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How are you coming w/ it?

I've just read it in the GC manual and i've been doing it for awhile now in a manner of speaking. I keep my questions and tape recorder handy and try to do one a day.

The very first thing i ever saw on intuition was for free on the web. It said to write out a question or problem. Next, walk around and pick up 3 objects. Arrange them in front of you. Write what comes to mind for each object. 1st= the problem; 2nd= your fears w/ regard to it; 3rd= the solution. I still use this off/on successfully.

My sandwich for High Think Tank is: alpha bw, Magic Mirrors, MMing, analograffiti and then back to alpha if needed.

If i don't get an answer that suits me, i just put the 3X5 back into the pile.

Green/white is a bit much for me. I think i almost do that via the anaolgraffiti. The ability to sink into alpha and bounce back to beta is very important. I practice this. Anna Wise in The High Performance Mind helped me out here. Getting a key and then bringing it back up to beta is a big help.

Also i have anchored the alpha brain wave and processing intuition in a detached and accurate manner via Silva 3-finger(for alpha), and for intuition, i cross my ring finger over my little finger. "When i cross my ring finger over my little finger, i immediately process intuitive guidance in a detached and accurate manner." I also make it a point to just soft gaze if i'm doing it w/ my eyes open. Noone needs to see my hand so it's nice. A deep breath, sofe gaze, 3-f, ring finger over pinky & i'm ready... We're talking about 3-5 seconds worth of time.

For me, NB had great info on anchoring.

[QUOTE]Originally posted by Margaret:
How are you coming w/ it?

Hi Margaret,

I'm on day 15 of the 30 day challenge, which is really amazing for me. I'm enjoying it. It's absolutely incredible, the wide variety of things that pop up.

You clearly have a much more involved experience. For me, it's images with the occasional sound (I know, I need to just force more senses into it). The images are not incredibly clear but it's getting easier and easier to tell what they are. Imagine watching a movie through a sheet of opaque glass and you get a sense for the images. It's always dissociated too, to use an NLP term. In fact, my experience with BG was much more benign than yours. Although I had slightly different thoughts, the scene around me did not look different while I was the "genius." However, having done it only a few times, I think it will get better.

In 15 days of HTT, there are no "clear" answers to the questions so far. A few more listens to the interpretation tape should help. Haven't tried mind mapping them yet but I've tried a variety of other things. Commonality between the 3 images/streams still seems like a stretch. There are a number of shapes/motions that keep ocurring in each day's efforts. I've toyed with the idea that maybe there is one question that I haven't knowingly asked yet, but for which I'll keep getting answers until I resolve it. Could be a stretch...

Actually, the commonality thing is a bit of a puzzle. If you look at the Fast Finish session for HTT, the example that Dr. Wenger uses has three elements that have little in common, but which fit together. Perhaps I'm trying to make a match when I should be looking for "fit."

BTW, I made a CD with all the Fast Finish sessions in sequence. I'll be traveling for the next few weeks and thought it would be interesting to see what the experience of listening to all the Fast Finishes in a single session would be like. It's followed up with the Genius Activator, so the whole CD may be fun.

Mgrego,
What a super report! Very very interesting. Please be sure to let me know how that cd works for you.

Match or fit, whatever...this i know, if it's a match or a fit, you feel it in your gut. Something shifts and it's felt.

W/ my bot-belly stove, train, photo of the man w/ the dust today, i was at a loss in the beginning. But the images flew at me so i had to trust my intuition. If i don't feel a shift, the question goes back into the pile.

I have really enjoyed reading your progress report because of all your detail. Once you use some color and MMing, you'll be pleasantly surprised.

Have a nice trip... my friend

Margaret,

When doing the HTT, are you getting only images or mini image streams?

One thing I found was that I had been looking at the question too early (as soon as I had all three "answers." After the second listening, I realized I should be trying to interpret first.

Just for fun, I'll share one of the less bizarre (and perhaps more "connected" examples).

