Re: Hello all

["JoePass" <jcanslim@...>]

Brian...my understanding is that when you can observe your thoughts 
without following any of them, losing sense or self, or falling 
asleep for 10 minutes, you have mastered the exercise.

John


--- In BardonPraxis@yahoogroups.com, "brain_simpson" <bdaalphie@g...> 
wrote:
> Hello 
> Thats where Im having probblems, how can you tell if 
> your "mastering" them? Im having a bit of troubble with that, like 
> the first one about watching your thoughts and what does he mean by 
> success when loading food?
> thx Brian 
> 
> --- In BardonPraxis@yahoogroups.com, "Rawn Clark" <rawnclark@n...> 
> wrote:
> > Dear Brian,
> > 
> > Welcome to BardonPraxis. :)
> > 
> > >> Im new to the group and been tryin to study the Bardon books 
> Guide to
> > Hermetics and was wondering if any one could tell me, how long 
> should
> > you work on an exercise befor you move on to the next? <<
> > 
> > You must pursue each exercise until you have attained the minimum
> > requirement that Bardon outlined (i.e., until you've "mastered" 
> it).
> > There is no set amount of time since each individual will take 
> however
> > much time it takes *them* to achieve this "mastery".
> > 
> > >> is it ok to start from another area of the book that you know 
> you can
> > do like the focusing then work from there? <<
> > 
> > No. You should start at the very beginning and methodically work 
> your
> > way through the exercises exactly as Bardon instructed. You 
> should not
> > skip any exercise if you desire to make genuine progress.
> > 
> > When you come upon an exercise that you can already perform then 
> that
> > just means it will take you very little time to "master" it, but 
> that
> > does *not* mean you should skip working on that exercise.
> > 
> > My best to you,
> > :) Rawn Clark
> > 17 July 2004
> > rawnclark@n...
> > rawn@a...
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