EXERCISE 14 - Wandering thoughts

Find a nice place to sit for a few moments.

Perhaps you are already sitting, in which case you don't even have to move.

1. Relax, and just settle your mind into the exercise.
2. Without using any effort, simply pay attention to what you see, hear, smell, taste, and feel.
3. Pay attention to how yout mind wanders from one thing to the next.

It is incredibly easy to be distracted as you try this exercise. In just thirty seconds I was aware of the crick in my back, the sound of the chair as I leaned back, the sound of an airplane going by, the fan in my computer, the feel of my hands resting in my lap, even the sensation as my eyelids closed.

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