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# Re: The little wonders + question

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- Subject: Re: [BardonPraxis] The little wonders + question
- From: "Rawn Clark" <rawnclark@...>
- Date: Thu, 20 Feb 2003 10:18:23 -0800
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    Dear Vovin,

    >> Another thing in relation to impregnation, is that nowadays
    locations "speak" to me. I really don't know what better way to put
    it. Places, things, and people "speak" to me through the vibe they
    give me. The whole vibe thing is like a two-way communication with my
    surroundings and myself. Everything is _alive_!
    This might sound insane, but it seemed quite logical when it happened
    this morning: I was entering the building where I work, which has
    this great entrance-hall. It communicated to me "I am majestic and my
    purpose is to be majestic; but my roof could/should be reconstructed
    to make me look more majestic!". Since I now know how it feels to
    _project_ ideations from myself, I can also tell when they don't
    originate from me; I can honestly say that the location _itself_
    projected the ideation I just described. Freaky, huh?! <<

    This is what I would call an "indirect perception of essential meaning".
    By "indirect" I mean that it is filtered through the subjectifying
    layers of perception and translated into words/thoughts/feelings. This
    is the perception of essential meaning whilst within your normal waking
    consciousness, as opposed to the direct perception that occurs during
    the emptiness of mind. A much more visceral experience!

    Quite literally, EVERY thing communicates in this way if you have the
    ears to hear. And as you've noted, it's a two-way street. In other
    words, *you* can consciously communicate your own essential meaning with
    EVERY other thing.

    >> Nowhere have I read that the practice of IIH would lead to results
    like this... and I am only just beginning on Step II!!! <<

    ;-) Ordinarily, it doesn't but we are each different in terms of what
    we have or have not accomplished in our past lives. The early work of
    IIH will often bring forth latent abilities.

    >> Finally, I have a question regarding Step II concentration on smell
    (olfactory) exercises. While visual concentration is easy to understand,
    since its medium is constant input, I have problems figuring out how I
    am going to perform the olfactory exercises. Since smell is dependant
    upon inhalation through the nose, wouldn't it be very difficult to
    simulate a constant concentration on smell? Does anyone have any advice
    on this matter? I hope I've made the question comprehensible. <<

    The trick for me at least, was to focus my attention in the sensory
    organ itself. For example with the visualization exercises, your focus
    is primarily within your visual faculty, so with the other exercises
    your focus will primarily be in your auditory faculty during the hearing
    exercises, your olfactory faculty during your smell exercises, etc.

    Choose an odor to begin with. Spend a few moments smelling it
    intensively, paying very close attention to the effect that it has upon
    your sinuses and your olfactory apparatus. Note where in your sinuses
    it effects you and how this effect is felt, etc. Then try to replicate
    this effect with your imagination alone. At first you will be tempted
    to inhale through your nose as you replicate the sensations with your
    imagination. This however, becomes unnecessary with a bit more practice
    and as you focus more completely upon the sensation within your
    olfactory itself. Eventually you will be able to continuously maintain
    the imagined odor independent of your breath.

    My best to you,
    :) Rawn Clark
    20 Feb 2003
    rawnclark@...
    rawn@...
    http://www.ABardonCompanion.com
    http://groups.yahoo.com/group/BardonPraxis

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