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What about RI? Ok, subjective RI does not work well with some people.
It's a limited process. Perhaps you simply try with havingness which involves physical action. E.g. take a walk, run, any other sport, clean your home, hug trees, ... Correction : It's a limited process. Dennis : TROM RI also has this remarkable property: You cannot over-run it. Being an entirely natural ability of life, its quite impossible to harm yourself in any way by running RI. It stops producing change after a while, but further running of it does not produce overrun symptoms. However, RI can be badly under-run when it is required. This is a definite pitfall, and one you should avoid. The main use of RI during the exercises is to act as a lubricant. It keeps things going smoothly. It should be used in generous amounts. It must be used at the following times: a) Between the ending of one exercise and the start of a new one. b) At the end of every session. c) At the beginning of every session. d) During the session if the going gets rough - i.e.. you suffer an intolerable amount of unpleasant sensation. Bluntly, these exercises will not work in the absence of RI (Level One is the only exception to this, but as Level One is almost entirely perceptual RI the rule still applies). In the absence of RI the exercises will very soon grind to a shuddering and rather painful halt. When in doubt - run RI. Whenever you run creative RI in session always run both commands to no further change. Do not leave it while it is still producing change. The second command is just as important as the first. Do not leave either while they are still producing change. The exercise will ‘run down’ your stock of importances; use RI to repair it. Thus, although RI is run to no further change, just the doing of the exercise will make it produce changes once more. Early on your tolerance of loss of importance is very slight, so RI will have to be run frequently; later your tolerance increases enormously, and you have a much wider latitude in these things. However, never will you be entirely free of the necessity to run RI as an adjunct to the exercises until you’ve got to the very end of Level Five and achieved Nirvana.
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