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# a few questions

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- Subject: a few questions
- From: "xteph7" <inetsubs@...>
- Date: Mon, 11 Apr 2005 15:02:27 -0000
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    Hello,

    Rawn - please feel free to edit this post as necessary.

    I've only recently found Rawn's excellent website and through that,
    this forum. Unfortunately a week after signing up, I was shocked to
    find it was closing :( I will take it as a sign that I must look
    within for my own answers as far as possible ;)

    I apologize in advance for the long post. If the questions have
    already been answered I will find them, but since time is short and
    nearly 4000 posts is a lot to get through, I thought I'd ask my
    questions while I still have time :)

    I got up to step 2 in IIH but have backtracked as I felt that I had
    not quite mastered step 1, so my questions are a mixture of both
    steps.

    1. Impregnation of a desire into food/drink. Bardon says that the
    more abstract the thought the better, so up to a couple of days ago I
    was using health as the desire, imagining this to be kind of full-
    spectrum health, ie. physical, energy body, mental, emotional,
    etheric template, etc - in other words health in every respect on
    every level. I am realizing though that this could take years to
    manifest and Bardon says not to move to another desire until the
    first has been fully realized. I have now decided to use focus as my
    desire, thinking that this will help with attention, and also
    visualization. My question is: Am I being *too* abstract, and would
    I be better to concentrate on a particular quality such as attention
    or visualization or vacancy of mind (obviously I'd have to rephrase
    the last one as I wouldn't want to become a vegetable!).

    Since Bardon says you should not move on until the desire is
    realized, and since something could take a few years, I wouldn't want
    to be stuck on Step 1 until my old age pension arrives! How long
    would you say is *too* long! And if you do begin to see results from
    a desire, should you carry on with that desire until you have
    completely accomplished it, or is it OK to move to another desire
    once you see that the first desire is beginning to take effect?

    Another question on impregnation of food & drink: When I hold my
    hands over the food or drink, I can feel the energy going through my
    whole body and down my hands into the food, filling it up with my
    desire. If I am around people and can't do this, I still imagine my
    desire going into the food and drink but can't actually feel
    anything. Is this something that will come with time, or am I doing
    something wrong?

    2. Eliminating undesirable qualities. As above, is it better to be
    abstract such as "all my black mirror qualities are being washed
    away", or more precise such as "mind chatter is being washed away"?
    And if I would like frustration to be eliminated, should I
    concentrate on frustration in general, or be specific as to the type
    of frustration? Or in fact, by focusing on mind chatter, would this
    then take care of the frustration as a result (since frustration is a
    form of mind chatter)? Or would perhaps concentrating on "all
    blockages are being washed away" be better than all of the above? As
    you can see, I am quite confused as to how abstract is *too*
    abstract :(

    3. The elements. Would it be helpful instead of impregnating food
    and drink with a desire, to instead impregnate it with the positive
    aspects of a particular element, eg to visualize or imagine only
    positive energy of one element coming into your food, dissolving the
    negative aspects of that particular element at the same time? Or am
    I completely off track here?

    4. Vacancy of mind. I am not sure exactly what is meant by this. I
    have managed to achieve what I feel is vacancy of mind when in a one-
    pointed focus state, such as when driving, where all thoughts other
    than the task at hand have gone. I have had some insights when a
    thought has actually arrived, more as an idea than a verbal thought
    or image. However, since the mind is never truly vacant, *is this
    the state I should be aiming for when practicing vacancy of mind*?
    Also, should I be moving on to the next exercise after this, or
    should I make sure that I have mastered this and can push all
    thoughts away at any time. This is something I can only achieve
    occasionally. Do I have to be able to master it at will *at any
    time* before moving on? Or at least every day in practice? And is
    this the state, or is it just a matter of eliminating mental (verbal)
    chatter?

    5. Visualization and control of the senses. I understand from Rawn's
    site and correspondence excerpts that it is not necessary to
    literally see something, as long as you can hold the minds-eye
    image. Is this the same for the hearing, smelling, tasting & touch
    exercises? If so, some clarification on this would be really helpful.

    Many thanks,
    Stephanie

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