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# Re: Re: Will and willpower

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- Subject: Re: [BardonPraxis] Re: Will and willpower
- From: "Regulus Magus" <RegulusMagus@...>
- Date: Thu, 23 Jan 2003 10:34:47 -0600
- References: <b0orrb+j7g8@eGroups.com>

    Dear Julia:

    Thank you so much! I appreciate the help that you and the other respondents
    have offered. Ironically, just as I had reached the point of maximum
    discouragement, I had a small breakthrough. During my practice session
    yesterday evening I believe that (at last) I was actually able to passively
    observe my thoughts. In the hope that my subjective impressions might be of
    assistance to other students, here is what it felt like:

    My self-awareness (for me, it feels as if it is located in the middle of my
    head) became very still. Then it "relaxed" (this felt like unclenching a
    muscle). Then, in a strange way, my awareness seemed to become "transparent"
    (physical sensations, images, thought dialog, and so on seemed to pass through
    my awareness without interacting with it). There was also a change in my sense
    of time (the practice session seemed to pass in an instant).

    There was one odd side-effect. When I opened my eyes at the end of my practice
    session I had to struggle a little to come out of the "passive observation"
    state. For a few seconds I was looking around the room and seeing furniture etc
    and my brain wasn't interpreting what I saw (i.e., if you look at a chair in a
    normal state of consciousness you sort of say to yourself "that's a big green
    chair." In this case that almost subconscious recognition and naming of objects
    wasn't happening for a brief time after my practice session). It was a little
    disorienting but it faded quickly as my normal state of consciousness
    reasserted itself.

    Thanks again for your input and goodwill!

    Sincerely, /RM/
    ----- Original Message -----
    From: jcsz1 <jcsz1@...>
    To: BardonPraxis@yahoogroups.com
    Sent: Thursday, January 23, 2003 7:48 AM
    Subject: [BardonPraxis] Re: Will and willpower

    Hello RM,

    There is a link here you might like to look at to get some ideas on
    how to perk up your interest with the exercises.

    http://www.lava.net/~pagios/brief2.html

    I think they're good to complement the Bardon exercises (obviously
    not to replace them).

    Julia

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