TO GET MORE MEMORY POWER

 

                        

                             THE POWER OF YOUR BRAIN

                             HOW TO REMEMBER PLACES

                              THERE IS A GREAT DIFFERENCE IN THE VARIOUS DEGREES OF DEVELOPMENT OF "THE SENSE OF LOCALITY" IN DIFFERENT PERSONS. BUT THESE DIFFERENCES MAY BE TRACED DIRECTLY TO THE DEGREE OF MEMORY OF THAT PARTICULAR PHASE OF FACULTY OF THE MIND, WHICH IN TURN DEPENDS UPON THE DEGREE OF ATTENTION , INTEREST AND USE THAT HAS BEEN BESTOWED UPON THE FACULTY IN QUESTION. THE FACULTY OF LOCALITY INCLUDES COGNIZANCE OF PLACE, RECOLLECTION OF THE LOOKS OF PLACES, ROADS, SCENERY, AND THE LOCATION OF OBJECTS, WHERE ON A PAGE IDEAS ARE TO BE FOUND, AND POSITION GENERALLY, THE GEOGRAPHICAL FACULTY, THE DESIRE TO SEE PLACES, AND HAVE THE ABILITY TO FIND THEM.

                           PERSONS IN WHOM THIS FACULTY IS DEVELOPED TO THE HIGHEST DEGREE SEEM TO HAVE AN ALMOST INTUITIVE IDEA OF DIRECTION, PLACE AND POSITION. THEY NEVER GET LOSE OR "MIXED UP" REGARDING DIRECTION OR PLACE.THEY REMEMBER THE PLACES THEY VISIT AND THEIR RELATION IN SPACE TO EACH OTHER . THEIR MINDS ARE LIKE MAPS UPON WHICH ARE ENGRAVED THE VARIOUS ROADS, STREETS AND OBJECTS OF SIGHT IN EVERY DIRECTION. WHEN THESE PEOPLE THINK OF CHINA, LABRADOR, TERRA DEL FUEGO, NORWAY, CAPE OF GOOD HOPE, TIBET, OR ANY OTHER PLACE, THEY SEEM TO THINK OF IT IN "THIS DIRECTION OR THAT DIRECTION" RATHER THAN AS A VAGUE PLACE SITUATED IN A VAGUE DIRECTION. THEIR MINDS THINK "NORTH, SOUTH, EAST OR WEST, AS THE CASE MAY BE WHEN THEY CONSIDER A GIVEN PLACE. 

                              SHADING DOWN BY DEGREES WE FIND PEOPLE AT THE OTHER POLE OF THE FACULTY WHO SEEM TO FIND IT IMPOSSIBLE TO REMEMBER ANY DIRECTION, OR LOCALITY OR RELATION IS SPACE, SUCH PEOPLE ARE CONSTANTLY LOSING THEMSELVES IN THEIR OWN TOWS, AND FEAR TO TRUST THEMSELVES IN A STRANGE PLACE. THEY HAVE NO SENSE  OF DIRECTION, OR PLACE, AND FAIL TO RECOGNIZE A STREET OR SCENE THAT THEY HAVE VISITED RECENTLY, NOT TO SPEAK OF THOSE THAT THEY TRAVELED OVER IN TIME PAST. BETWEEN THESE TWO POLES OR DEGREES THERE IS A VAST DIFFERENCE, AND IT IS DIFFICULT TO REALIZE THAT IT IS ALL A MATTER OF USE, INTEREST AND ATTENTION. THAT IT IS BUT THIS MAY BE PROVEN BY  ANYONE WHO WILL TAKE THE TROUBLE AND PAINS TO DEVELOP THE FACULTY AND MEMORY OF LOCALITY WITHIN HIS MIND. MANY HAVE DONE THIS, AND ANYONE ELSE MAY DO LIKEWISE IF THE PROPER METHODS WERE EMPLOYED.

