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# clarity of meditation

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- Subject: clarity of meditation
- From: "darktemplarssj" <whited4@...>
- Date: Mon, 22 Mar 2004 05:29:52 -0000
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    Hello, I'm new here. I've been studing Bardon's method's for about
    3 monthes now but some of his comments on meditation
    in "Introduction to Heremetics" are a little ambiguous.
    First, is "holding a single thought in your mind" the same as
    visualizing a simple object like a triangle or square? If not I am
    not sure what the second part of the Magical Mental Training in part
    I is asking? could it be more of an intense feeling? I know this
    is a hard question to awnser, any thoughts would be useful.

    Also there seems to be a gradient of clarity during my meditations
    (when I am attempting part 3 of step I, the evacuation of any
    thoughts from the mind) and I have been wondering exactly what level
    of concentration is necessary for the completion of this step.
    It seems to be that there are about 4 levels of clarity
    1)an intensly outlined picture, I rarely get these anymore and only
    for a second at a time.
    2)a stream of thoughts with no accompaning pictures, This happens to
    me now and then, maybe once per 5-10 mins of meditation, but it
    happens for around 10-30 seconds at a time.
    3) Pictures that are seen but are pushed out of the mind so quickly
    that they are barely considered, does this count at a "thought"?
    This happens to me fairly frequently, maybe once per 30 seconds.
    4) perfect clarity, this is where you have an absolute mental
    vaccum. I can usually maintain this for between 10 and 30 seconds
    then I will usually have something from #3 occur then return to this
    state.

    The way Bardon states it the hermeticist must maintain state #4
    unbroken for 10 minutes or nearly so. This seems a bit difficult
    for this stage of development doesn't it? I would expect it to take
    1 or 2 years to attain that, am I doing something wrong or
    interpreting him incorrectly?
    Thanks alot for any comments you guys can make
    -Dave

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