1. I see a white picket fence. A brown horse approaches the fence and begins bucking and rearing up on hind legs. After several moments of agitation, it puts on a welder's mask, pulls out a welding tank and torch, and cuts an opening in the fence rails. When finished, it tosses the torch, removes the mask, smiles at me, and runs off.

2. I see a red brick wall with gray mortar. I can hear pounding behind it and begin to see dust, fragments fall from the mortar. Eventually, bricks pop through and fall with a loud, hollow sound. A man with a large, bald head and sunglasses peers through. He attempts to pull himself through but cannot fit. He takes a large pair of silver scissors and cuts straight down, after 6 inches, he begins to cut a wider hole in the brick. When he circles back around, there is a ribbon of brick looking material hanging down. He tries to get through again but gets stuck at the waste. He repeats the cutting action, making the hole even wider. There are now two ribbons of material hanging down. He climbs through the hole and down the ribbons of cloth.

3. I see a dark triangular shape against a black background. It has the appearance of an arrowhead chipped out of flint rock. It seems clear that it is a hill or mountain. The moon begins to rise and illuminate the area. It is cleary a desert with scrub brush all around and a line of mountains or plateaus off in the distance. A lone wolf pads up the side that is least steep. Once at the top, it howls at the moon (this is obvious from its motions, not from a sound of howling). When it is finished, it heads back down the slope and off into the desert.

The question: "What original discovery can I begin making today?"

The first two seem to point to creative means for escape or "getting away." The last strikes me as a "lonely" setting but doesn't really resonate in any way.

mgrego!

Terrific images. So you have the image steaming down that's for sure.

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The question: "What original discovery can I begin making today?"

You know, i'm not a fan of those questions. They were all in The Einstein Factor. I wrote them all out and just felt they were too vague. Perhaps, if i ever get really good at it, then maybe i'll try them again. I use very specific stuff that i have invested interest in.

Now, if someone like Edison asked that question, then i can see its use. He spent his entire life discovering stuff.

So, i'll ask you this...what is the question behind this question that your image stream answered. Like for me, behind that question would be, what original ideas can i come up w/ for presenting my consulting material when i attempt to secure an appointment w/ the principal?. I hope you can think of what is on your mind and in your life so that you can reword that question. Then your image stream could make sense to you.

Next, in each one, pick out the thing/s that strike you the most. Pick out the 1 things that strikes you the least. For the one that strikes me the least, i use analograffiti or back into alpha.

I could approach your stuff w/ straight dream amplification stuff, but what good does that do you? None

ONE THING IS CLEAR---YOU ARE TOTALLY FINE FOR IMAGE STREAMING So, now you just need to work on interpretation.

Don't forget that your basic images are: white picket fence---a red brick wall---a lone wolf. You can connect them via the feelings they evoke or by memories. How does each image make you feel? How does each images connect to past memories or future hopes?

Like for me the first one has to do w/ tricks and games. The second one has to do w/ hard work and expertise. The third one has to do w/ my voice in the night.

Hope this helps you see how i work w/ amplification.

Hi Margaret,

Thanks for the valuable thoughts. I think you're right about the questions...so open ended that it makes interpretation even more difficult. I have a friend that used to complain about clients asking, "How long is a piece of string?" His basic message was, "Don't ask me to help you until you've defined what you really need." Your comments brought me back to his message.

On the plane out to California, I did another HTT question. This time, I got only three images NOT three image streams. I was able to interpret those much more readily because there was less to focus on.

It's interesting that you see the fence and the brick wall as the focal point of the mentioned streams. To me, the focal point was the actions that got beyond those "obstacles."

Thanks again for your input. How goes your experience with GC?

Margaret / Mgrego2,

Now that's just not fair! I've yet to receive GC and you taunt me with all this wonderful stuff!

I'm reading your posts saying 'What in tarnation are they talking about!'

It's great to see you both actively on the board! You both have come a loooonngg way. It really is evident in your posts and how they have changed in nature over time.