                         THE SECRET OF THE DEVELOPMENT OF THE FACULTY AND MEMORY OF PLACE AND LOCALITY IS AKIN TO THAT MENTIONED IN THE PRECEEDING CHAPTERS, IN CONNECTION WITH THE DEVELOPMENT OF THE MEMORY FOR NAMES AND FACES. THE FIRST THING NECESSARY IT TO DEVELOP AN INTEREST IN THE SUBJECT. YOU SHOULD BEGIN TO "TAKE NOTICE" OF THE DIRECTION OF THE STREETS OR ROADS OVER WHICH YOU TRAVEL, THE LANDMARK THE TURNS OF THE ROAD, THE NATURAL OBJECTS ALONG THE WAY. YOU SHOULD STUDY MAPS, UNTIL YOU AWAKEN A NEW INTEREST IN THEM, JUST AS DID MR.X, WHO USED THE DIRECTORY IN ORDER TO TAKE AN INTEREST IN NAMES. YOU SHOULD PROCURE A SMALL GEOGRAPHY BOOK AND STUDY DIRECTION, DISTANCE, LOCATION, SHAPE AND FORM OF COUNTRIES, ETC. NOT AS A MERE MECHANICAL THING BUT AS A LIVE SUBJECT OF INTEREST. IF THERE WERE A LARGE SUM OF MONEY AWAITING YOUR COMING IN CERTAIN SECTIONS OF THE GLOBE, YOU WOULD MANIFEST A DECIDED INTEREST  IN THE DIRECTION, LOCALITY AND POSITION OF THOSE PLACES, AND THE BEST WAY IN REACH THEM. BEFORE LONG YOU WOULD BE A VARIATABLE REFERENCE BOOK REGARDING THOSE SPECIAL PLACES. THE WHOLE THING LIES IN THE DEGREE OF "WANT TO" REGARDING THE MATTER. DESIRE AWAKENS INTERESTS, INTEREST EMPLOYS ATTENTION, AND ATTENTION BRINGS USE. YOU MUST FIRST WANT TO DEVELOP THE FACULTY OF LOCALITY - AND WANT TO "HARD ENOUGH". THE REST IS A MERE MATTER OF DETAIL.

                        KEY POINTS

                        THE FACULTY OF LOCALITY INCLUDES COGNIZANCE OF PLACE, RECOLLECTION OF THE LOOKS OF PLACES, ROADS, SCENERY, AND THE LOCATION OF OBJECTS, WHERE ON A PAGE IDEAS ARE TO BE FOUND, AND POSITION GENERALLY, THE GEOGRAPHICAL FACULTY, THE DESIRE TO SEE PLACES, AND HAVE THE ABILITY TO FIND THEM.

                         PROCURE A SMALL GEOGRAPHY BOOK AND STUDY DIRECTION, DISTANCES, LOCATION , SHAPE AND FORM OF COUNTRIES, ETC. NOT AS A MERE MECHANICAL THING BUT AS A LIVE SUBJECT OF INTEREST.

                            WHEN YOU GO OUT FOR A WALK OR A DRIVE IN YOUR CAR, GO IN A ROUND-ABOUT WAY, TAKING AS MANY TURNS AND TWISTS AS POSSIBLE. IN ORDER TO EXERCISE YOUR FACULTY OF LOCALITY AND DIRECTION - BUT ALWAYS NOTE CAREFULLY DIRECTION AND GENERAL COURSE, SO THAT YOU MAY REPRODUCE IT CORRECTLY ON YOUR MAP WHEN YOU RETURN.

                          IF ABOUT TO VISIT A STRAGE CITY, PROCURE A MAP OF IT BEFORE STARTING, AND BEGIN BY NOTHING THE CARDINAL POINTS OF THE COMPASS, STUDY TEH MAP - THE DIRECTIONS OF THE PRINCIPAL STREETS AND THE RELATIVE POSITIONS OF THE PRINCIPAL POINTS OF INTEREST, BUILDINGS, ETC. IN THIS WAY YOU NOT ONLY DEVELOP YOUR MEMORY OF PLACES, AND RENDER YOURSELF PROOF AGAINST BEING LOST, BUT YOU ALSO PROVIDE A SOURCE OF NEW AND GREAT INTEREST IN YOUR VISIT.