Hi Brendan,
I have completed several EI’s as a participant and as staff, and I have had several direct experiences as a result. They have been the most profound and valuable experiences, if you can call them that. The dyad technique is obviously very effective in the context of the EI, but I have never had these same type of experiences during solo contemplation or meditation. Do you have any advice on how to transition from the group setting to doing this work alone? Thank you!
Arthur,
Unfortunately I don't have too much to give you except do it. If you want to contemplate alone then make it happen. Some advice that I hear from Peter often is if you tell yourself you will contemplate then keep your word. This can establish a good track record and give your word power. Then you can build on that to help generate a regular practice.
In terms of the technique, some people use mirrors so you can use yourself as a dyad partner. You can also use a note pad and writing tool as your dyad partner to get communications out. I do want to acknowledge that the amount of power you will get alone is likely far less than in a group setting, unless it isn't. But even if this is the case still remain open that you can have a breakthrough at any time.
Lastly if you do want to connect with other people who do dyad work there is an online facebook group that has several active members that do CCE's and Dyads over video chat. They follow the same guidelines as you would have done here at the Center.
Also here is another link to a video on the contemplation components if you need a refresher.
I hope that is helpful in some way and let me know if there are other questions.
Warmly,
Brendan Lea
Hi Brendan,
Thank you so much for your reply. I think "just do it" is good advice :-)
Kindly,
Arthur