Dear NB, >> I have one little concern that I'll probably be able to address using IIH: a handicap I have suffered from for a long time is an excessive empathy : I start feeling ill/sad/angry each time ill/sad/angry e.g. people enter my office. And this occurs almost immediately after they enter. I generaly do not even know "it doesn't belong to me". Really believe I got ill ...etc. So my concern is that this handicap may even increase now that I have closer contacts with my astral body. This may now happen however, since said contact becomes conscious, and as I learn to know myself better : I may even be more able to detect "something external" trying to intrude. What do you think ? << Regarding the control of empathy, I suggest you read my commentary on the mental section of Step Four -- specifically the Q&A section, question #3 ("I'm too empathic. How do I avoid adopting someone else's mood?"). That's on page 86 of my book. I think that your greater awareness of your three bodies, and your astral body in particular, will act in your favor here instead of your detriment. I bet it will afford you greater control over your empathy since it will provide accurate knowledge of whether an influence is external or not and provide you an awareness of the "point of entry" (i.e., your astral body) for taking control of your own emotional reaction. My best to you, :) Rawn Clark 20 Feb 2003 rawnclark@... rawn@... http://www.ABardonCompanion.com http://groups.yahoo.com/group/BardonPraxis