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# Preliminaries

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- To: BardonPraxis@yahoogroups.com
- Subject: Preliminaries
- From: Stu <vuynoy@...>
- Date: Sat, 11 Dec 2004 00:02:25 +0100
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    Greetings all

    >get free access to all those sources even in some way * before *
    beginning with the first Bardons exercises.

    This seems to be a right time to write a post I have meant write to for a
    long time.

    As to what is needed before actually starting the exercises, that seems to
    be a question about where the "beginning" is. Rawn writes that Bardon´s
    system starts at the beginning, but that´s Rawn ;-)

    In music, if you are to play a difficult piece, like a Chopin etude for
    example, you will probably do many preliminary exercises before starting
    out on the piece itself.

    For me "beginning" is very much about *work motivation*. I have had a
    longer break in my Bardon work now. I discovered that I was going "through
    the motions", making the exercises as if... my mother wanted me to do them
    ;-) Out of some kind of obligation. (Strange.) Which of course it not good
    enough, not strong enough,

    It seems quite easy to do the exercises for a while with that kind of weak
    "outer" motivation. As if you are kind to somebody, somebody else.

    There seems to be needed a collecting of oneself, realising that without
    actual work you will not really develop, not really change.

    So I guess one would need to WANT to change and develop quite a lot. If,
    down deep inside, you are actually content with your life, why try to
    change and aquire new talents and "muscles"? I keep asking this of myself.

    I have found that the book Concentration by Mouni Sadhu addresses these
    questions very well. Half the book is about "collecting" yourself BEFORE
    actually starting any exercises.

    It seems that if there´s ONE quality that is central here, it would be
    ruthless honesty: How much do I really want it? How much am I prepared to
    pay for it?

    Stu

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