Dear Louis, >> 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. << No, I don't think this is necessary. Generally, the testing as Bardon suggested in Step Eight is sufficient. My best to you, :) Rawn Clark 06 Aug 2003 rawnclark@... rawn@... http://www.ABardonCompanion.com http://groups.yahoo.com/group/BardonPraxis http://E.webring.com/hub?ring=arionthebardonwe