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# Re: Some questions

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- Subject: Re: Some questions
- From: "Alan Cook" <fish_studios@...>
- Date: Fri, 06 Feb 2004 17:43:12 -0000
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    Dear David,

    >> - The second Step One mental exercise, on maintaining mental
    focus in everyday tasks: It seems to me that that is a lifetime task,
    and that sometimes I do that well but other times, like when there's
    something agitating that has just happened, not so well. What's the
    tep One goal of that exercise? Is it a greater mastery, or just to
    ave made a habit of the exercise, with the knowledge that it will be
    ontinuously improved upon? <<

    Yes, that is the goal of all of the Step I exercises, that they
    become habits. Some of them will evolve over time, but it's the
    habit forming that is important. I'd say that as long as your "off"
    days don't happen too often, then you have got the exercise down.

    >> - Vacancy of mind: Am I correct in thinking that it is the
    *process* of thinking that should be stopped at this stage, but not
    necessarily the *objects*? So that if the cloud of the thinking
    process were removed, the objects could be perceived for what they
    are (what I think might be what you all are referring to as essential
    meaning)?
    Until a little while ago, I thought emptiness of mind referred to a
    lack of *object* -- ie an entirely blank mind, absolutely no
    perception of anything at all -- but now I'm beginning to think that
    it's more proper and reasonable at this stage to stop the *process*
    and perceive what exists beyond the thinking. Stop "thinking,"
    not "thoughts" (ie objects). Is this correct? <<

    The vacancy of mind includes thoughts and other abstract ideas. When
    you *perceive* something, you can't translate it into words or
    thoughts. Well, you can, but I've never been able to do so
    successfully and capture the whole of what I perceived. It's kind of
    like when you forget what you were just getting ready to say and are
    trying to remember. You know something was there, you just can't
    place your finger on it. (That's not the greatest analogy, I know,
    sorry about that)

    >> - I know it's not crucial at this stage to correctly place soul
    mirror traits in their proper elements, but I'm confused nonetheless:
    Bardon lists some very similar traits under different elements, for
    instance "diligence" under Air and "perseverance" under Earth. I
    guess I see diligence and perseverance as both belonging to Earth.
    Is this an issue that will probably be made clearer to me as I work
    more with the elements, or should I take some more time at this
    stage? <<

    You might want to take a look at David Coleman's site:
    www.astralvisions.de
    Specifically the essay on the elements here:
    http://astralvisions.psychicblue.org/Elements.htm
    As I've gained more insight into the elements recently, I see that
    quite a few of the personality traits that Bardon gives can be put
    under different elements and both be corrent. It's more of how the
    trait is manifest in you. There isn't any rule that says this trait
    belongs under only this element. That's what's so great and
    frustrating about the Mirrors ;)

    >> - What is the specific reason for not allowing anyone else to eat
    your food when you are doing the magic of food? Does this also mean
    that it's not correct to leave a bit of food in my bowl (if, for
    instance, I feel like I've eaten too much) and, say, come back and
    eat it a few hours later, if I make sure no one else eats it? <<

    I really haven't given this any considerable amount of thought
    before. When I first read the exercise, and the following times as
    well, I assumed it was because of the idea that you are impregnating
    the *whole* of the food with the wish/desire. Therefore, you would
    need to consume *all* of the food. It makes logical sense, at least
    to me, but whethere there is something else, I've never really
    thought about it that much.

    >> - Is there a point at which the food/water/breathing exercises
    have reached a certain goal that is the goal of Step One, or can they
    be assumed to mesh with the Step Two exercises? In other words, do
    I, for instance, *have* to have successfully achieved one wish before
    moving on? <<

    The important aspect of the food/water/breathing is for it to become
    a habit. The breathing evolves a bit later on it IIH, but the
    fundamentals are the same. I don't think there's any real "goal" for
    these other than for them to become habit.

    I would suggest looking at your wish and see if you have made any
    progress with it. I've always used the food/water/breathing as aids
    to my wishes/desires as well as the direct approach. If you haven't
    done so already, look at the Step II Astral exercises for a bit of
    help.

    >> - A question about the visualization exercise in Step Two: I know
    right off the bat that I'm pretty good at visualization. But the
    image I visualize tends to move around a little bit, or rather my
    eyes do; I can, for instance, imagine the image of a pen sitting in
    one place on my desk, but my physical eyes don't want to keep staring
    motionless at it all the time. Should the image I visualize be
    absolutely stationary? I don't find any mention in IIH of this. <<

    One goal of the visualization is to be in control of it. If you
    can't control the visualization then that needs to be worked on. But
    there's nothing to say that objects have to be stationary. I decided
    to go a bit further with the visualization and have the objects move
    when I wanted them to. I brought up the image of a pencil simply
    floating in front of me. Then I'd spin it a bit and stop it
    immediately. This idea spawned out of a post someone had on here
    about not being able to keep their visualizations from spinning. So
    I figured what the heck? I'll give it a try. If the pen moves with
    your eyes and that's not what you want to happen, the I would suggest
    working on keeping your stationary in their focal point. It will
    become important later.

    All Will Go Well,
    --Alan

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