Dear William, Welcome to BardonPraxis!! :) My best to you, :) Rawn Clark 07 Jan 2003 rawnclark@... rawn@... http://www.ABardonCompanion.com http://groups.yahoo.com/group/BardonPraxis ----- Original Message ----- From: "william cranstoun" <tumoessence@...> To: "BardonPraxis Moderator" <BardonPraxis-owner@yahoogroups.com> Sent: Monday, January 06, 2003 8:56 PM Subject: Re: Welcome to BardonPraxis Dear Hermetic students, I am a 47 year old practitioner working on the second step continuing with the emptiness of mind, which is very nourishing for me. I like the discussion taking place around the topic at the moment and Rawn's comments on essential meaning. I have found that this practice and its success allows the sensory concentrations to unfold clearly. I have thought and shared with Rawn the idea that the emptiness of mind is like the carrier wave in radio broadcasting. If the carrier wave isn't strong, the music and voice broadcast is full of static. I practice chi kung as well which I find to be a great compliment to hermetics. I look forward to many future discussions. William PS I'm not always so active in the discussion since I work too much and have three kids.