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# Re: EOM and "forgetting oneself"

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- Subject: Re: [BardonPraxis] EOM and "forgetting oneself"
- From: "Rawn Clark" <rawnclark@...>
- Date: Thu, 19 Feb 2004 10:39:45 -0800
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    Dear Joa,

    >> I must confess that the "Mastery of thoughts" exercise has me "dazed
    and confused" :) Like you say in your great commentary upon Initiation
    into hermetics, this exercise involves the attainment of a vacancy of
    mind or an absence of thoughts. But now you say that "Ideally, you are
    *aware* of yourself throughout the experience, but aware without
    thinking". To me, this is a great contradiction, because if you are
    aware, evidently you are thinking. <<

    This is a common misconception brought about by the fact that most often
    we reside totally within the surface awareness where thinking and
    awareness are seemingly inseparable. In reality though, thinking and
    awareness are two separate functions of the mental body. Thinking is
    *an aspect of* or power of awareness. The EOM exercise teaches you to
    separate thinking from awareness and focus entirely upon just awareness
    by setting aside thought.

    I would suggest that the fact that you are convinced that the separation
    of thinking from awareness is impossible, is the reason why you find
    this exercise so difficult. Perhaps Lesson Three of my "Self-Healing
    Archaeous" audio series might help you to *experientially* (as opposed
    to just intellectually) grasp the true nature of the mental body and the
    attributes, or powers, of conscious awareness. You can find the script
    of Lesson Three at http://www.ABardonCompanion.com/Arch03.html or
    download the audio file at
    http://www.ABardonCompanion.com/MP3-Links.html

    My best to you,
    :) Rawn Clark
    19 Feb 2004
    rawnclark@...
    rawn@...
    http://www.ABardonCompanion.com
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