How did Swami Vivekananda have photographic memory?
Swami Vivekananda is believed to have eidetic memory as he could memorize a book just by going through it for a single time. The mathematician John von Neumann was able to memorize a column of the phone book at a single glance.
How Swami Vivekananda remember all things?
Besides being pure in his thoughts and action, Swami Vivekananda is known for his eidetic memory and his ability at speed reading. He could memorise a book just by going through it for a single time. Some accounts have called Vivekananda a ‘shrutidhara’ (a person with a prodigious memory).
How can I control my thoughts by Swami Vivekananda?
Vivekananda’s Words of Wisdom on How to Control Mind
- Controlling mind is not a one day’s job but it needs a regular and systematic practice.
- Your body is a weapon and consider it very strong.
- Be religious.
- Sit quietly and let the mind wander where it wants to go.
- Let the mind be cheerful but calm.
How did Vivekananda read 700 pages?
He was an expert in (what we now refer to as )Speed Reading techniques. He could visualize large amount of information in his wide and connect them conceptually. We now call these techniques as mind-mapping or spider diagrams. He had a focused mind.
Is photographic memory a real thing?
The intuitive notion of a “photographic” memory is that it is just like a photograph: you can retrieve it from your memory at will and examine it in detail, zooming in on different parts. But a true photographic memory in this sense has never been proved to exist.
How did Swami Vivekananda learn 700 pages book in an hour?
How did Swami Vivekananda read so fast?
He had an extraordinary reading and memorizing ability. He could effortlessly read and memorize 10 giant volumes of the Encyclopedia Britannica in one single reading alone. When he was asked a few questions by one of his disciples, Sharat Chandra based on the encyclopedias, he could say the answers word by word.