Hi Martin, I have found that with each effect there is several causes. I have collated so far about 250 - 300 individual negative traits (I can't see myself stopping for at least another couple of weeks). I find the negative traits through meditation, I find that there are on average 3 negative traits to each effect, of course some of them will be repeated here and there. I find that the subconscious does a good job in stashing them in the recesses of the mind. Hope this helps, Andy At 23:53 23/01/03 +0000, you wrote: >Hi everyone, > >My current situation is that I recently felt I had 'mastered' the >observation of thoughts exercise of step one and decided today to >move on to the second, one-pointedness exercise. > >My physical exercises seem to be coming together, but I am still >working on that. > >My 'problem' is that I finished my work on my two soul mirrors as >outlined for step one a couple of weeks ago and now I feel that >maybe I could be suffering an imbalance because I am working a lot >with the mental exercises and the physical exercises, but don't have >any astral activities to engage in. I know that it is suggested that >we continually add any new items that occurr to us to our soul >mirrors, but so far I haven't thought of anything new. > >My question is this: is it a problem that I have finished working on >the astral exercises so much sooner than the other two aspects of >step one, and that I could be working on the mental exercises for, >let's say, another month or so (obviously it could be a lot longer, >but just for argument's sake). So do I need to do anything to >address this potential imbalance during this time before moving on >to step two? > >Thanks a lot for your time :-) > >Martin ---------- --- Outgoing mail is certified Virus Free. Checked by AVG anti-virus system (http://www.grisoft.com). Version: 6.0.443 / Virus Database: 248 - Release Date: 10/01/03 [Non-text portions of this message have been removed]