Nice Ones,
When I consider the great deal of time and energy that went into Paul's tapes, one thing really stands out in my mind. He wanted them to be easy to use, simple to use and absolutely--most definitely comfortably RELAXING to use! If you are getting tense and/or stressed listening to one of his programs, you can be assured that is not his intent! That will negate the effectiveness of tapes like his every single time! Tension and stress bring with them resistance. Resistance to what? Resistance to anything new that is being introduced to the stressed and tensed person.
What I do is keep it very simple and easy and comfortable according to the directions. I play the recording low enough so that I could actually drift off if I had a mind to (and sometimes I have) but just loud enough to hear Paul's instructions. As far as the instructions go, I comply with them but I never over think it. For example, if he asks me to give my intent for the listening, I'll give it in a present tense, 1st person affirmation style sentence. "My intent for this listening is that I now see more success and prosperity in each area of my life!" or in my finances or in my....you get the point. I don't have the Auto Pilot recording (yet) but I think it's pretty neat how Paul overloads one's conscious thereby forcing it to hand off to your subconscious (like a quarterback handing a football off to a running back) the Paul's assignment. I think Paul realizes that people can't visualize a scene 64 times in a matter of a few seconds. Perhaps Paul should have made this (much) more clear but since clearly he didn't, my take on it is that he KNEW if you kept your relaxed, RECEPTIVE state of mind, your subconscious would rise to the task EASILY doing what it was created to do and that is UNCONSCIOUSLY visualize at high speed! Okay, with that said, remember that if you "take things too seriously" while the recording is playing, you're going to get tense and stressed! You get tensed and stressed over-analyzing and over-figuring what Paul is doing and well...you're going to defeat the session! It's as simple as that! I don't recall anywhere Paul saying that he WANTS his listeners to get tense, stressed, annoyed or irritated!
As far as Alex's explanation goes, I think she is doing her best without having to re-type (or revise) the instructions. The absolute main thing to keep in mind is that these recordings were designed to be easy to use, simple to use, relaxing to use and pleasurable to use. Hope this helps! --- Mike
Personally, I like to listen to the background music whenever possible but as I've said over and over, it is of absolutely no concern to me. Sometimes I'll listen to one voice, sometimes the other and many times right down the middle. If I am RELAXED and FEELING GOOD,
I'm in the right state of mind!