Michael,
Just go buy the book: The Einstein Factor. I'm sorry to report that up to this point, i've done 3 tapes and have not received any new information.

I would have rather seen LS put some real solid effort into intuition training. For instance, i think the tapes from Anna Wise on The High Performance Mind that i got from The Relaxation Company offer some of the best audio guidance for alpha brainwaves. The set contains 4 tapes, but i only found 2 of them to be useful for me.

Anyone who really attempts to put into practice LS's Natural Brilliance Course and book have all the tools they need to solve problems.

But, if you are someone who has never done any intuition study or training, then GC is a nice start. I started working on my intuition as a result of PhRing and have been working on it ever since. So, w/ GC, i'm not seeing anything new.

What is our goal? To get a solid bridge of techniques that connect our conscious mind w/ our other-than-conscious mind in order to solve problems and help us live our lives in a successful manner. I already have numerous intuition techniques in place, so i do not see GC for me as useful at this time in my life. 3 years ago, probably, i'd be very interested.

But, even GC is not enuff. All intuitives out there offer their particular technique that works for them. Until we find which techniques that work for us, we have to study up on them. Outside of all the books i've PhR at the bookstore, i own a dozen or so as well. I've been layering intuition for the last 3 years.

My problem was this: I could do any technique successfully the first time. After that, i was unable to free myself up to be spontaneous. We are all different w/ our inner obstacles. That was mine.

I said it before and will say it again: I sincerely wish that LS would put their best foot forward and come out w/ a solid, well thought out approach to intuition training that supports their materials. GC is only a small piece of the puzzle. Something in the lines of Euphoria could be worthwhile.

Margaret, have you had a look at Laura Day's latest book, "The Circle"?

Hel,
No, is it a worthwhile book?

I'm very curious. I'll go look it up, but please tell me your info

Hel,
I definitely will PhR it to see if i need to add it to my intuition library.

You know i bounce all techniques off of Silva. And where ever i go, i see shades of Jose. I intuitively connected Day w/ Hunt's tape in the Euphoria Course.

I still have yet to assimilate Practical Intuition. I consider that to be my foundation intuition book and then Sonia Choquette's Psychic Pathways next.

Thanks for the introduction

I think Chapter 1 is available on her website, www.practicalintuition.com

With each goal, one goes through a circle of steps:

1.Intentionality (gift of intentionality is conscious creation)
2.Embodiment (gift of embodiment is awareness)
3. Ritual (gift of ritual, sacredness)
4. Synchronicity (gift: effectiveness)
5. Making Space (gift: energy for transformation)
6. Coherence (gift: right action)
7. Outer Roadblocks (gift to have courage to notice these is intuition)
8. Inner Roadblocks (gift of being willing to work with these is healing)
9. Contact (embody new reality and send out energy, thereby creating community)

This is the circle. Laura says it programs your intuition into your hard drive.

Margaret, would you mind sharing your intuition booklist?

Please

Hel,
Absolutely, i'll be happy to share it. I'll do it tonight when i go home. Some of the books i know by color and so i have to get the info. It's very diverse b/c i was not sure about the nature of my intuition. I was clueless and therefore had to fan out in search type of thing.

I did read that into on the site. But, i just see Silva stuff in a different form. But, w/ Day, i'm very open b/c her Practical Intuition is terrific...imho It is a humble and kind book w/ a feeling that it is safe to be intuitive. The exercises are excellent.

I have gotten into the habit--fairly recently--after working w/ Win's 3 images from the book that in order for my intuition to move to the next level---i need to practice more.

I enjoy practicing at RED Lights I had a question today about PhRing intuition books before or after holosync. When i was stopped at a Traffic Light(red)(stop), i went into soft gaze and relaxed myself. When the light turned GREEN..GO, a helicopter popped into my mind. So then i began to amplify it. Helicopter's and news. Ok, when i see the news it has already happened. Ok, i'm going to PhR tonight prior to my holosync listening.

