CONTEMPLATING

The matter is to turn our attention to the external world, to observe how an object impacts the consciousness and the qualities it arouses in ourselves.
The training is guided by

Contact is made with the source of consciousness and its qualitative nuances.
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Contemplation – to refine the observation

The basic exercise, apparently simple, if not stupid, consists in contemplating a stone or a flower; the observation includes successively various levels. At the end, you'll see that this object includes a whole series of facets arousing impressions. These impressions are usually neglected and are however present in the subconscious.
One may observe an object at different levels. Take the time, several minutes at each level for looking on, for feeling, for assimilating.

• Sensory: lines, form, texture, color, nuances
• Attractive: is it pleasant or disgusting?
• Intellectual: ideas related, to what does it make us think?
• Qualitative: which quality is infusing is us?

This last level assumes to reach the fusion subject-object which is contemplation: the object is with us within the consciousness.

Practice in group

Many activities are made in group, in fact it is easier to practice a sport or to meditate in group.
Alice Ann Bailey talks much about group consciousness; indeed this can concern a physical group,
but it refers mainly to a subjective group: one may be alone and knows that others meet the same conditions, difficulties, efforts and successes.

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