Step II: Autosuggestion, Concentration & Equilibrium

1. Magic Mental Training

• Autosuggestion Secret: Impregnate the subconscious (cerebellum) right before falling asleep or upon waking. Use positive formulas framed strictly in the present/imperative tense without time/space constraints (e.g., "I do not smoke", "I am healthy"). Repeat the formula 40 times using a 40-bead string or knotted cord to track counts. 
• Sensory Concentration Exercises:
  • Visual: Focus on an object (knife, pencil, matchbox) for several minutes. Close your eyes and visualize it vividly for 5 minutes without interruption. Progress to imagining it hanging in the air with eyes open. 
  • Auditory: Imagine specific sounds (ticking clock, chiming bells, storm winds) without visualizing the source for 5 minutes. 
  • Sensory (Feelings): Evoke pure physical sensations (cold, heat, gravity, hunger) for 5 minutes. 
  • Olfactory: Imagine distinct scents (roses, perfumes) without pictorial aids for 5 minutes. 
  • Taste: Imagine distinct tastes (sweet, sour, bitter, salt) for 5 minutes. 

2. Magic Psychic Training

• Elemental Soul Balance: Analyze your Black Mirror to find prevailing elemental imbalances and master negative passions using one or more methods: 

1. Autosuggestion
    
2. Transmutation (actively cultivating the opposing positive quality) 
3. Willpower/Control (suppressing the impulse directly at its onset) 

3. Magic Physical Training

• Pore Breathing: Relax and visualize your whole body breathing in vital energy through every single pore simultaneously like a dry sponge, and exhaling negative states. 
• Body Control (Asana): Practice sitting straight, fully relaxed, and completely motionless in an armchair. Start at 5 minutes and gradually work up to sitting undisturbed for 30 to 60 minutes. 
• Willpower in Daily Life: Break automatic physical habits (e.g., delaying meals when hungry, pacing work speed, overriding tiredness with purposeful action). 

Execution Schedule & Progression Milestones

Weeks 1–2

• Phase: Step I - Foundations
• Primary Objective: Master 10-min thought observation; build Black/White Soul Mirrors; establish conscious breathing and water habits.

Weeks 3–4

• Phase: Step I - Completion
• Primary Objective: Achieve 10-min mental vacancy; finalize complete 3-tier Soul Mirrors; fully integrate daily conscious eating/washing.

Weeks 5–8

• Phase: Step II - Integration
• Primary Objective: Begin night/morning autosuggestion with string of beads; master single-sense concentration (5 mins per sense); practice 30-min motionless sitting.

Ongoing

• Phase: Equilibrium
• Primary Objective: Continuously eradicate major character flaws via transmutation or autosuggestion until basic elemental soul balance is established.

The Next Stages: Step III & Beyond

Once the foundational control of thought, self-introspection (balancing the Soul Mirrors), and basic pore breathing are established in Steps I and II, Bardon's curriculum transitions from basic internal discipline to active elemental manipulation and consciousness projection.