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4:32 am
January 17, 2012

V-ZONE

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hi,

I've become a member of the training studio and have been training properly for almost 2 weeks. i was training on and off for about a month with the free 7 days to better brain fitness. then i took a break for about 3 weeks as i went overseas and all that.

and now, for the past 2 weeks i've started afresh and have been training seriously and properly.

I do Singular mental concentration builder, Thought shut out and zone-zone each for 15 minutes continuously making it a 45 minute session. i do this whenever i have a 45 min slot. it's difficult, but i find time. these 3 happen every day.

Then, i do the basic breathing for about 30 minutes whenever i can, usually during lunch break. doesn't happen everyday.

Then when i have time, i throw in Object retention and body stillness but this is very rare.

I got better and better and felt good and gaining control in the beginning of the training but recently for the past 2 days, i face extreme tiredness, i don't know why!
it's like i've lost all control!. it was going up and up and now it seems like it's all just gone! i cannot reach the state of concentration anymore… i used to look forward to training, now, i find it a struggle!

What happens is that i DON'T feel like sleeping but i feel messed up. i feel drowsy. like stuck in between awake and asleep. i make up my mind and force concentration, but soon without me realizing, i get drowsy and caught up in thought and i jerk into consciousness to find i've lost concentration and attention and i'm so drowsy. I'm so drowsy that i cannot tell the difference between attention and not paying attention. Maybe this is how it feels like to be on drugs. i think that i'm paying attention, but i'm actually not but i CANNOT realise it!

I do the training at the exact same place, exact same time and everything… but all of a sudden, yesterday and today, especially today was really terrible. i tried it thrice! once in the morning, afternoon and evening, ALL RESULT IN THE SAME FEELING!

i feel very bad and disappointed and really want to exert my will and get back on track which is why i tried thrice but it just got worse. i don't feel like i've trained at all!

7:11 am
January 17, 2012

T. Lavon Lawrence

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V–

On your next session, I want you to check yourself to see if the act of detaching your mind from the usual tense patterns of rambling thought is causing you to feel too relaxed during your sessions.

Is the loss of tension – the resulting 'mental vacation' – causing you to want to take a snooze?

(it happens – our bodies are so inundated with tension all day long that when we take ourselves out of that state it often wants to just go into a rest period).

Get back to me.

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7:18 am
January 17, 2012

T. Lavon Lawrence

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Post edited 7:24 am – January 17, 2012 by T. Lavon Lawrence

NOTE: You guys have got to make sure you're taking care of yourselves PHYSICALLY – diet, nutrition, proper sleep, etc. – so that your bodies are not in a continual state of barely detectable exhaustion.

So many of us run around all day not realizing just how abused our systems are from all the crappy sleep cycles, junk food, and constant mental chatter (brain load, thought-based worries, etc.). It's like carrying around heavy weights all day, totally unaware of it, so when your Attention begins to center, your body goes, "Whew! Thank goodness – workday's over so I guess I can repair myself now."

This training will shock you as it reveals the physical and mental obstacles (being out of shape, out of proper (energy producing) dietary habits, self-abusive thought life, stress).

People can experience drowsiness during quite a few of these direct method techniques because it's the ONLY time their minds ever get a chance to let go of the heavy burdens of thought they drag around with them.

NOTE: When conducting any of these techniques, take care not to place yourself in a physical position that causes drowsiness for instance, when your eyes are cast downward and your breathing is shallow and you are slouched, you will most likely start to feel drowsy. When your eyes are elevated slightly, your chin is up a bit, your shoulders are back, your back is straight (but not tense), and your breathing is deep and even, then you'll be in a more energetic physiological state.

6:19 am
January 19, 2012

V-ZONE

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Hi,

Today's session was better. but i caught myself caught up in thought a few times and got back again and again. I also found that i almost dozed off a few times. but, then i would just automatically jerk myself awake and just zoom back in on the target… my facial muscles or whatever will just fire and cause a jerk like feeling and i'll zoom back into concentrating on the task.

The past 2 days could be due to lack of sleep and proper food at proper timing. and maybe the mental exercise might have relaxed me out and together, these factors caused me to doze off.

Another thing, these exercises have reduced my mental wandering during daily tasks in the day. But, the thoughts seem to attack me once i lay in bed and try to sleep. they just come with extreme force once i let go and relax in bed and i get caught up in it and i cannot sleep well. Also, for the past 2 days, i've been woken up abruptly from sleep by 'domestic arguing'. and i have a very difficult time going back to sleep. and i go into this half sleep mode which means i sleep for a while and then suddenly wake up and get into thought and then slowly sleep and wake up again due to the thought… like half asleep…like a zombie! eventually i don't know how..

the interesting thing is, this thing that happens at night is similar in a way to what happens during my training. only that during training i concentrate and doze off and concentrate again and doze again, but during the night, the concentration is replaced by thought. i wake up back into thought…and back to sleep.

Domestic issues is hindering me from the support i could get from home. this is a public forum. i think more answers will lie in that for me as an individual. for this personal part should i e-mail you? or not? will you be able to reply?

8:13 am
January 19, 2012

T. Lavon Lawrence

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For the personal stuff, you'll want to email cuz you don't want people "all up in yo bidness".

The sleep thing will even itself out as you, a) carve out a calmer environment for yourself so that your brain isn't so preoccupied with stressful distractions; and b) when the training itself shows you how to will yourself into a serene (but energetic) state of mind at will.

Whatever the issues, just make sure that training your brain is the top priority because it will enable you to handle everything else with greater effectiveness, increasingly, over time.

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