Re: Step 3 Mental question

["shenvalleypagans" <danosarchuk@...>]

You're right, I was relying on my memory, rather than using my 
imagination. Thanks for your great suggestions, Rawn.

--- In BardonPraxis@yahoogroups.com, "Rawn Clark" <rawnclark@n...> 
wrote:
> Dear Dan,
> 
> >> Any tips on maintaining a "step into it" type multisense
> visualization for the full 5 minutes? I can maintain an unfamiliar
> scene much easier than a familiar one. <<
> 
> The multi-sense scene is a composite of single-sense creations. 
Sort of
> like in printing a color image composed of four color components 
(cyan,
> magenta, yellow and black). The "trick" is to layer each single-
sense
> creation, one at a time, until your scene is complete. For example,
> begin by creating the visual component, then add the auditory 
component,
> then the smell component, then the tactile component, and so on, 
until
> your multi-sense scene is fully formed. Once the scene is 
complete, it
> becomes a simple matter of maintaining a one-pointedness of mind.
> 
> The fact that you can maintain an unfamiliar scene longer than a
> familiar scene is, I imagine, a fairly common experience. It was
> certainly my own experience at first until I analyzed the situation 
and
> realized that, with the familiar scene, I was relying upon my memory
> instead of using my creative imagination to construct the scene. 
When I
> shifted from reliance upon memory to actually creating the scene 
from
> the ground up, so to speak, it was no different from my work with
> unfamiliar scenes.
> 
> My best to you,
> :) Rawn Clark
> 04 May 2003
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