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CHAPTER 11 – USEFUL TIPS
A PRAGMATIC APPROACH The only sure way to get practice without unnecessarily wasting time is to have a pragmatic and rational approach to the nature and possibilities of the phase phenomenon. The majority of available information regarding dissociative phenomena is inaccurate. This becomes obvious during initial entries into the phase. This is why practice should begin from the perspective of a clean slate, using a logical bearing in thinking: everything not confirmed by personal experience should be taken with a grain of salt. This means only personal experience should be taken seriously, not the experience of acquaintances, authors, teachers, blogs, or forums. To err is human; thus, it is also human to pass on errors. As a result, many paradoxical old wives’ tales concerning the phase phenomenon have become accepted a priori. Not everything written in esoteric literature should be thrown out. Some things may possibly be drawn from it. After reading such literature, a practitioner should not assume that the new knowledge is a universal truth. For a house to stand firm, it needs a solid foundation. The only way to build a good foundation for phase practice is to approach the phenomenon in a down-to-earth manner, from a scientific perspective, discounting any purported