Re: [BardonPraxis] Re: What Is a Thought?

[Jwingate2002@...]

In a message dated 14/10/2004 23:12:32 GMT Daylight Time, 
rawnclark@... writes:

>>Vacancy of Mind is built upon the mental discipline developed through
mastery of the first two exercises, but is itself more about exploration
of Mind than mental discipline<<


I would also like to ask now whether I'm on the right track with this 
exercise!

It seems to me that the entire first three steps concern the ability not to 
be distracted or sidetracked. I feel vacancy of mind at least partly concerns 
noticing that thoughts arise as energies within the soul-body which wish to 
have a voice. When I notice these energies-about-to-be-thoughts, I can stop 
them before they become thoughts. Eventually I feel they will know when they 
are wanted and when not, and then I can turn my attention away from them 
altogether, or not as I choose.

Since my body is relaxed I can ignore it, and since my soul is calm and 
smooth it produces no thoughts either. Taking the mind as the spritual plane, 
it 
seems one is attempting to feel what it is like purely to be on that level and 
to forget the fact that I normally use the mind to focus on feelings and on 
my body and solving their problems. Does this seem right? thanks, Jason


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