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'''My [[mind]] is preoccupied with [[past]] [[thoughts]]'''.

<center>'''My [[mind]] is preoccupied with [[past]] [[thoughts]]'''.</center>

 

 

My mind is preoccupied with past thoughts.

My mind is preoccupied with past thoughts.

The exercises for today should be done with eyes closed. This is because you actually cannot see anything, and it is easier to recognize that no matter how vividly you may picture a thought, you are not seeing anything. With as little [[investment]] as possible, search your mind for the usual minute or so, merely noting the [[thoughts]] you find there. Name each one by the central figure or [[theme]] it contains, and pass on to the next. Introduce the [[practice]] period by saying:

The exercises for today should be done with eyes closed. This is because you actually cannot see anything, and it is easier to recognize that no matter how vividly you may picture a thought, you are not seeing anything. With as little [[investment]] as possible, search your mind for the usual minute or so, merely noting the [[thoughts]] you find there. Name each one by the central figure or [[theme]] it contains, and pass on to the next. Introduce the [[practice]] period by saying:

<center>I seem to be [[thinking]] about ______.</center>

<center>''I seem to be [[thinking]] about ______.''</center>

Then name each of your thoughts specifically, for example:

Then name each of your thoughts specifically, for example:

<center>I seem to be thinking about [name of a person],</center>

<center>''I seem to be thinking about [name of a person]'',</center>

<center>about [name of an object], about [name of an emotion],</center>

<center>''about [name of an object], about [name of an emotion],''</center>

and so on, concluding at the end of the mind-searching period with:

and so on, concluding at the end of the mind-searching period with:

<center>But my mind is preoccupied with [[past]] thoughts.</center>

<center>''But my mind is preoccupied with [[past]] thoughts.''</center>

This can be done four or five times during the day, unless you find it [[irritates]] you. If you find it trying, three or four times is sufficient. You might find it helpful, however, to include your irritation, or any [[emotion]] that the idea for today may induce, in the mind searching itself.

This can be done four or five times during the day, unless you find it [[irritates]] you. If you find it trying, three or four times is sufficient. You might find it helpful, however, to include your irritation, or any [[emotion]] that the idea for today may induce, in the mind searching itself.

[[Category: Workbook I]]

[[Category: Workbook I]]