--- In [email protected], TurquoiseB <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > > --- In [email protected], "sparaig" <sparaig@> wrote: > > > > --- In [email protected], TurquoiseB <no_reply@> wrote: <snip> > > > The drawbacks of this approach are two. First, the > > > discrimination necessary to practice it can only be > > > taught via transmission -- by "broadcasting" states of > > > attention to the students and then varying them some- > > > what and asking them what they perceived when the > > > shared state of attention changed. The second, of > > > course, is that when you do "wrong" you only really > > > find out about it *afterwards*, as you state of > > > attention has started to slide "down." The latter > > > becomes less and less of a problem as you become > > > used to the discernment. You *start* to act a certain > > > way, get an instantaneous "readout" that you're going > > > the "wrong" way by realizing that your state of atten- > > > tion is lowering, and thus you correct your path and > > > go a different way. The whole process is that fast; > > > you can make such decisions in microseconds. > > > > [Dryly] Works very well in your case, Unc. > > I haven't been practicing it. I'm still not, > but I'm considering taking it up again.
Karma-wise, it couldn't be too soon.
