Dropping in and out

I'm probably not one with this, but since I began using Holosync I've never been able to listen the cd everyday as instructed. I've heard some of you talking about that it is good to take a rest once in a while. Sometimes i'm concerned whether im a reaping the full benefits from the program by dropping in and out, sometimes off for 2 weeks and then listening regularly for 2 weeks for example. And now I've been on AL1 for one year I think and i'm not yet sure when I should switch to the next one. I havent had any major upheavals for a while and sometimes I feel strong effects from the cd and sometimes I dont.
Do you think if one goes to soon on the next level then one will not get the same benefits from that level, that you have missed something from the last level which you are not going to get on the next one? Or am I only faced with dealing with greater upheavals of somesorts If I go early on the next level and be able to get the same benefits?

Has anyone thought of this before?  I hope im stating this clearly enough.

Re: Dropping in and out

From my understanding of how Holosync works, and from my own experience now of three and a half years, I think it is more a cumulative result, rather than just how long, or overlong, one stays at one level.  Within a range of a few weeks to a month, if one listens to a particular CD (in the AL1 to AL4 series) for an accumulation of six weeks, regardless that it might have taken 10 or 12 weeks to accumulate that much listening time, the results should pretty much be the same.

Without breaking off, and occasionally listening maybe a bit more than one hour daily (averaging 10 to 14 hours per week), I found while on the Awakening levels, I pretty much stuck to the time-table suggested (6 weeks).  Now that I have been on Purification 1 since last September, due to several interruptions in my schedule, I have found that I am taking about a month longer for each CD than the suggested 8 weeks.

I try to keep a record of when I've started, when I missed listening (usually only one, or at the most, two days in a row), and just add that to the expected 8 weeks.  After listening for this long, I feel that I have also become more intuitive of knowing when I am going into overwhelm (something I rarely recognized, if it happened at all for the Awakening series) and tend to back off one or two days when that feeling comes up.

Sometimes when I've been unsure if it is time to switch CD's, I will go ahead and listen to the next one up the line.  If it feels overly strong, then I go back to the other one for a few more days, and see if I can stay awake. Can I follow vipisanna most of the way through without a lot of stray thoughts charging in from the monkey mind? If I'm not experiencing the “bliss” I normally have when I am working solidly with that CD, and have the other things as well, then it's generally time to move up.  Sometimes even an older CD will feel stronger, depending on the time of day listened to, as well.

So, I guess the question to ask yourself is have you listened cumulatively for about 6 or 7 months across the last year to AL1.  Can you stay awake through most, or all of the listening session?  You've said you haven't had major upheavals - but take a look at why you are missing regular listening - is it because you need to take a break, or just scheduling challenges? BTW, being bored is another form of resistance, so if it is boredom that is pushing you back, you may just need to regulate yourself some self-discipline to break through that challenge.  So these are the things you can check for yourself.

I know of one person who has been on AL1 for several years - she just doesn't seem to be able to finish it.  Which is fine!  Everyone has different ways of handling this stimulus.  Since you are still very young, there is no race to get to the finish line, either.

Hoping this helps you toward finding YOUR own natural rhythm of listening, and deciding to move forward when you're comfortable with it.

Gem ~ :-) ~

Re: Dropping in and out

Thank you for that Gem, it was really helpful. It's usually the schedule which takes most of the time, but I try to listen at least then when I go to bed. I guess there some urge in me to quicken the process and reach the imagined finish point where everything is supposed to be perfect.

Re: Dropping in and out

Dear Gem,  
    that is very sge and helpful advice. thank you.
metta to you and all beings,
    Christian