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The Map
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A State of Ambivalence
This feels like a strange balance during which we neither want to regain the clear understanding of STAGE 4, nor to give in to the pull of the familiar hypnotic envelope of STAGE 1.
With unseeing eyes we look at nothing in particular and mainly feel our indecisiveness inside. We are unable to act in this ambivalence.
Rarely do we remain longer than 2-3 minutes in STAGE 3. The maximum time we can stay here is 48 minutes.
As soon as this equilibrium gets disturbed and a tendency towards clear understanding or dense emotions emerges, we either regain STAGE 4 or fall down to STAGE 1.
How to employ STAGE 3
Though we stay only briefly in STAGE 3, we should not disregard its impact. Here an important process takes place that stabilizes our access to higher regions.
When we experience the vacillating ambivalence of this stage, we know for sure that we are in the process of falling down to STAGE 1.
If at this time we make a conscious effort to regain clarity, we create a momentum that ultimately will shift our focus permanently to STAGE 4 irrespective whether each single effort is successful or not.
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