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newbie question on "returning to the syllable"

September 18 2007 at 7:24 AM
David  (no login)

I am working my way through the lessons and have enjoyed my experiences very much so far. I have had 2 sessions so far.

Today during my afternoon session, I experienced a few minor muscle spasms -- which I found interesting and exciting, since I read about involuntary muscle movements on the list of "possible" outcomes. Fun.

I am normally a very auditory person, I hear the sounds word make in my head (not just their meaning). Today during my session something interesting happened though: I could "feel" the syllable and I knew that it was being repeated but I could only very vaguely "hear" it.

My initial inexperienced reaction was to try to "hear" the syllable better, but as I did I noticed that I was expending mental energy and creating a little stress. Tonight as I looked through the manual to prepare for tomorrows sessions I noted that the manual says (page 26) "When returning to the syllable, always find it where it is and continue being aware of it; do not start thinking it clearly."

My interpretation is that if this happens, I should "go with the feeling" and feel the syllable even though the sound is really hazy at that moment.

Correct?

 
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  • Newbie - David Spector - NSR/USA on Sep 18, 2007, 1:24 PM
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