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- Subject: first mental exercises
- From: "Patrik" <patwe77@...>
- Date: Tue, 19 Apr 2005 08:52:47 -0000
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    Dear Rawn

    Despite of some initial work and progress with soul mirror and
    transformation (again and again strengthening commitment and also
    self-love), realising also a general tendency to scatter, I came to
    the conclusion that I did neglected the mental exercises and
    therefore, being scattered - often felt as dull feeling within the
    Ajna-Chakra - I assume, the "scatter-problem" must be less a question
    of soul work but rather (lacking) of mental discipline.

    Many systems do suggest beginning first with concentration on
    breathing or focusing on an external single point, candle etc. If I
    do (have practised) this, it's quite easy for me to concentrate right
    a way anytime quite quickly.
    Bardon does first begin with observing thoughts, and concentration
    (although internally) is just the third step - are there specific
    reasons why Bardon did not begin with concentration?

    Concerning the first Bardon mental exercise (1) - observing thoughts -
    there are times (similar as Dustin wrote recently) when settling
    down my mind happens fairly quick, my mind quite clear and the
    exercise is not difficult for me.
    Then, there are other times when my mind and Ajna feels really dull,
    scattered and it takes a lot of time and effort to do the exercise at
    all, far away of mastering it.

    Now, my two questions:
    a) Would you suggest (without any external focus exercises) that
    *intensifying the amount of times* practising only the first mental
    exercise, if possible even three times a day (at least twice 10
    minutes as Bardon requires, of course) is enough breaking through
    that blockade of the Ajna Chakra?

    b) And provided that I will successful with (1), the concentration
    part afterwards, is it important then, only to focus on daily
    concerns (2) first and *not* doing any specific exercise of observing
    thoughts (1) anymore or internal focus exercise (3) *meanwhile*, till
    there is a well mastered all daily time focus?
    Coming to to (3) one day, of course, I see that one is only focusing
    on this exercise then. Just the *crossing or transition* from 1 to 3
    is not yet clear to me, because I am anxious losing the intensity of
    (1) when doing only (2) for months, not practising any "specific"
    mental exercise else in the meantime.

    With Best regards
    Patrik

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