Sensory - Step 3

["Alan" <fish_studios@...>]

I have a question about the sensory exercises of Step 3 in IIH. 
Bardon states that from his example the student can create exercises 
of his own. He gives the example of a ticking clock where 
visualization and auditory are used. Is the student to combine all 
senses? Such as:
vis - auditory
vis - smell
vis - taste
vis - tactile

However after those, the exercises (if we take the over-analytical 
approach ;) ) would be to have auditory - tactile, which makes no 
sense whatsoever. You can't hear cold and feel it at the same time, 
well I suppose you can, but its a very strange combination. So are 
the exercises more to be a combination of visualization with the 
others?

I have another question, but I believe I know the answer. In the 
psychic exercises, Bardon states that one breathes in the elements, 7 
breaths to start with. Then the student contemplates the feeling of 
the element etc. Then Bardon goes on the talk about exhaling the 
element out of the body. This seems to say that the student is to 
inhale the element first, conetmplate it and then go about his 
business. And then, after mastering the breathing in of the element, 
is the student to practice exhaling the element. Intuitively, this 
seems wrong to me, so I believe I'm reading a little too much for 
detail. In Rawn's commentary, he says what I would think is correct, 
that one breathes in, contemplates, and the exhales the element out 
of the body. I'm fairly certain that is the correct practice, but I 
don't want to short change myself if its not :)

Oh, and just an after thought, should the vacany exercise still be 
practiced at Step 3? Not that it would hurt to do it anyways, but 
just curious.

All Will Go Well,

-- Alan