The Spiritual Self Schema (3-S) Development Program

on, until you can meditate for 40-60 minutes a day. Remember, by
being consistent in every aspect of your practice you will also be
creating a behavioral action sequence that will facilitate the seamless
integration of your meditation practice into your daily life.
Mental Imagery (visualization) as another Path construction tool
Multisensory mental imagery is another skill that will be
extremely useful to you as you go about the process of building,
maintaining, and using your personal Spiritual path. Construction
begins with the mind's eye -- you form vivid, detailed, multi-sensory
images of your Path and what it would look and feel like to travel this
Path. By visualizing yourself, or another, as an actor playing the part of
someone traveling your Spiritual path, you are conducting internal
dress-rehearsals prior to "taking your act on the road." Continued access
to your Path is also influenced by your mental imagery. You may have a
well-constructed Spiritual path, but if mental images arise habitually
that are inconsistent with the moment-by-moment destinations of this
Path, it will not be readily accessed. Rather, the inconsistent imagery,
and the sensations it produces, will serve as a detour that takes you
almost instantaneously to a different path that is inconsistent with the
experience and expression of your Spiritual nature. The 3-S program
therefore offers frequent opportunity for the practice of visualization. In
addition to the visualization exercises that accompany each suggested
Self-Reflection exercise, there are guided imagery exercises available as
written scripts provided at the end of the text. You may wish to record
these scripts in your own voice to be played back during your practice.
These guided-imagery exercises will be used primarily during
construction and maintenance of your Path in Phases 2d and Phase 3.
3. Wisdom: Developing insight into one's true nature
Although the practice of meditation, as described above, can be truly
life changing, and can help you attain states of deep peace and
tranquility as you construct and maintain your Spiritual path, it is not
in itself the goal of most Spiritual paths. In most Spiritual/religious
traditions, a Spiritual path ideally involves gaining increased insight
into one's true nature. This is, of course, a lifelong process. Wisdom is
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