Noticing connections
It's clear enough in Janice Walton-Hadlock's writings that the various techniques and associated feelings she describes are not discrete, unrelated elements. Rather, they are, by and large, interrelated parts of one integrated package. For instance, consider the connections involved in these comments in SOP (2017, p. 218):
Remember, the thalamus is stimulated when you feel God. The feeling might be an expansion of your heart...
The striatum is stimulated when you talk to your beloved.
These two brain parts, thalamus and striatum, are a few inches away from the forehead end of the Du channel.
I stumbled on a little method that helps in generating certain key feelings more efficiently. It relies on these sorts of connections. For instance, say you're doing auxiliary exercise #1 (RFP, 2020, p. 131), and you're having a little trouble feeling much energy in the area of Yin Tang. Try briefly engaging in the second of the two core exercises, perhaps asking, “Let me feel your presence.” Doing that, you may find you can now more easily feel energy in the area of Yin Tang. Similarly, if you are able to access a feeling of heart expansion (talking with your invisible friend, you might use the “lips on the heart” technique described in SOP), you may find this too will make it easier to feel the energy at Yin Tang.
So far I have noticed interconnections between the feelings involved in both the core exercises, the first two auxiliary exercises, and the feeling of heart expansion. So if you're struggling with getting to a feeling associated with a certain technique, try adding in one of the other techniques to see if it gets you there more efficiently. It's just a little idea, nothing essential, but possibly helpful, and definitely educational in demonstrating these interconnections.
Have you noticed interconnections of these sorts? Contact me to let me know!
“When we try to pick out anything by itself, we find it hitched to everything else in the Universe.” ~ John Muir