Chapter 14 – Night Practice 2: Instructions for the
Technique
14.1 If you are reading the instructions for friends
Apowerful way to learn night practice is to use the cassettes which
are part of the Clairvision School's correspondence courses. You can
also have someone read the instructions for you while you are
lying down. In either case, just let yourself be guided by the voice,
so that you can completely relax and let go. The more you can lose
control and let yourself be carried by the flow of the voice, the
deeper you will travel.
The one who reads the instructions should sit on the floor,
preferably in a meditation position. The others lie down with their
heads towards the one who is reading: the reader should have the
heads, not the feet, oriented towards him. If there is no carpet,
participants should lie on a thin mat or on one or two blankets.
They should not touch each other's bodies, in order to avoid
undesirable transfers of energy (as discussed in the last chapter).
If practising during the day, cover the windows to create an
atmosphere of semi-darkness. If practising at night, keep at least
one faint light on to avoid complete darkness. But if you are
practising in bed just before going to sleep, there is no need to
have a light on.
Anyone who does not practise should leave the room. Make sure
that there are no factors of distraction in the room, otherwise
nobody will ‘take off’.
It is usually a good idea for those who are lying down to cover
themselves with a blanket because people often feel cold in the
deep state of relaxation, even if they did not feel cold when they
started the practice. If pillows are used they should be thin,
otherwise tensions in the neck may build up and disturb the
process.
The arms should lie flat by the sides of the body. The legs should
not be crossed. (Crossing the legs while undergoing a process in a
lying position is usually a sign of resistance.) The body should be
perfectly straight and the position should be completely
comfortable, so that no tension arises during the practice to take