It just has to make sense to my gut and it did So for me to go to the next level, i used my intuition to tell me i needed to practice. Hmm. But, that's what i'm now doing and i am seeing very interesting results.

The wonder of it all, my life, yours. The suffering the joy. A human being is not one who looks like one but one who acts like one. (Jose Silva) I just want to be a divinely guided human being in the Silva sense of the word.

Hi Folks,

This is a very interesting discussion. I think I will buy the GC
as well. A few years ago I borrowed "The Einstein Factor" from
a friend and started image streaming. However, I gave up after
a while since raising my intelligence is a fairly wage goal. How will
I measure it and what the use anyway.

However, solving problems finding new undiscovered paths is
a real challenge.
Here is a tech for solving any kind of "problem". The tech belongs
to the first part of the avatar course, Resurfacing.

1) Describe the problem in detail as best as you can.

2) Focus on a thing in front of you and describe it in detail.

3) Refocus on your problem and describe it again in more detail.

4) Focus on a different thing and describe it in detail.

5) Alternate for a few times. New insides, ideas, solutions etc.
should come up.

The purpose of this exercise is to remove the fixed energy from
the problem. A problem can only exist because of the fixt energy.

The same tech can be applied to physical symptoms.

Tony

Hi Margaret,

I'm sorry, but not surprised, to learn that you're not totally jazzed on GC. By contrast, you obviously got much more out of MO than I did. That was the one that disappointed me.

It's, to some degree, semantics when determining whether GC is an "intuition" course or not. Yes, connecting those two portions of the mind makes intuition more readily available. However, it's basis is image streaming and its focus is definitely more on problem solving and skill acquisition. Maybe that's splitting hairs, but to me it is a more restricted subset of what I would expect intuition training to be.

If you read a book like "PowerHunch" by Marcia Emery, you find many more exercises for attuning to the different sensory indicators we get. The brain may think primarily in images, but, according to Dr. Robert Cooper, we each have three "brains," based on the bundles of connections we have. One in our heads, one near our heart, and one in our gut. By its very nature, GC focuses on brain signals, while an intuition course would be more likely to give equal time to the other processing areas (whether it accepts the statement that we have three brains or not). Although Dr. Cooper's book is not on intuition, it emphasises the importance of paying attention to all these areas, since all process information in different ways (and at different speeds). To me, THAT is what an intuition course would be. I don't think GC makes that promise.

Just my thoughts...

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It's very diverse b/c i was not sure about the nature of my intuition. I was clueless and therefore had to fan out in search type of thing.

That's great. Exactly what's needed, an overview. Thanks in advance.

Hel, i have the list & will post it later. Gotta do some work first

Mgrego, it is mentioned in the Manual for GC that there is the possibility that intuition comes from a particular area in the brain. I left my copy at home, but it's there on the right hand side of the page.

Image streaming is intuition as intuition is understood by intuitives like L. Day and many others. All the intuition books i've ever read all say to start talking or reporting from all of your senses and describe in great detail. Don't worry if you feel like you are making it all up, just keep describing.

It reminds me of how the Princeton people also met w/ Silva and simply renamed his technique to Remote Viewing and the government spent 20 million on it. But in 1966 when Jose tried to give it to the very same government, they turned him down. All the Princeton people did was add some mathematical equations and stuff.

Image Streaming and the element of surprise is basic intuition. However, psychics often give people the shivers and hence our utterly natural ability to process more than the conscious mind is stunted.

Pose a question to yourself. Put it in a special box of your imagination. Put it under your bed in your imagination. First thing you do when you wake up in the morning is open your box and see what is there. The element of surprise is the key factor. After a lot of practice, that element of surprise just becomes a skill that happens naturally.

Our problem w/ intuition comes from desires. Getting detached and into the witness state of mind is the key factor for continued successful intuition development.

For anyone to actually think that intuition comes from the sky is equivalent to saying that God is sitting up there in heaven on a throne It is my firm belief after my utterly spiritual experience w/ PhRing that the bridge for intuition is in the brain. We are energetic beings w/ an energetic field and our awareness is only attached to the body via the breath. Breath is also a bridge.

