EXERCISE 6 - Paying attention

Pick up a book.
Bring your attention to your hands holding or touching the paper.

As you do this,

1. Notice the information you receive, about the texture of the paper, the weight, etc.
2. Become aware of your hands and fingertips themselves.
3. Open your awareness to your environment: the chair you are sitting on, the room, the temperature in the room, to sounds, smells, etc.
4- Take some time to stay with this exercise.

In this exercise you are intentionally opening your mind to whatever you can experience. By staying with the immediate experience, you can identify distinct senses and how they play into your thoughts about the exercise, the words, the paper, the environment. You may begin to discover that you have some feelings concerning the exercise. As you stay with the process, you cultivate a friendly or curious attitude toward the process.

Three outcomes of developing awareness are
  1. unconditional positive regard
  2. insight
  3. and intuition. 

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