Re: [BardonPraxis] Dear Rawn and Martin

["Rawn Clark" <rawnclark@...>]

Dear Joel,

>> Concerning EOM..I still have a doubt..the progress in the exercise,
it isn't linear right? Some days the results are better, others the
results are worst, but with time, you progress and master it right? <<

Yes. Just relax and *experience* the process you are going through with
this exercise, Joel. Let go of all your worries about how what you are
accomplishing is *not* "good enough". These worries take you away from
the immediacy of self-awareness that EOM is meant to reveal and
cultivate. Just *track* (i.e., take note of) your progress instead of
obsessing about your rate of progress.

With Step One especially, you are *learning* about yourself at every
level and an important part of getting to know yourself in this way, is
the process of letting go of your expectations and simply *experiencing*
what *is*, as *it* is. When you get caught up in "this isn't happening
quick enough", you immediately shift away from *experiencing* what *is*,
as *it* is. In the end, this slows a person's rate of actual progress
because what *is* -- when *experienced* as *it* is -- leads us very
rapidly toward success.

>> Rawn, concerning the emptiness of mind itself..during the exercise, I
focus on the mental vibration of no thoughts. <<

This might be a good method of leading yourself *into* an EOM state but
*maintaining* this focus is not a true emptiness of mind. With EOM,
there is no "doing" -- there is only BEing.

>> Sometimes, if I focus a lot..I can feel the mental vibration before
it become a thought in my mind, and feeling that vibration, I can stop
it from manifestat itself, so, I don't think at all. <<

When you are doing this, are you thinking about the process? For
example, are you thinking, "okay, I'm looking out for that mental
vibration now . . . there it is, but before it becomes a full thought,
I'd better stop it . . . okay, I've stopped it . . . now I'm looking out
for that mental vibration again . . ." ?

>> To have this..sensitivity skill concerning the mental vibration, for
Bardon, is a necessary skill to move on to other exercises after EOM? <<

A natural by-product of EOM practice is an increase in the immediacy of
your self-awareness. In other words, you become continuously aware of
yourself, and at a deeper and deeper level the longer you have
practiced. The sensitivity you describe is a natural by-product of
early EOM practice in which you become continuously aware of the surface
mind's content and can therefore perceive when thoughts are about to
arise into awareness.

My best to you,
:) Rawn Clark
16 Apr 2005
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