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I'm doing 30 days of Rawn Clarks Self Healing Archaeous system. There are 7 levels. Its loosely based on Franz Bardonian work, a Western Hermetic take on Element theory as it applies to human body and psyche. Its mostly short 15 minute lessons. But to integrate it you need to spend time on each one. Here is the link http://bardon.dnsalias.net/Archaeous-Links.html I add I'm just a beginner/dabbler at this. I look at this as a chance for a shared practice to explore with others. He has you do them lying down, I think they're perfect for standing meditation. The way he 'stacks' the elements onto the body makes 15 minutes of zhan zhang go by quickly, and by stacking earth (feet to waist), water (hips to solar plex) etc., onto the body it gives a feeling of strength and connection. Like many of his series what starts out easy goes esoteric quickly. I'm starting this to see if any else wants to 'do' the series with me. Its free, simple but not easy, doesn't take up too much time. best of all its experiential, no debating philosophy or books, but discussing what we experience. See where we get in one month. I did it today. It goes by quickly. I do it standing though he recommends laying down. When I do it without listening to the tape I start with my feet and build up. He starts with relaxation messages, then orients first from the head down to the feet, then back up. The first lesson is relatively simple and very physical. He want you to repeat it until you can comfortably repeat the experience without listening to the audio, ie throwing the 'crutch' away. Don't be fooled by the simple nature of the first lesson. Here is a taste of where the program goes: (from his site) "Practice: Begin with the complete relaxation of your physical body. Become aware of all four Elemental regions of your physical body: the Earth, Water, Air and Fire regions. This is the Earth region of your temporal mental body -- your direct perception of physical sensation. Now shift your awareness to your astral body and release your awareness of physical sensation. Focus exclusively upon the perception of emotional significance contained within the four Elemental regions of your astral body. This is the Water region of your temporal mental body -- your direct perception of emotional significance. Now shift your awareness to your thinking mind and release your awareness of emotional significance. Focus exclusively upon the perception of thought and the four Elemental types of thoughts that fill your awareness. This is the Air region of your temporal mental body -- your direct perception of thought and idea. Now shift your awareness to your perceiving mind and release all awareness of thought. Focus exclusively upon pure perception and an emptiness of mind. This is the Fire region of your temporal mental body -- your direct perception of essential meaning. Take a moment now to perceive the three regions that you have shed. Below you lies your thinking awareness, your awareness of emotional significance and your awareness of physical sensation. You perceive them as separate and distant from your focalized awareness -- they lie at your feet like clothes that you no longer wear. Yet at the same time, you know that they are your clothes and you have only shed them temporarily. Now turn your awareness away from what lies below you and perceive what surrounds you. You find yourself still within the realm of time and sequence but you are no longer stuck in physical space and matter. Here, your surroundings stretch infinitely in every direction and you stand at the exact center of the infinite universe. Now, as a focalized awareness composed only of Fire, you must release your focus and expand to encompass the whole infinite universe that surrounds you. You must let go of being a flame and become the infinitely radiant Fire itself which merges with the Akasha. This infinite expanse of Self is your eternal or Akashic mental body, your Greater Self. You now are the Akasha and below you, you now perceive your entire temporal mental body, surrounded by the entire temporal realm. You are free from space and time, and from thinking, feeling and sensing. Yet at the same time, you know that they are your clothes and that you have only shed them temporarily. You are pure perception, awareness and will in their non-sequential state, yet still you are focalized and do not encompass The All. You do not yet experience the infinite number of other similarly focalized awareness in the same way as you experience yourSelf. You can experience many of them individually as yourSelf, but not all of them simultaneously. To do this you must expand and become them all. Let go of your focalization and expand. You must become pure Light. You don't stand within The Light; instead, you are The Light. Nothingness surrounds you and you are focused inward upon Self."