Dear NB, The worst for myself was to realize that not only I was sleeping but everything I believe I experienced was indeed fake, and with no consciousness of what is really happening. All my feelings, opinions, and events that I perceived from my life were created by paterns and beliefs generated from my reaction to past experiences; these feelings, opinions and actions originated themselves other situations & experiences. It is like a never ending circle and there is no Truth in it, moreover, there was no consciousness of it. Indeed, the only Truth arise from very difficult personal experiences which happen as a results of previous choices with a clear pattern of making the same wrong choices over and over. These difficult momments and periods of time were ultimately very beneficial experiences in a way that I experience "I AM", and this consciousness and blessing is with me since then, at least the memory of it. And now, I keep on walking in the path of life in a state of deep coma with a spark of consciousness which popps up sometimes. YES, this is the common human experience crossing the life in such a state of deep coma. This is a world for sleeping. Love and Light Pierre Mikael --- In BardonPraxis@yahoogroups.com, "newbieonekenhobby" <newbieonekenhobby@y...> wrote: > This evening, after having worked on my mirror, I suddenly realized > that I was used of spending most of my time being idle, not focused > on anything, a bit like a bottle's cork (don't know the correct > wording) floating at the surface of water. Days long. > ...The opposite of the thought discipline exercise in level 1 IIH, > that I considered as having completed, as far as the first contact > was concerned. > > I also realized a few other things, which didn't exactly consolate > me : > > a) I have been able to keep myself in this state during *my whole > life* because the level of real permanent awareness required by my > daily activities was fairly low. IIH not included :-) > > b) When situations required my full awareness for a long time, my > failure (if any) was considered as a lack of skills - not as the > punition of a sleeping newbie. > > c) What I considered as mental activities or as work was actually > islands within an ocean of idleness. > > d) A good portion of my mind was actually sleeping ...and probably > dreaming - hence my problems with mind chatting, probably. > > I don't know whether this sudden "clairvoyance" comes from my > renewed practice of IIH level 1-2 or because I started using > spagyric mixtures containing "Euphrasia Officinalis" :-) but I must > say it's a bit of a shock. > > Did anybody realize the same thing, or am I telling me stories > again ? > > Cheers :-( > > NB