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PART III: A PRACTICAL GUIDEBOOK .................................... 157 ENTERING THE PHASE STATE ........................................... 158 CHAPTER 1 – GENERAL BACKGROUND ..................... 158 THE ESSENCE OF THE PHASE PHENOMENON ..... 158 SCIENCE AND THE PHASE ......................................... 160 ESOTERIC AND MYSTICAL EXPLANATIONS........... 162 WHY ENTER THE PHASE? .......................................... 164 THE LIFESTYLE OF A PRACTITIONER...................... 165 PRACTICE REGIME: 2 TO 3 DAYS PER WEEK ........ 168 ALGORITHM FOR MASTERING THE PHASE ........... 169 TYPES OF TECHNIQUES ............................................. 171 CONTRAINDICATIONS ................................................. 174 RECOMMENDATIONS FOR USING THE GUIDEBOOK175 EXERCISES .................................................................... 176 CHAPTER 2 – INDIRECT METHOD ................................. 178 THE CONCEPT OF INDIRECT TECHNIQUES ........... 178 PRIMARY INDIRECT TECHNIQUES ........................... 180 SELECTING THE RIGHT TECHNIQUES .................... 185 SEPARATION TECHNIQUES ....................................... 187 THE BEST TIME TO PRACTICE .................................. 194 CONSCIOUS AWAKENING .......................................... 197 AWAKENING WITHOUT MOVING ............................... 200 CYCLES OF INDIRECT TECHNIQUES ....................... 203 HINTS FROM THE MIND ............................................... 209 AGGRESSION AND PASSIVITY .................................. 211 THE BERMUDA TRIANGLE OF ATTEMPTS .............. 212 FORCED FALLING ASLEEP - MAXIMUM EFFECT ... 213 STRATEGY FOR ACTION ............................................. 218 TYPICAL MISTAKES WITH INDIRECT TECHNIQUES220 EXERCISES .................................................................... 221 CHAPTER 3 – DIRECT METHOD ..................................... 224 THE CONCEPT OF DIRECT TECHNIQUES ............... 224 THE BEST TIME TO PRACTICE .................................. 226 INTENSITY OF ATTEMPTS .......................................... 227 DURATION OF AN ATTEMPT ...................................... 228 BODY POSITION ............................................................ 228 RELAXATION .................................................................. 229 VARIATIONS OF USING DIRECT TECHNIQUES ...... 230