEDS

INTELLECTUAL CENTRE

70 – 250 wpm

Limited by the inner voice — it must sub-vocalise every word. This is ordinary reading.

MOVING CENTRE

400 – 700+ wpm

Pattern-recognises word shapes without speech. When engaged, it works far faster than thought.

EMOTIONAL CENTRE

Instantaneous

Grasps meaning, tone, and significance in a flash — but only when the other centres step aside.

The aim of this practice is to delegate the mechanical act of reading to the Moving Centre, freeing the Emotional and Intellectual Centres to receive meaning rather than process symbols. The threshold moment — when the inner voice falls silent and comprehension continues — is the signal.

INNER VOICE
60 – 250 TRANSITION
250 – 400 SPEED READING
400 – 700 DELEGATION
700 – 1200

READING STAGE

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fix your gaze on the line, then press Play

WORDS —

TIME AT THIS SPEED —

ELAPSED —

WPM 200

SIZE 56px

DOCUMENT POSITION

Your text appears here. Click any word to jump to that position.

COMPREHENSION CHECK

Before you look at the text again — answer honestly from memory.

Can you state the main subject in one clear sentence?

Can you recall two or three specific details or ideas?

Could you explain the key points to someone who has not read it?

RATE YOUR UNDERSTANDING

EFFECTIVE READING SPEED — wpm

TEXT SOURCE

LOAD .TXT FILE