Before You Begin the Course
Congratulations! Taking the initiative for starting the course on your own indicates that you are ready for it. There is nothing to lose and much to gain! Go forward with energy so you benefit the most from the experience and trust the choice that brought you here.
None of the activities will take long, but to be most effective, they should be done every day. In fact, like learning to play a musical instrument, the more you practice and the more skillfully you practice, the more natural and harmonious your performance will be.
You will not be asked to believe anything, only to be open and to observe your own experience. You are invited into an empowerment resulting from recognizing and letting go of preconceptions and discovering for yourself what is true right now. In the process you are also giving yourself the gift of quiet, of stillness and of self-intimacy. Your immediate experience is going to become your greatest teacher. The practices are simple, but profound in their potential. The only thing that can hold you back is not doing them.
Begin your first step whenever you are ready, then do the daily practices, and a step a week for four weeks to complete the First Steps course. Find a comfortable place in your home or office for personal practice. The space should be relatively quiet, a place and time when distractions can be eliminated or greatly reduced. Doing this is a gift you are giving yourself. The harder it is for you to find a quiet space, the more important it is to do so.
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