Dear Alan, >> In the summary of Step 2 in IIH (Ruggeberg '87), it states: "Exercises concerning the elimination of thoughts (negative state) are continued and deepened here." Is this Vacancy of Mind, or all of the Mental Exercises of Setp 1? I'm wanting to say Vacancy of Mind. << It is vacancy of mind. In the Ruggeberg edition, "negative state" and "vacancy/emptiness of mind" are phrases for the same thing. For more information on this subject, you might want to read http://www.ABardonCompanion.com/Continue.html My best to you, :) Rawn Clark 25 Jun 2003 rawnclark@... rawn@... http://www.ABardonCompanion.com http://groups.yahoo.com/group/BardonPraxis http://E.webring.com/hub?ring=arionthebardonwe