Mgrego,
But, an after thought is that this course GC is perfectly suited to a male audience who is skeptical of psychic abilities and intuitive mothers and wives

who need and want to solve problems.

Like that one man who posted his experience of GC. To me, that is exactly what LS was looking for w/ GC. Men who don't want to use the intuition-word b/c it's yukky. But at the same time want to solve problems w/ more than their conscious mind. So you just gotta trick those conservative men. You know women like Ophra and men, real men, say yukky.

It's funny. Men are from Mars and Women from Venus

So, yes, you guys are not being intuitive w/ image streaming. Thank heavens, you are solving problems. Please leave the intuition up to us women on the homefronts

Hi Margaret,

I just re-read my post and decided most of it was crap. After typing it last night, I realized I had packed the PowerHunch book. In the airport today, I picked it up again. The section where I had left off explained your amplification technique and had some great examples of decoding intuitive messages. I now understand where you were coming from.

Actually, I'm not afraid of the "I" word. I was just thinking that GC was a subset (kinda). My mistake.

Margaret, you practically took the words out of my mouth. I didn't have time to post about this yesterday, although I had been thinking about it.

The LS products are all wonderful, I am really glad that they are there. But they are all 'masculine'. Nothing wrong with that, since they are created by people who probably have a stronger masculine essence (by masculine, I don't mean necessarily male, more 'yang', if you like.)

L.Day, L. Hay, etc, feminine/yin. They talk directly to us. No translation necessary. We just understand. (Intuitively )

We all have both yin and yang in us, of course. But in most of us, one is more dominant than the other. The LS products are very good for me, to help me learn the other side of the story. I am pretty yin dominant and easily just space out. The LS products are a great help to me with developing the more masculine/yang goal/purpose oriented perspective.

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I enjoy practicing at RED Lights

Yes, the red light can function wonderfully as a bell of mindfulness.

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open your box and see what is there.

Opening is key. Open as wide as you can, and keep opening till there's nothing left.

Mgrego, thanks for not taking it personally.

To be totally honest, i almost deleted that post, but i know in my heart that i was attempting to be funny but also honest. And something told me to just trust you w/ it.

Now about MO. I said it was over-priced but i did not return it because i learned some new things that i still use. ABC Lists are terrific for problem solving, note taking, quick journaling, prelude to MMing, etc. Like on my return from Germany, i had no time to journal, so i just filled out an ABC list. You know i was able to cover my entire trip w/ just that one list. Granted some of the words are more trigger words for larger events, but it satisfied me. You can use ABC lists for meetings & after meetings, for image streaming and just about anything. I truly value that info from MO and as it is turning out--it is seeming to be more worth the money as time goes by But so far, i have learned nothing new w/ GC. I have New Option Generator and Dream Play. I'm on tape 4, so we'll see. But i was image streaming prior to GC. So far, i just don't see the course to be significantly better than The Einstein Factor--- but i still have 4 tapes to go.

I also feel exactly the same as Hel on LS products. They are pretty balanced but tip somewhat towards the male-oriented audience. I have never cared too much because i value their expertise so very much. Their products have enhanced my life to no end & i'm very grateful. Plus, w/ people like Dana Hanson as mentors and coaches, we are most fortunate. I have always received insightful guidance from him.

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Originally posted by Margaret:
Mgrego, thanks for not taking it personally. To be totally honest, i almost deleted that post, but i know in my heart that i was attempting to be funny but also honest. And something told me to just trust you w/ it.

You know, it never even dawned on me to take it personally. As sweeping generalizations go, yours is probably pretty accurate. I have several books on intuition but wasn't looking to GC from that viewpoint. I just hadn't thought about it enough to tie the two together.

