Previous Thread
Next Thread
Print Thread
#1613 08/27/05 02:04 AM
Joined: Aug 2005
Posts: 2
Junior Member
Junior Member

Joined: Aug 2005
Posts: 2
I just received the GC this wekend and started as soon as I could - Tuesday.

I enjoyed the image streaming, not sure what it all meant yet, however I am excited about learning.

I just completed the Over the Wall and I am disappointed and discouraged.

I found myself having a difficult time imagining the garden and when I leapt over the wall, when prompted, all I saw was blackness. Literally saw nothing.

In my recording I noted the various light reflections, you know the ones you get behind your eyelids. Other than that for quite sometime it was nothing but blackness.

Finally shape took form, and this right before Dr. Wenger directs us to the second experience. My mind came up blank, in an effort to keep up. I was than interrupted by the telephone.

AARRRRGGGGGHHHHH!!

I thought I was doing so well.

Any ideas, from anyone? I think maybe I was trying to hard and not relaxed enough. Has this happened to anyone else? Should I simply try again later and hope for better results? Was my question too difficult maybe?

Please help with some insight!

Thank you,

Lennymun






#1614 08/27/05 06:07 AM
Joined: Mar 2004
Posts: 7,089
Likes: 1
Learning Strategies Admin
Member
Learning Strategies Admin
Member

Joined: Mar 2004
Posts: 7,089
Likes: 1
When in doubt imagine. If you have trouble seeing the images, listen to a cue word garden. Then describe the first garden you remember, Describe what attracts you in that garden, describe your feelings.

For example.

The garden has big lots of green grass. there is a hill to my right with a low retaining wall of grey sandstone blocks. Stone is about 45 to 60cm (metric.) since they were laid during an imperial era they are probably more accurately 18 or 20 inches. The greying cement is brittling out in place and the stones are dotted with lichen. The path that I'm on is like a tared road. A tight squeeze for a car but perfect for horse and buggy. Although the people also in this park are mostly walking and a couple of roller bladers and a push bike.

There are kids running around on the hill two boys and a girl. Playing a version of tag. As I look more toward my left I see the ocean dark green as usual. I can hear the wake from a ferry lapping at the rocks behind the natural sandstone wall. This stone wall is more orange and light brown. It hasn't aged as much. I look across the harbour. There are a few crafts on the water to many to count. A couple of the smaller ones have their sails up moving slowly in the calm air. the other fore shore is obscured by the moving fleets and distance. I can see the tree covered hill with houses dotted in between. As I continue to turn to ward my left I see the coat hanger The flag at the top of it's arch is barely fluttering in front of a magnificent afternoon blue sky. Continuing my orbit I see the white sails of the Opera house only the part facing the water. My view becomes obscured by the view of the gate that is the entrance to this part of the garden. It's well over 8 foot sandstone and grey. The blocks are smaller than the ones used for the retaining wall perhaps 15 inches. the Pillar anchors a black iron gate. Across the path is it's twin. On the hill just behind the pillar the iron fence continues. In front of it is a huge old tree from the fig family. It creates a dark and damp corner which explains why the pillar and retaining wall in that corner are almost black.

Ok I describe that garden with my eyes open. I haven't been there in 20 years so some features are probably not even real. But as I was typing and describing it I had real images in my head. From my imagination and visualisations.

My point in typing it as I was imagined the stream was to show it's not a matter of relaxed enough. It's a matter of letting of judgment and not waiting for the right image but create it. It's not cheating. It comes from the same source where the image streams come from anyway. All you do by creating them is open the gates and get out of the way to let the image stream flow.

So when you land on the other side of the wall and you see is blackness. Look down! What did you land one. Grass. What is the ground like under your feet. What does it feel like in your imagination? Describe that. Remember ask yourself, What does it look like, What does it feel like, what id sound like. What's the air like? You mind will answer questions like that. And if Win is moving too fast for you (tell him to shut up ) hit pause and keep talking. When you feel yourself winding down that part hit pay again.

Remember while you are streaming the images mean nothing so don't start looking for how they answer your question while streaming. The decoding comes after you have run the image stream and do the debrief. In the early stages you won't get answers to your questions that make sense until you start understand your image steam code so hold onto the image stream debrief and look at it after you've started understanding some of your codes. You'll see the answer was there all along.

Also remember the Image Stream is a metaphor it's rarely literal when answering your question.

Alex






#1615 08/31/05 06:08 AM
Joined: Aug 2005
Posts: 2
Junior Member
Junior Member

Joined: Aug 2005
Posts: 2
Thnak you Alex!

Excellent example and great advice!

I tried the Over the Wall again last night and was much more successful. I strated the debrief, disc 4, tonight and found my mind wandering forward towards the PhotoReading.
I watched the DVD instead.
Of Course, I believe, truthfully, I did this from fear of the PhotoReading.

I intend to rework disc 4 tomorrow night.

Thank you again for your help!

Duane







Moderated by  Wendy_Greer 

Link Copied to Clipboard
©, Learning Strategies Corporation, All Rights Reserved
Powered by UBB.threads™ PHP Forum Software 8.0.0
(Release build 20240826)
Responsive Width:

PHP: 8.3.30 Page Time: 0.061s Queries: 19 (0.040s) Memory: 2.9913 MB (Peak: 3.5897 MB) Data Comp: Off Server Time: 2026-02-17 05:07:01 UTC
Valid HTML 5 and Valid CSS