Why did Dennis use the word "governor" to describe the purpose of RI? I've been trying to ignore that word.
To me RI satiates the mind's need for importances by consciously giving it more mass until the mind goes quiet, and then the timebreaking can well begin, whether at the beginning of a session or during a session.
My view is the mind hates a vacuum, so at the end of the session I also do RI until the mind is satiated ("no more change").
Coming from a scientology background I prefer to call it "running havingness", or a havingness process, and I know Dennis studiously avoided using scientology terms.
The best analogy I can think of is a mouse having a feeding device that is filled with pellets, and the mouse presses the lever and gets the pellet until it is satiated.
The governor implies restriction, and I think of RI as feeding the mind.
RI governs (i.e., restricts) the mind's will nilly creation of importances, and propensity to make a mountain out of a mole hill.
I think, in that context, I am coming to a better understanding of why he used the word "governor"; whereas I tend to think of it as a "satiator" - it satiates the mind's need for importances: sensation, a game, a motivator, etc.
With RI you are getting complementary with the mind and at the same time getting command power over the mind without fighting with it. It reminds me of judo. It feels good and imparts a peaceful feeling when run to no more change.
I could see myself giving classes in creative visualization per Dennis' instructs, and watching people get peaceful and enlightened about their mind and their ability to create.