Dear Olivier, >> Although I experience what Rawn means by his first sentence, I do not perceive any thoughts in my surface awareness, as suggested by the second sentence. What am I doing wrong? What should I improve? << You haven't done anything wrong. :) With the first exercise, you observe what happens in *your* mind, as it is. *Your* mind obviously goes totally quiet. My best to you, :) Rawn Clark 29 Sept 2003 rawnclark@... rawn@... http://www.ABardonCompanion.com http://groups.yahoo.com/group/BardonPraxis http://E.webring.com/hub?ring=arionthebardonwe