The original

Admin Posts : 29 Join date : 2009-12-25 Location : China

I had a look at the original version of this exercise in Liber III. It is written in a very different way, and there is one word that was KEY, for me, 'SWORN.' I didn't take this exercise as an oath. An oath has a deeper meaning to me than an exercise, and I feel that if I do it with this in mind I will be more likely to actually complete it successfully. For now I have to be honest, and say, I was miserable, and after the first 3 days this, nearly, dropped out all together. pale

I mentally noted the use of the words, but didn't physically note it in my book. I am truly humbled by this exercise. I will have to practice it more, and this time, I will take an oath, and 'SWEAR' not to use the words.

Subject: First Week was a Flop Sun Jan 10, 2010 1:50 am

When I first read what the exercise for week one was going to be I immediately thought wow, this is going to be harder than I thought, and boy was I right. I found myself almost unable to go through my day without saying "I, Me, Mine". I think this was partially due to the fact that I am currently taking a college course which requires alot of writing and discussions. This made it nearly impossible for me to make cohesive sentences without those three words. I am definitely going to have to say that the first try was a definite failure. However, I plan on trying it again starting tomorrow and hope that this week may be a bit easier than the past. This exercise didn't make sense to me in the beginning but then I realized that it was all about control and letting go of the ego and constantly making conversation about oneself. This is definitely going to be an interesting journey, from what I can tell so far and I look forward to sharing it with you all. It would be great to hear everyone else's stories and how they did with this first exercise.