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# Re: Need to balance the balancing effort :-)

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- Subject: Re: [BardonPraxis] Need to balance the balancing effort :-)
- From: Newbieonekenhobby <newbieonekenhobby@...>
- Date: Mon, 14 Apr 2003 00:20:17 -0700 (PDT)
- In-reply-to: <001301c3020a$eeb90fe0$b6a37fd8@ownerbqacdlzy6>

    Many thanks, Rawn !
    NB

    --- Rawn Clark <rawnclark@...> wrote:
    > Dear NB,
    >
    > >> I'm obviously doing the necessary to come back to
    > a more balanced
    > behaviour (I changed the theme of autosuggestion, of
    > course),
    > particularly by inserting a notion of harmony and
    > balance in my
    > autosuggestion.
    > However,the fact looked interesting to me and I
    > wanted to know
    > whether others had faced the same situation. Any
    > idea about anything
    > obvious I neglected ? <<
    >
    > ;-) Judging by your sense of surprise, I'd say the
    > only thing you've
    > overlooked is the fact that initiation is a
    > *learning* process. What
    > you've just described is an example of how we learn
    > to refine our
    > magical practice. We try a technique and learn from
    > the results we
    > achieve, how to better perfect our use of the
    > technique. Each of the
    > techniques you will learn from your practice of IIH
    > will be like this --
    > they evolve through continuous practice and
    > refinement.
    >
    > When you *always* examine your results with a
    > critical and clear mind,
    > and *always* seek to perfect your technique through
    > the diligent
    > application of the lessons you learn through
    > *practical* trial-and-error
    > experimentation, then these simple-seeming
    > techniques from Steps One and
    > Two, will reveal themselves to be far, far more than
    > you had ever
    > imagined!
    >
    > There's an old saying that holds great wisdom for
    > the magician: "Be
    > careful what you ask for!" Implied in that is care
    > for *how* and *why*
    > one asks for a certain thing. In other words,
    > technique and motivation
    > are equally important issues, both of which require
    > continuous
    > refinement.
    >
    > In your illustration, it's obvious that you've
    > learned important things
    > about the technique, vis a vis, its powerfulness and
    > the finer points of
    > autosuggestion. And you've learned something about
    > motivation, vis a
    > vis, aiming for harmony and balance in all things.
    > You've learned the
    > role that such factors play in your use of this
    > particular technique
    > and, undoubtedly, you've learned to be a bit more
    > careful about "what
    > you ask for"! ;-)
    >
    > It's exciting when your efforts begin to bear fruit
    > and the techniques
    > show their effectiveness in no uncertain terms! :)
    > It's an
    > invigorating time of discovery and experimentation
    > and endless
    > refinement of technique. But it's also the time
    > when the lessons
    > regarding the use of power begin to emerge. These
    > lessons pertain more
    > to the "why" than the "how" or "what". Many
    > magicians forget the
    > over-riding importance of the "why" component and
    > often underestimate
    > its impact upon the "how" and "what". In my
    > estimation, the refinement
    > of the "why" component is THE most important
    > potentiator of one's
    > magical advancement and overall evolution. The "way
    > of the true adept"
    > (a reference to the original German title of IIH) as
    > Bardon laid it out
    > is to refine "why", "how" and "what", simultaneously
    > and equally.
    > Hermetics is the path of balance, of an Equilibrium
    > between magical
    > technique and mystical attainment.
    >
    > One of the lessons to be learned from experiences
    > such as you described
    > is that care must be taken when performing any
    > magical act. One must
    > learn from the consequences of one's actions and put
    > that learning to
    > good use in all of one's future actions. :)
    >
    > By the way, Congratulations! :)
    >
    > My best to you,
    > :) Rawn Clark
    > 13 Apr 2003
    > rawnclark@...
    > rawn@...
    > http://www.ABardonCompanion.com
    > http://groups.yahoo.com/group/BardonPraxis
    >
    >

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