Pattern in Mental exercises of step 1

["JLA" <superjoel11@...>]

Concerning the mental exercises of step 1, I have noticed a pattern, 
a relation between then, and I would like to know if I am in the 
right.
In the first exercise, the student must act like a passive observer, 
and in this moment, he "feels" his thoughts in a way that he hasn't 
done before in his life, be observe then, without interfering, in a 
conscious way, he thinks consciouly.
In the second exercise, the student must incorportate the habit of 
focus in a conscious way in every thing he does in his life, don't 
matter if it is important or not.
In the third exercise, the student has already the skill of think 
consciously, and he must focus in a train of thoughts, without any 
perturbation of thoughts non relate to the subject of the train of 
thoughts.
In the fourth exercise(EOM), the student needs only to be. To do 
that, he must not think, them, he will no longer be interpreting 
impulses that he receive from the outside(sounds,etc...everything). 
There is no necessity of thinking, to exist, to be. We can perfectly 
be, without thinking, that is the process of interpreting those 
impulses.
ps: concerning the first, the third and the fourth exercise described 
here, after mastering the 10 minutes required, if the magician stops 
to practice those exercises, he will.."lose" his skills, and need to 
master them all over again???