Since the idea of an online journal has helped me a lot on keeping my motivation going, I'm starting a journal on Abundance for Life. It's just..... I don't have what I have written or my notes here with me, sorry. Maybe tomorrow I'll post some details, but I wanted to start right away because this helps me to keep myself focused (yesterday, I didn't have any time at all for doing anything, so I need to do something and this is one of those things ).

I started this almost a week ago. I didn't know where to begin since I used a vacations week to begin and my notes went went messy. Then I realized that my seven goals where too broad and I had to narrow their range. So I decided to begin again, but now with this new feedback. I listen to Prelude CD 2 last night and came with a much better understanding on the awakening from trances process, specially on the Feelings Exercise. While going to work this morning, I was feeling low, with very low energy and almost "dragging my feet". I applied the FE and now I feel with more energy than when I drink coffee, but without the caffeine disrupting effects. I could compare it better with the resulting effects of the 10-Minutes Supercharger. I noticed that Paul mentioned Lester Levenson and Hale Dowskin in the CD.

I guess I could use any of the Sedona Method techniques along with this course. But I am not sure whether or not it could hinder the purpose of the FE. Any comments?

You can use the Sedona Method to take the FE even deeper. Really you might just lighten up and try it and see what works for you. When you're free from Trance there really are no rules of what you should or should not do to remain free. You just remember to do what works for you.

Alex.

I check my state several times everyday. I don't do the FE, but because I've done it so many times I can get a good sense of my state quickly. I then consider what the message my feeling is trying to tell me.

If I believe that the message is not supportive of where I want to be and where I want to go, I release the feeling using one method or another.

Sometimes I apply Inquery to the message. This helps to decide my direction.

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I've only gotten to the first 2 CD of Prelude. I find the FE demonstrations very short. Of course there's nothing stopping me, or anyone from doing it without Paul's guidance. I really like the Fast Finish on Prelude CD 2.

I'm also still contemplating the question Paul ask on Prelude CD 2.

You are perfection.
Iam2

I'm beginning to see what works for me better. The FE works better for some things and the SM works better for some other things. Ironically, I have never seriously tried the Goal Sheet from the SM course, but now I think the FE could help me to try it.

***While rereading this I can see many trances I live in. I have tried that Goal Sheet and always have quitted its use without finishing. I caught myself thinking "I never finish that sheet" which I must ask "Is that true?" and very easily I can see how false it is. Of course I can complete a Goal Sheet.

Another one, Is it FE "who" is doing this for me? Is it "helping me"? NO, I am doing it!

In the Prelude CDs, Paul summarizes the FE as appreciation (or so I understood). Maybe this is because I have already some experience in doing it; but I notice that by appreciating my feelings and myself alone, I can do all the process at once, without the previous steps that involves letting go of labels, judgements and descriptions we attribute to the feelings, and attempting to feel its power and its power vibration. Seems that by appreciating it alone, I get all the other steps done as well.

If I understand you, I think experience very much the same thing.

With the feeling exercises I can just sorta let go and feel and it all sorta happens at once, very very fast.

I've been thinking on the questions that Paul asks near the end of CD#2 of the Prelude Course. I think that I need to let go of wanting to get results in order to properly answer them with an affirmative.

While listening to the session, an old memory, almost just like a feeling, came to my conscious mind. Long ago, when I was a very young child, I never thought about the future. If you ask me, I think I didn't know what "the future" was. I used to learn just for the fun of it, just for pleasure; without looking forward on what I could get from my new knowledges. Maybe Paul is asking me to be child-like again. The course is fascinating, but I actually bought it to get something from it. I feel I have to de-program my mind in order to gain back my very first attitudes towards learning. At least I have something to model. Could I use the NBG to get it back? What would be the best paraliminal to work on this?

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How important is to describe the experience out loud in the excercise 1 of the prelude CD3? I find my tongue tied and cannot do the describing.

All the more reason to attempt it. Just do your best. Try talking without thinking about it. The reason being if you talk out loud without thinking too much about it you build a better connection to your internal states.

My dialogue sometimes goes something like this. I've got an itchy nose, I feel silly talking about it. My big toe is throbbing, my hands feel cold, my mind just went blank I wouldn't have a clue what to say anymore I wish Paul would get on with it, is this over soon it's bugging me. Paul starts talking again. Ahh what a relief I can shut up now.

Other times it just flows. So give it your best shot um and ahh if you must or try focusing on just one part of the body a hand for example might attract your attention go into detail describing that it gets easier once you've done it a few times and the benefits are a better body mind connection.

Alex

The last two sessions with the course have been different in a sense. When I listen to any coaching session, my mind tended to wander and afterwards I couldn't remember many of what was said. Paul said on another course that the mind could wander according to an unconscious process of learning, but my mind wandered so much that I usually find myself fantasizing and couldn't remember a gool deal of things. The last two sessions, I reached a state where I tended to have no thought and be constantly in the now, in the present moment. Maybe it was because what Paul asked in the Prelude course about being so in the moment that I think nothing about what I could do with what is said in the future. This has proven to be tiresome, when the session finishes, my head aches.

I have this experience, too.

Sometimes I also find what is being said and how it is being said very annoying.

I am hesitant to ask, but does anyone else share the perception that sometimes Paul, vocally, seems to be a little stiff and awkward at times? Like when he is trying to sound spontaneous (fake laughs especially), he instead sounds practiced and ingenuine. I can feel that incongruity in my body. It's like a bug crawling up my arm.

When lecturing about Clarity, Paul recommends to underwrite each choice with five basic choices; self-love, self-choice, health, freedom and truth. Should I use all of them with each choice? or choose one of them?

Personally I underwrite my goals with all of them. Helps to keep me balanced since my focus for the goal may not be health or freedom it serves as a reminder that even this goal that I'm working on is part of the whole.

Alex

I already wrote my goals, but some of them could be too personal to post, so I decided to keep them for myself at least for now. I will continue posting here about my overall progress.

Took me too long to finish my vision with my goals underwritten with five major goals and what does each one mean to me. Now I'm in the visualization step. I understand that I need to do three visualizations for each goal.

I have a question. Is it recommended that I work with all 7 goals, or one at a time? Let's say take the first one, do the seven steps. Then take the second one, do the 7 steps. ETC. Or is it better to take first, do the visualization, then second, do visualization, etc. The take first again, do the third step, ans so on and so on and so on..... I don't know if I explain myself.

Do the visualization for your first main goal (put them in your personal order of priority for working with them)

In the one visualizaton sitting you will visualize the goal three times, each time adding more detail. Once you've done that you move to the Labyrinth paraliminal session for that goal.

Next day or later when you're ready do the next goal and follow with the paraliminal.

Ball is now rolling for 2 goals. add more as you feel comfortable. Reason you're working with 7 is that is the most the mind can comfortably handle but rushing through them is only going to scatter your energy.

If anyone would like advise but is too shy to ask on the forum they can email me.

Alex

Yesterday, I did the visualization for my third goal. Since I'm doing something for that goal, I almost achieve it.

Well, my third goal is not so secretive. It is: "I choose to enjoy the many benefits of astral projection". Yesterday, I was very close to do it, but fear kicked in.