Proceed to making bigger and smaller counterclockwise
circles. When you are successful with this, move on to
forward and backward movements, then side-to-side
movements, ending each motion with the command to
stop.
Commanding the pendulum to make specific
movements may seem rather silly at first. However,
these exercises make you aware of the difference in the
feel of "commanded" movement and the motion that is
spontaneous and will give a true answer. When you are
commanding the pendulum, you have a pushy sensation
just under your ribs, as you do when moving to swing
higher and higher in a swing. When you aren't mentally
commanding the pendulum, you get a "floaty" or
noncaring feeling. This is the best description I can give
for the two different sensations.
When asking a question, you want your pendulum to
give you a strong answer so there is no way you can
wonder whether it is answering the question or simply
being in the Neutral/Search mode. A friend gave me a
statement given to her by her aunt: "Answers should be
statements, not whispers or apologies." A true answer
will not be a halfhearted pendulum movement, but a
motion with strength.
Learning to command the pendulum is also essential
as you must learn to stop the pendulum after one
answer, before you go on to another question. Your
subconscious mind needs to learn that when you issue a
command to stop, the pendulum must stop, or when you
mentally phrase a question, it must give the pendulum
the correct answer.
If you experience difficulties in getting movement out
of your pendulum, you may be too tense and trying too
hard. Relax for a few moments before returning to the
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