How much time?

[Tom]

It varies a lot. It is not a regular practice for me, but it is something I do every day. Walking, riding the bus, meetings at work, the class I am attending, relaxing in the evening at home, going to sleep, waiting in line, and many other activities provide opportunities to raise a bit of energy. Some days I only barely do NEW, while on others it can add up to a couple of hours. My meditation is far more important to me as a daily practice.

[Links Shadow]

What do you do for your meditation? I personally either do a breathing focused meditation or an inner light meditation where you look at light inside you eyelids.

[Fat_Turkey]

Lately I haven't been doing much NEW, I think I've actually skipped a few daily practices. But I don't set myself a time for this sort of thing, it feels too much like a chore that way. I like to integrate energy work into my life. Some days I only do quick energy raising, others I can sometimes do next to nothing. Some days there are so many opportunities I choose to take advantage of the time can add up to hours. It all depends on the situation you're in.

Later
-FT

[Squeek]

Well, I like...lost interest.  It just seems that I tried too much and now I just feel like sleeping better.  I have lots of time during the day, but once i get the mindset for it, I notice the gamecube controller and start playing.  I think the problem is I keep changing my goal.  At the beginning, it was simple stuff. One thing at a time.  A month or two ago, I wanted to do practically anything.  Nowadays, I really only do one thing, and that's the subconsious.  I thought it would be good to get a dialog going with it more often so that it could help me out with anything else I wanted to acheive, but I still receive no success.

Keep your priorities In line.  It is very important.

~Squeek

[panabelle]

Squeek: The more I learn about you, the more we have in common! Same thing here. I'm starting to try to organize my priorities though. Not having much success, but trying.

But I definitely agree about not having a scheduled time to do it every day. That would make it seem too much like work.

[Tom]

Putting goals into writing along with time frames can help with some things. Unfortunately, meditation and energy work do not tend to follow logical, linear patterns. When I first learned about chakras, I decided to open all of them fully from base to crown at a rate of one per month. It sounded like a reasonable pace at the time. What confused me was why no one else wanted to get anything done any time soon. Now I know that setting goals and time frames does not work with unpredictable things like that. It is still helpful to put goals down in writing in another way, however. A certain number of reality checks per day, a specific time to work on meditation every day, getting through a number of pages in a book every day. Having things in writing made my goals look more manageable, rather than seeing a decade of meditation all at once.

[Links Shadow]

How much time each day do you generally practice the NEW system?  I have recently started as in the last couple of weeks, and I practice for about 15 minutes a day.