Dear Paul, Many thanks for your help. <<It is best to concentrate on transforming one attribute at a time. Where you see that two are somehow related or similar, you must meditate on this and find the cause (as Rawn usually suggests).>> I did so when I wrote the mirrors already, but I did not go far enough, apparently :-) In the meantime, I chose a sentence like "my concentration is total and serene" (the equivalent in French, of course : "ma concentration est totale et sereine" :-) to cover both the need of a complete focus and the fear of being interrupted. I'll see as to whether it does the job :-) Something else *new*, now. At a first glance, those exercises in step II *seem* to be a bit easier for me than the ones in step I. The reason is probably that I am more used to the techniques involved. But something really new occured - afterwards. I had gone through the mental exercise and through the "40-knots- meditation", and I was on my way to get asleep. Half-way between the state of simple "drowsyness" and real sleep, I felt as-if the periphery of my entire body (1-2 centimeters outside) had been switched on, and had become extremely energetic. It was not like a flash, but more like a lamp or a neon tube, although it was extremely sudden, almost brutal as a feeling. An obvious notion of light. I did not see anything :-) but the whole event integrated the notion of light - don't know why. The area was roughly the same as the one I feel during the 2nd exercise of the Archaeous, meaning the physical feedback of the astral body, with the difference of a greater intensity and suddenness. Needless to say that it woke me up each time. It happened 3-4 times, just last night. Any meaning to all this ? Many thanks. NB