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# Re: Step I Questions

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- Subject: Re: [BardonPraxis] Step I Questions
- From: "Rawn Clark" <rawnclark@...>
- Date: Mon, 10 Nov 2003 15:16:55 -0800
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    Dear Daniel,

    >> First, about Thought Control:
    When I start the exercise, my mind is a pretty quiet and peaceful
    place. Just about nothing transpires inside. After a short while, I
    suddenly start getting thoughts like "what should I be thinking
    about?", "am I even doing this right?", "the thoughts from before
    which did rise were [...].", "perhaps I should ask about this in the
    online message board?", "these thoughts seem like thoughts which
    describe what I'm observing, and yet I seem to observe them happening
    actively in my mind? Does it mean that I'm not observing anymore?". <<

    That's correct, at that point you've begun participating. Describing
    what you're thinking means that you're *actively* thinking. This is
    different than passively observing your thoughts. Often, when someone
    arrives to find an already quiet mind, the need arises to fill the mind
    in order to have some *thing* to observe. Instead, what you should be
    doing is just observing that your mind is a relatively quiet place. :)

    >> Also, I do not move at all during the exercise (this applies to the
    breathing exercise as well); I just lie flat on my bed, with my hands
    along my side, and do the exercise. As a result, my body goes somewhat
    numb after a very short while, but I'm still very much aware of it.
    Last time I did the breathing exercise, I suddenly started feeling as
    if I'm rapidly spinning around myself (although obviously I was
    not :) just after the 7th breath. This happened to me before from
    time to time, during meditation in which I tried to concentrate on
    mentally doing something while my body didn't move and was allowed to
    go somewhat numb. <<

    I suggest that you take better notice of whether or not you're actually
    breathing enough. :) Especially when lying down to do your exercises,
    it's very easy to fall into the habit of very shallow breaths. In the
    "Files" section of the BardonPraxis homepage, you'll find a .pdf file of
    a book titled, "The Science of Breath" by Yogi Ramacharaka. This
    explains a very good breathing technique called the "Yogi Complete
    Breath" which would remedy this problem for you.

    >> As for the breathing and Eucharistic exerices:
    Is that okay? <<

    On my website at http://www.ABardonCompanion.com/Corresp-Links.html
    you'll find several excerpts from my past correspondence regarding these
    exercises. I think some of them will help you.

    >> Before starting seriously working on IIH, I had a very bad period in
    my life during which I was highly addicted to sex (masturbation to be
    more correct). Then, one day, without any reason I can think of, all of
    my sex drive completely disappeared and an insurmountable urge to start
    serious work on transforming myself into the way I want myself to be
    appeared. I indeed started working on IIH, and ~slowly~, my sex drive
    seems to be returning to ~natural~ levels, but... what exactly happened?
    <<

    Impossible to say for sure. It could be several things. It could be
    physiological (e.g., a sudden drop in testosterone levels) or
    psychological (e.g., internally you reached a point where it was time to
    move on to something other than masturbating obsessively) or it could
    even be "spiritual" (e.g., your Holy Guardian Angel created a change
    within you that would push you into beginning your IIH work in earnest).

    My best to you,
    :) Rawn Clark
    10 Nov 2003
    rawnclark@...
    rawn@...
    http://www.ABardonCompanion.com
    http://groups.yahoo.com/group/BardonPraxis
    http://E.webring.com/hub?ring=arionthebardonwe

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