This will be brief. I concluded last night's post with an exercise for watching thoughts. I just played around with this exercise and found these adjustments may be more beneficial and enjoyable.
1) Find a timer. If you have a smart phone or something with the ability to set up multiple alarms - great! If able, set 8 alarms. First one at 3 minutes, second at 4 minutes, third at 7 minutes, fifth at 8 minutes... See the pattern? We want the alarm to notify us after 3 minutes of letting our mind float to wherever with whatever thoughts we had. After the 3 minutes use the exercise I described last night to step back your thoughts to discover how each thought had a previous thought that influenced the thought that followed. Do this for the next minute until the 1 minute alarm sounds. Then allow your mind to wonder again for the next 3 minutes. At the 3 minute alarm step back your thoughts for the following 1 minute until the 1 minute alarm. Rinse and repeat. Do this sequence 3-4 times and notice how you feel before during and after this exercise.
You'll begin noticing that many thoughts occur yet most of these thoughts are filtered out of our awareness because we do not see them as important or they do not evoke a strong enough emotion to hijack our attention. The hijackers with strong emotional baggage then appear to come out of nowhere leaving us feeling like victims to this emotional state. Doing this exercise will increasing allow you to see that all thoughts are connected, though often unconsciously, and that by seeing the creative process behind the end product (results we want or don't want) we can be proactive in how we feel most of the time. Ownership is essential.
Ok, so that wasn't as short as I intended nor was it what I had planned to post about. Oh well - have a great day!
Sincerely,
J
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