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Now imagine anything that you choose but have a line or a platform that represents Alpha I. Have it in your mind as a symbol of adjacent consciousness at the same level, perhaps, as your eyes. Do whatever you choose. Imagine yourself as a small figure on the line, for example. Imagine a road and yourself upon it. Now I will want you shortly to imagine other such lines or roads, so pick an image for yourself, that you can use. See yourself clearly on this line or road or path. You may use a floor if you prefer, but see yourself upon it, for this will represent A-I.
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And now imagine a step above A-I. Not adjacent or parallel, but above, and feel yourself step up upon it. And we will call it A-I-a, though the names make little difference. Pause there and imaginatively look down to A-I, but hold your position.
Now above you, you will see another step. Go up this step again and notice the changes in the feel of yourself and of your consciousness. You will find another step. Step up this one, noticing again any change in the feel of yourself or in your consciousness. Above this is still another. Now step up here and pause.
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Now, at A-I, realize that all these other levels of consciousness are also available from that threshold, and later you will be instructed more clearly as to their use. For now, however, simply acquaint yourself with the feeling of A-I as a threshold of activity, as a doorway into other kinds of perception and consciousness.
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