Step One ~ The Kjrsos Wakening Practice

To Begin

So what follows is a condensed introduction to The Wakening Practice so that we can get you started on the book So That We Can See. We will go deeper later for those who want to experience the full power of The Wakening Practice.

Okay, so let's begin with the basics.

Easy, peasy in one way. In another, well, like any muscle or skill, it needs work, sometimes a lot of work, before we get to see how it works, what it does.

Now, what we are about to suggest might come as a surprise, but we need to ask you to go to sleep.

Yes. Sleep.

We told you this was going to be easy.

Step 1. Get ready to snuggle under your bed covers and read a chapter, maybe two, as you drift off to sleep. Not saying you can't read more, but often less is more, depending upon the chapters you have just read.

After you have closed the book, turned down the light, and put your head gently on the pillow, think about what you just read as you quietly fall asleep.

But here is the important part, and I mean truly important: as you drift off, don't just think about what you read. Be there. See it in your mind's eye. The lift of a mane in the breeze, the sweep of a tail as it briskly swipes away the flies. Turn the words into a world. Make it you to whom all of this happened. You, standing in the grass, damp with dew. You, feeling the warmth of the sun as you gaze out at the herd grazing in the dawn.

This is not visualization as a technique. This is inhabiting. You are building a reality within yourself in which these experiences become yours. Where the wonder and the confusion and the surprises belong to you.

There is a difference between attention and focus that I want you to understand, because it is one of the most important things in this entire practice. Focus narrows. It excludes. Attention is different. Attention is open. It receives. It reaches toward rather than closing down. What we are learning here is attention, not focus. And the reason that matters is that connection requires openness.

Don't think of yourself as analyzing; just let your thoughts run where they will. It doesn't matter that your thoughts wander. It really doesn't. Actually, it is a good sign.