Dear Vovin, >> The question is, again, if this means of keeping focused is conducive to the purpose of the exercise, << The "purpose of the exercise" is to "kept my mind firmly focused upon the topic at hand" and to "shut out all other thoughts". So how could this be "cheating"? My best to you, :) Rawn Clark 31 Jan 2003 rawnclark@... rawn@... http://www.ABardonCompanion.com http://groups.yahoo.com/group/BardonPraxis