Beginner Questions and How do I know if I'm in Focus 12?
Hello - I'm relatively new to the Gateway Tapes. I've gone through Wave 1 and, for the most part, I feel like I can get to Focus 10 pretty well. My mind is awake but my body feels super relaxed and heavy. I do have a hard time with the resonant tuning because my husband is in bed next to me (I do the session during our "read before sleep time" at night). So I don't want to make a bunch of weird noises while he's trying to read. Thus, I just breath out and follow the sounds the Tibetan Monks are making with my mouth and throat, though not making a sound. I also have a really hard time visualizing the energy balloon and the box. Initially, I had to have ChatGPT create images for me so I can think of those during those times and it seems to help a little bit. I think I get so distracted on trying to visualize this stuff, it's probably working against me. But once I say my version of the affirmation (I can't remember it all, so I summarize), and relax everything, then I'm good.
However, I just started Wave 2, Intro to Focus 12. I just do not get it--how do you make your consciousness "expand"? Again, I get so hung up on trying to visualize what that means or feels like, that I kind of get nowhere. In Focus 10, I can pretty well shut off and just hang out in that state, but the more Bob tells us to visualize stuff, the more I get hung up.
Any tips for this? How do I visualize consciousness outside my body? I mean I really WANT to experience that and maybe I'm just overthinking it. I try just saying "I'm more than my physical body" over and over hoping that will knock my consciousness out of my brain, or maybe I'm just too locked into my body? Or need more practice? Any pointers would be super helpful and appreciated!