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# Re: Question: Interruptions: long (sorry)

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- Subject: Re: Question: Interruptions: long (sorry)
- From: "Alan" <fish_studios@...>
- Date: Wed, 15 Oct 2003 21:57:35 -0000
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    Dear Pixi,

    >> My issue is this: I have been interested in pursuing IIH for a
    while now but my living situation has been so imbalanced that I
    figured I'd put it on hold until things were more stable. A year has
    passed and my life is just as unstable (if not more) but I'm finding
    that trying to implement this practice into my life is extremely
    difficult. I have no privacy where I live and my relationship with
    the person I live with is extremely strained. So how does one
    practice in less than optimal conditions? Do you continue to wait
    until you have the privacy and time to devote or do you attempt to
    do what parts you can and hope that you have completed them
    properly? <<

    I had a friend that once told me: "If it's important to you, you
    will make time for it." At the time, it applied to practicing
    guitar :) Now it deals with IIH. If this is truly something that
    you want to do, you *will* make time for it. I myself don't have
    the best conditions to practice under. So I get up *early* in the
    morning, before anyone else. And I also stay up *late* at night,
    just after everyone else has gone to sleep, or at least in bed. I
    try and work it out so that I still get 8 hours of sleep, but
    sometimes that just can't happen. But I still make time for it.

    Also, since starting IIH, I've found ways to rearrange the way I do
    things in my life so that I am able to focus more on it, than say
    mundane tasks. I've had to sacrifice some things in order to get to
    where I am, but I wouldn't trade it. You also may want to look into
    changing your current situation if you are able to. After all, you
    always have a choice, but somethings just aren't as pleasing as
    others.

    And you don't have to hope that you have done an exercise
    correctly. You will know. And if you are unsure, then you keep at
    it until you are sure :)

    >> Also my mental state is rather scattered (if you couldn't already
    tell that from my writing) so I was interested in some of the
    techniques in step 2 to help overcome this just so I can get
    started. Is this a bad idea? I feel like I'm in a catch 22-need the
    support of step 2 but need to complete step 1 before I do step 2. <<

    I think that the exercises of Step I are better for helping
    to "calm" the mind than Step II. Step II really does require the
    exercises of Step I in order to do them *properly*. If you haven't
    mastered the Step I mental, then it really is of no use to work on
    Step II as you can't perform them to the fullest unless you have
    succeeded in Step I. The trick for Step I is to do the exercises as
    often as you can. I would do the Control (first exercise) of
    thoughts while waiting for my classes at school to start. Simple
    things like that. Even though it might not be able to stretch for
    10 minutes, every little bit helps :)

    >> I'd really appreciate some help with this as I am really becoming
    rather depressed that I have what feels like so little control over
    my life right now. <<

    I think that by practicing IIH, you will gain a new perspective on
    life, and in general, will see an improvement in you life. I,
    myself, have seen that I react to situations differently than
    before. Also, I think that the Soul Mirror exercise of Step I will
    be a great benefit to you. I used to have the problem of only
    focusing on the negative aspects of my life. But the Soul Mirrors
    made me focus on the postive. And having to think in a postive
    context for most of the work in IIH gave me a positive outlook on
    most of the things that I do in life. Even driving! I don't tend to
    get as agitated by people when I get cut off anymore ;)

    I hope this gives you some help and some guidance in making your
    decision. For only you can make it, no one else.

    All Will Go Well,
    --Alan

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