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I'd been meaning to post this and seeing Theresa's post encouraged me. Just remember, I fall into the category of compulsive games player - quite compulsive, however since I began doing RI everyday for a couple of hours (until no more change -- yes that's how long it takes, sob) I'm starting to learn about my mind. Here is something I recently learned while trying to do RI.
I (or my mind?) felt like "No Importance" -- I could not round up a good importance - no interest. So I created the importance of no importance and put "that" all around me. It was basically black screens or swirls of blackness all around me and my mind immediately went "Aaaaaahhhhhhh, that feels good" so I kept it up until no more change. "Change" for me is the mind brings up past scenes -- they kind of flick by quickly because I don't stop to timebreak and continue with the RI. I could stop to timebreak but I find that in my condition at least it gets confusing and I find I can make a note of it and go back and timebreak later. So each morning, each session I first look at what's going on in my mind and seek to parallel that. Getting real good at RI alone will help a person temporarily quiet their mind and they get great comfort knowing they are not going to "lose it" anymore. I can say for myself that after doing RI devotedly since September 8 (and almost no timebreaking) I will never again dismiss it as not important. Also, at first I was very interested in the content of the RI -- the changes, the "insights" -- why yesterday I wrote a whole outline on how the educational system should change -- while RI'ing a child creating a drawing. That's all fun, but what you are really going for is when there is no more change and you are simply putting a happy child creating a drawing all around you -- the mind quiet. I am going into session right after I "send" this and right now I see my mind is in a somewhat sad mood and so I have to determine accordingly what I am going to give it as an importance, so I am always sure to consciously do what it is doing -- I can create sad things too. Anyway, I'm still on a learning curve, so don't quote me, please. Your mileage may vary and you may be smarter or in better case shape. colleen
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