“Experiencing truth is not savoured for some elite group of individuals no matter how much they pontificate about the selectivity of enlightenment for those that follow the Way. Truth is able to be experienced by all of us and is only reflected in our sincerity and determination.” Haydn Ellis

So here we are again. For those of you that bothered, the ideomotor phenomenon has convinced you of the subconscious’s ability to deliver an outcome in accordance to the intent that preceded it. And so we move on…

It’s time to grab a ball and a bin, the 2 indispensable tools we will use on our journey toward pure awareness. So let’s get into it. Take your ball over to your bin and stand directly above the bin. Now hold your ball over the top of the bin just above the rim, in a position you would describe as ‘can’t miss’.

When you’re ready; drop the ball into the bin. Now do it again, and again. The main thing to notice here is that you harboured no doubt about the outcome. You felt you couldn’t miss.

Tim Gallwey in his classic book The Inner Game of Golf describes this phenomenon as the ‘Doctrine of the Easy’. The idea is to repeat your ‘can’t miss’ action and experience the feeling of absolute confidence. It’s then a matter of moving away from the bin, about 20 metres or so, facing it and closing your eyes. What we then attempt to do is recreate the feeling of absolute ‘knowing’ and then, and only then, do we throw the ball, eyes closed. Imagine you are standing over the top of the bin before you throw and endeavour to experience the same level of knowing.

So once you have immersed yourself in the feeling of absolute confidence move to your starting position, close your eyes and recreate that feeling as vividly as possible. And then…

Throw…

Keep in mind that the subconscious is capable of creating an outcome independently of your conscious control as experienced in Issue 1 of ‘Ball in a Bin’. Your subconscious knows how far away the bin is; how much the ball weighs and how hard you need to throw it. It’s your conscious interference that causes the ball to deviate from its target.

Now I suggest that rather than throwing incessantly until you bin it that you throw once a day after establishing your frame of mind to a ‘doctrine of the easy’ mindset. That way we can reduce the law of probability which is a great escape for the scientists among us.

I also recommend that you spend some time reading the profiles in the main section, in particular, those of Adam Regan and Peter (Chico) Jones. And don’t be shy. Email me as the inevitable questions start to pour into your consciousness. And remember, there’s no right or wrong here. You can’t succeed or fail.

You can only experience…