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# A few observation-questions

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- To: Rawn Clark <rawnclark@...>
- Subject: A few observation-questions
- From: mds <reifiedmind@...>
- Date: Mon, 24 Jan 2005 10:56:25 +0000
- Cc: BardonPraxis@yahoogroups.com

    Greetings Rawn,

`Over the past week I've been pursuing various elements of Step I, trying to get them to 'gel', make sense, grow with them, etc. As a result of these efforts, I've observed a few different things which, in a way, contain questions which I feel might be best answered with the aid of those with greater experience.`
`The first group - and currently most prominent set - of observations are to associated with EM; namely, conscious breathing. Having grasped the 'topology' of what's going on (that is, the Mental-Akasha connexion, cyclical nature etc) I'm now left with a bit of an impasse: how to visualise the bodies. I seem to be having steady progress (albeit languid) in generating an idea (such as 'health' - I've been using the same one for the past 2 weeks when experimenting) and inhaling it. However, the actual transfer itself I find hard to visualise, and I'm stumbling quite drastically when it comes to visualising the astral- and mental- matrices. I'm a little perplexed as to how one is expected to visualise what, at this point in the initiation; they are still arcane theoretical concepts as yet taken on 'faith' so to speak. Circulation of the idea in terms of flowing of blood etc. is relatively accessible; the bodies aren't.`

    So that's the Physical experience.

`Other observations that I'm hoping will generate a bit of feedback on are to do with my pattern of practice. I've found it hard getting morning sessions to go smoothly; 1600 always seems far more productive than 1000 for the most part; later evening's fine too for Astral Mirror composition. Indeed, reclining soon after waking seems to inhibit rather than yield results. Also, for the thought control exercises I found the relaxation from lying down incredibly beneficial but I'm not so sure that this is true of EM. There have been moments, such as making a cup of coffee just prior to composing this post, when I tried to inhale 'one conscious breath' of health. It felt in some respects more productive than the reclining 10 minutes I spent trying this prior. Lying down in the morning feels forced and confused, standing up relaxed and receptive - and perhaps calmer? - seems to work better. Is the finding that lying down all the time to practice the exercises isn't necessarily the most productive way to go about them?`
`I've also been trying to compose a regular schedule, though this is too proving difficult. I think in part this has to do with the inchoate nature of practice - not being 'quite sure' that the exercises are going well enough, not 'quite sure' what's supposed to happen etc. Doubt seems to prevent full commitment to 1hr in the morning, 1hr in the evening. The latter is often more accessible as I mentioned above; I feel more aware, more willing, more focused later in the day.`
`Many thanks for the time taken to read this - and my apologies if the above just appears as a rambling tirade. I was unsure whether positing my confusions would be the most beneficial thing to do, but from past experience of the enlightening responses from Rawn and the group, I have gone ahead. I hope this was not too presumptuous.`

    Regards to all, my thanks again,
    Fraternally,
    Marc

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