Hello Olivier: Most of us are living in adult bodies with the emotions of 4 or 5 year olds. I was rather shocked when I was informed of that, but the more I thought about it, the more truthful it became. You are fortunate that you are aware of certain character faults, because now when a particular circumstance wants to trigger a negative emotion, you can choose not to express that. It isn't the feeling that counts, but what we do with the feeling. That is where responsibility comes in and many times integrity. Enjoyed you post. Robert "Jeudy, Olivier [AUDT]" <olivier.jeudy@...> wrote: Hi all: I have had a VERY difficult time with the Astral Step 1, had to redraft my soul mirror numerous times, stopped practicing IIH for one and a half month altogether, and finally resumed practice after reassessing my whole approach. A rough road but I think that I am now on the right track. Question: Many of my weak points are symptoms which stem from erroneous beliefs, habits or behaviors crafted during childhood. Although these "beliefs" are the root-causes of many weak points, they do not seem "astral" in nature, and I am hesitant to list them on the mirror. What do you think? Example: from early childhood I was taught to be competitive at school, university, work etc... to obtain what I wanted. From this came the beliefs that (1) success is important (2) dominating others is a prerequisite for success. This cleared the way for numerous weaknesses such as: aggressiveness, impatience, ill will, jealousy, materialism, unhealthy reliance on the opinion of others etc... Thanks in advance and happiness to you all, Olivier [Non-text portions of this message have been removed] Yahoo! Groups Links To visit your group on the web, go to: http://groups.yahoo.com/group/BardonPraxis/ To unsubscribe from this group, send an email to: BardonPraxis-unsubscribe@yahoogroups.com Your use of Yahoo! Groups is subject to: http://docs.yahoo.com/info/terms/ --------------------------------- Do you Yahoo!? New Yahoo! Photos - easier uploading and sharing [Non-text portions of this message have been removed]