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Hi Colleen Thank you that was a nice report.
Sincerely Pete Sent from my iPad > On Oct 21, 2014, at 5:17 AM, "Colleen K. Peltomaa" <cygnifi...@gmail.com> > wrote: > > ************* > The following message is relayed to you by trom@lists.newciv.org > ************ > 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 > > _______________________________________________ > Trom mailing list > Trom@lists.newciv.org > http://lists.newciv.org/mailman/listinfo/trom
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