Passage of time

["alcyone2158" <alcyone2158@...>]

Hello,

I would like to ask a question regarding the step one mental exercise where a 
student is 
required to sit still and observes their thoughts. Before asking the question, 
I want make 
sure my understanding of how the exercise is performed is correct - The student 
performing the exercise is in a state of what I would call being "passively 
alert". By that I 
mean that they are in a receptive-passive state of awareness, completely alert 
with one's 
attention focused on whatever thoughts "percolate to the surface of their 
awareness". 
When performing this exercise , I do it with emotional detachment , objectively 
observing 
whatever comes into my field of awareness . I apologize for saying what might 
be obvious 
to some; I am doing this to make sure the context within which I ask the 
following 
question is clearly understood.

Not to my question- Can (or does) a person's perception of the passage of time 
change 
while performing the exercise? I don't recall reading about how the perception 
of time 
passage can be different from "normal" waking awareness, either in IIH or in 
this 
discussion group. I know that I am alert while performing the exercise and the 
same thing 
happens whether it is performed in the morning, afternoon or evening. For me, 
time 
sometimes seems to move "faster". I often say to myself "is the time already 
up?" after 
doing the exercise.

Any comments?

Thank you. I have found the discussions in this group most informative over the 
past ten 
months and will miss it when it ends.

Keith