INDEX
• What is REAL ?
• Memory: Past into Present.
• Expectation: Imprinting into Present.
• Projection: Future into Present.
• Intention: Present into Future.
• Energy Blocks: Heritage into Present.
• Preparation: Present into Reality.

  1. What is REAL ?

2. Memory: Past into Present.

3. Expectation: Imprinting into Present.

4. Projection: Future into Present.

5. Intention: Present into Future.

6. Energy Blocks: Heritage into Present.

7. Preparation: Present into Reality.

Brain rehearsal is where your brain prepares it's expectations of a certain event/situation (say an upcoming wedding) based on previous experiences of the same events/situations. If there are no previous experiences of exactly the same thing, then it will use experiences which it thinks/knows may be similar. It then weighs up the positive and negative experiences and uses that to work out it's opinion of the upcoming event/situation. Taking the wedding example, if you had a great time at a previous wedding then you'll probably be looking forward to the upcoming one. If everyone argued and it sucked, then you'll probably have a negative view of it.

I'm not sure if I'm explaining this too well, it's been almost a week since we did it and I can't remember all the details I'm afraid.

When you're doing brain rehearsal, your brain is playing 'movies' of both good and bad memories. Your view point is as if you're in the film (not watching it on a screen), though I'm not sure if they meant third person (looking at it from a view that isn't through your own eyes) or first person (as if you're looking at it from your own eyes) view, I never got round to asking. Anyway, the movies for both bad memories and good ones are done in similar ways.

Your view point is the same for both, both are very detailed 'movies', you see many 'movies' for both good and bad memories. If there are no similar previous experiences, your brain is very flexible in choosing memories from other types of experience for both good and bad memories.

The above was for 'movies' of memories, of past experiences.
When you think about the future experience, you imagine a 'movie' based on all those previous experiences. The content of the film is obviously different: Good films have a successful outcome, bad ones have a disastrous outcome, but for both the amount of information is very detailed and the number of films shown is many.

The 'movies' also have a 'voice over', which comments on the film being shown, or something. The sort of words used in a 'voice over' for a good memory is along the lines of "You're great!", for a bad it's "You're rubbish!" sort of thing. For both, the voice sounds very credible, authoritative and convincing. ....

I think I'll give you an example based on myself first so you get an idea what's going on.

1. "Ugh, I'm too tired to go for a walk."
2. "Stop!"
3. "Now, do I want to go back to the pit (tiredness all the time, boring life, etc etc), or do I want to coach myself (the promise of a new life). I'm going to coach myself."

4. Coach - "Well done! You're on track, you are powerful, and I'm with you every step of the way!"

5. Me - "Hmm, how do I feel? Yeah, that does feel better. Thank you, coach."

6. Coach - "What do you want?"
7. Me - "I want to be full of energy"
8. Coach - "And how will you achieve that?"
9:

I stand there and close my eyes, and think of a positive memory that's particularly associated with being full of energy. I settle on a memory of a time I was mountain biking through a Forrest near Bracknel. As I stand there with my eyes closed, I bring up that memory, really focus on it, take in as much detail as I can. What can I see? What can I smell? What can I hear? What can I taste? How is my body feeling?

I picture myself cycling down a long sandy track, tall pine trees on either side. It's late Spring, the sun is out. I'm rushing past piles of freshly cut logs on my right hand side, my dad is behind me, struggling to keep up. I stand there, thinking about how good it feels to be so full of energy, to be able to ride my bike like that. I just stand there, enjoying the feeling.

Now, I take that memory, and put it 6 months into the future.
I've been free of ME/CFS for 6 whole months after learning the Lightning Process. I've become so good at it now that it just happens without me being conscious of it. And I'm cycling down the same sandy track as before. But now it's getting into Autumn, the air is cooler, the ground is wet. And as I'm cycling along I'm thinking about what a good 6 months it's been. And how good it feels to be able to cycle like that again.

And then I open up my eyes, and get on with feeling better.
I'm getting all energised and shakey just typing that stuff out.
But do you see what I mean about the brain rehearsal stuff? ...