Dear Martin, >> It corresponded to the racing state of my mind and I found that it took 15 minutes just to calm my mind slightly. I can see that this may be a problem as I set aside 15 minutes before going to bed, but if I have had a busy day, I find it very difficult to still my mind in that time. This is the first time that I have noticed this 'energy', though. Any thoughts? << I recommend a deep physical relaxation as a way of stilling your mind at the end of a tumultuous, busy day. In the "Self-Healing Archaeous" and "Center of Stillness Meditation" recordings, I provide a guided relaxation process that serves as a good example of what I'm recommending to you. Basically, you focus your attention upon relaxing all of the muscles in your body in succession, starting with your feet and working upwards to the top of your scalp. The focus of your attention on something so immediately physical, quickly calms your mind. The relaxation of your muscles simultaneously calms all of your swirling emotions. And as a consequence, your energy body will also become calm. While it may take more than 15 minutes at first, the time that this method takes you to achieve a state of deep physical, astral and mental relaxation will *rapidly* diminish with practice. My best to you, :) Rawn Clark 19 April 2004 rawnclark@... rawn@... http://www.ABardonCompanion.com http://groups.yahoo.com/group/BardonPraxis http://E.webring.com/hub?ring=arionthebardonwe