since the subject of mental wandering came up, I was curious as to how to really test it and to further the ability. As far as I can figure, you can use mental wandering to give the descriptions of certian things at a distance and plot them down and see how accurate you really are. I was curious if moving further into discerning more complex patterns is preferable to increase the ability so as not to delude yourself further while working in bardon's second and third book. ~smile, and take a deep breath~ Louis