Chapter XIV. Forward to the Past
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Terms you must own
- Transaction — name its three elements in order and say what it is for, and what it is not (a way to speed up results).
- Turning the key — describe the arrow visualization and say what it does to the body and to the energy of intention.
- Clear sight — define it and say what you must not do while using it.
- Shades of the scenery — define a "shade" and say what is not a shade (a change in objects or details).
- Intention of celebration — define it as a choice and say what it is not (the joy of success).
Carried forward
Alternatives space · Sector · Script and scenery · Lifeline · Material realization · Target slide · Wind of outer intention · Excess potential · Balanced forces · Strings of importance · Box of conditioning · Principle of coordination · The Guardian's riddle · Sail and helm
Objectives
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explain Evidence: write three sentences using the film-roll image; add what he admits Transurfing cannot explain. [0:21:47] [0:22:35] [0:22:57]
recall Evidence: answer review question 2 in the guide; include that you stand inside the slide and add touch, sound and smell. [0:03:42] [0:06:40] [0:08:23]
recall Evidence: write the steps, then do them while walking; note one troubling moment today where you could use it. [0:04:33] [0:05:13] [0:06:00]
explain Evidence: answer review question 3; give two words he uses for the feeling, and say how it differs from a déjà vu memory. [0:08:23] [0:09:16] [0:10:11]
explain Evidence: use the minute-hand image, then say what the slide and the key each add to the wind of outer intention. [0:10:26] [0:11:18] [0:12:19]
explain Evidence: answer review question 5; name the two excess potentials and write one rule for stopping. [0:13:53] [0:14:54] [0:26:57]
explain Evidence: answer review questions 4 and 6 in the guide; say when he expects a return to old lifelines to be rare. [0:23:09] [0:24:11] [0:25:50] [0:27:52]
explain Evidence: answer review question 7; then list what you drop consciously and what you transform through action. [0:33:29] [0:36:50] [0:37:35] [0:39:07]
explain Evidence: write two sentences, then name what the sail and the helm stand for (review question 9). [0:46:03] [0:46:38] [0:47:27]
apply Evidence: answer review question 8, then give one boasting or arrogant remark you could make this week and rewrite it as inner confidence. [0:40:46] [0:41:26] [0:42:58] [0:44:50] [0:45:39]
apply Evidence: do Desk work 2 in the guide. [0:07:32] [0:13:12] [0:20:32]
analyse Evidence: do Desk work 4; state why "no shade" and "shade" both count as success, and mark the clock claim as untested. [0:18:18] [0:27:52] [0:30:09]
Readiness check
Answer these without looking anything up.
- Why can you not move backward within one lifeline, and what does he say is possible?
- What are the three elements of transaction, and what is the point of each?
- How do you turn the key, and what should you feel?
- What do you notice when you use clear sight, and what is not a shade?
- Why do desire and necessity stop the exercise?
- Why does a feeling from the past return, and what does "no change" tell you?
- What is the answer to the Guardian's riddle, and why does trying hard to drop importance fail?
- What does the intention of celebration ask you to choose?
The next chapter assumes you hold one idea: freedom comes from ending the battle and dropping importance, and your attitude toward events selects the branch of the lifeline you follow.