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'''My thoughts do not mean anything'''.

<center>'''My thoughts do not mean anything'''.</center>

 

 

My thoughts do not mean anything.

My thoughts do not mean anything.

Close your eyes for these exercises, and introduce them by repeating the idea for today quite slowly to yourself. Then add:

Close your eyes for these exercises, and introduce them by repeating the idea for today quite slowly to yourself. Then add:

<center>This idea will help to release me from all that I now believe.</center>

<center>''This idea will help to release me from all that I now believe.''</center>

The exercises consist, as before, in searching your mind for all the thoughts that are available to you, without selection or judgment. Try to avoid classification of any kind. In fact, if you find it helpful to do so, you might imagine that you are watching an oddly assorted procession going by, which has little if any personal meaning to you. As each one crosses your mind, say:

The exercises consist, as before, in searching your mind for all the thoughts that are available to you, without selection or judgment. Try to avoid classification of any kind. In fact, if you find it helpful to do so, you might imagine that you are watching an oddly assorted procession going by, which has little if any personal meaning to you. As each one crosses your mind, say:

<center>My thought about ______ does not mean anything.</center>

<center>''My thought about ______ does not mean anything.''</center>

<center>My thought about ______ does not mean anything.</center>

<center>''My thought about ______ does not mean anything.''</center>

Today's thought can obviously serve for any thought that distresses you at any time. In addition, five practice periods are recommended, each involving no more than a minute or so of mind searching. It is not recommended that this time period be extended, and it should be reduced to half a minute or less if you experience discomfort. Remember, however, to repeat the idea slowly before applying it specifically, and also to add:

Today's thought can obviously serve for any thought that distresses you at any time. In addition, five practice periods are recommended, each involving no more than a minute or so of mind searching. It is not recommended that this time period be extended, and it should be reduced to half a minute or less if you experience discomfort. Remember, however, to repeat the idea slowly before applying it specifically, and also to add:

<center>This idea will help to release me from all that I now believe.</center>

<center>''This idea will help to release me from all that I now believe.''</center>

[[Category: Workbook I]]

[[Category: Workbook I]]