Mgrego,
Can you tell me a little about PowerHunch? Are you enjoying it & getting good info. I'll look into Day and Emery at the same time.
thanks<<<

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Originally posted by Margaret:
Mgrego,
Can you tell me a little about PowerHunch? Are you enjoying it & getting good info. I'll look into Day and Emery at the same time.
thanks<<<

It's broken into two parts (with an appendix that includes breathing/relaxation exercises).

The first part is PowerHunch Principles. It includes:
- The First Secret: Tap into Your PowerHunch Source (a good chapter that talks about the many ways in which you can get intuitive messages)
- The Second Secret: Listen to Environmental Cues (an interesting chapter that suggests you may get answers from outside yourself and you must be open to them)
- The Third Secret: Make the PowerShift (this was the great one that included a discussion on amplifying and had many examples of decoding
- The Fourth Secret: Fire Up Your Creative Juices (talks about breaking through the fear barrier, making attitude adjustments, and brainstorming)
- The Fifth Secret: Learn from Your Dreams (haven't gotten this far yet)

Part Two: Living an Intuitive Life
- Vision: Seeing the Big Picture
- Danger or Opportunity?: Knowing When to Risk
- Timing: Being in the Right Place at the Right Time
- People-Smarts: Enhancing Your Relationships
- Finding Balance and Healing

Like Day's book, this strikes me as more practical and avoids a lot of the new age traps that I find annoying. "Breakthrough Intuition" is one that lost me because it was just too "new agey." Obviously, that may not be an issue for you.

Hope this helps a little.

Mgrego,
Thanks. I just PhR the interview that's on the web.

Yes, i agree w/ you about Breakthrough Intuition. I even sent her a sharp e-mail. And, she e-mailed me back and put me in my place in a nice way. But, after asking my intuition why this book was chosen for me, i flipped around to the affirmations in the beginning of the book. So, figure that i'm the kind of a person who'll not mind spending $$ if i can gleen just one thing of value to me. I anchor those affirmations regularly. I also really liked her thing towards the end of the book of anchoring: My intuition will alert me to any unsafe travel conditions in time to avoid them. My intuition will alert me to any threats to my personal safety in time to avoid them.

I had never thought of anchoring for my personal safety and travelling. I felt comforted and secure after anchoring them. I don't anchor them very often, but i did so when i recently went to Germany.

But i definitely know what you mean about her style

What do you mean by new age traps? I'm clueless about what that means.

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I guess I meant "trappings." There is a way of expressing yourself that I associate with new age thought. I'd have to go through and find some specific examples to explain it more clearly. It is just a personal hangup. It's a style of thought/expression that just doesn't appeal to me. I don't think it is something that would bother most people.

What were the specific issues you had with the book that prompted you to share them with her? (If you care to share...)

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Originally posted by Margaret:
Mgrego,
Thanks. I just PhR the interview that's on the web.
Yes, i agree w/ you about Breakthrough Intuition. I even sent her a sharp e-mail. And, she e-mailed me back and put me in my place in a nice way. But, after asking my intuition why this book was chosen for me, i flipped around to the affirmations in the beginning of the book. So, figure that i'm the kind of a person who'll not mind spending $$ if i can gleen just one thing of value to me. I anchor those affirmations regularly. I also really liked her thing towards the end of the book of anchoring: My intuition will alert me to any unsafe travel conditions in time to avoid them. My intuition will alert me to any threats to my personal safety in time to avoid them.
I had never thought of anchoring for my personal safety and travelling. I felt comforted and secure after anchoring them. I don't anchor them very often, but i did so when i recently went to Germany.
But i definitely know what you mean about her style
What do you mean by new age traps? I'm clueless about what that means.
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Mgrego,
Funny, i would use exactly the same words as you. I'll have to go back and look at it.

You know, ever since i started seriously training myself w/ intuition, i've had to eat my words quite often. I mean, i really was put off by her style of writing & i sent her an e-mail that said so. But, after i let the dust settle, and put it on my doorstep, i found some important insights for myself. I have found that my intuition is more well-rounded than my conscious mind would like it to be.

I really must be a control freak at heart

I know this: I'm going to look at that book tonight when i get home.