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|Name =Try Out Other-Centeredness | |Name =Try Out Other-Centeredness | ||
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|Nutshell =is a chance to try something in two different situations, once with someone you are talking to directly, and once with a person in the distance. For this first exercise you're trying to switch perspectives and see what another person might see. | |Nutshell =is a chance to try something in two different situations, once with someone you are talking to directly, and once with a person in the distance. For this first exercise you're trying to switch perspectives and see what another person might see. | ||
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|Topic1=You are the Center|Question1=Is it clear how the default perspective is that your direct visual experience is the center of everything? | |Topic1=You are the Center|Question1=Is it clear how the default perspective is that your direct visual experience is the center of everything? | ||
|Topic2=The Changing You |Question2=Are you able to consistently gain a glimpse into your own "non existence" from the perspective of the other person? | |Topic2=The Changing You |Question2=Are you able to consistently gain a glimpse into your own "non existence" from the perspective of the other person? | ||
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Once you are engaged in an activity or a meeting or a conversation that will last a little while, try these steps. | |||
* Become as Mindful as you know how. | * Become as Mindful as you know how. | ||
* Be aware of your own visual and audio field - what you see and hear. You may even notice the other sensations such as your clothing, any air that's hitting you, being pushed down on your seat or the floor. | * Be aware of your own visual and audio field - what you see and hear. You may even notice the other sensations such as your clothing, any air that's hitting you, being pushed down on your seat or the floor. | ||
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* Next, prepare for a complete shift from that perspective. | * Next, prepare for a complete shift from that perspective. | ||
* Choose the most likely person with you, for example whoever is speaking the most, besides yourself. | * Choose the most likely person with you, for example whoever is speaking the most, besides yourself. | ||
Return to your most mindful state, with all your attention on that person. Relax any attention on yourself, simply absorb everything about that person. | * Return to your most mindful state, with all your attention on that person. Relax any attention on yourself, simply absorb everything about that person. | ||
* Acknowledge to yourself that from their experience they are the center of all sensation and experience. | * Acknowledge to yourself that from their experience they are the center of all sensation and experience. | ||
Be a little creative and put yourself in their position. What sensations would they be experiencing? The sounds coming from their mouth. Their hair itching, their feet hurting, their finger tapping on the table. Rest with this mindful exercise for a little while, really absorb this imaginative perspective. | * Be a little creative and put yourself in their position. What sensations would they be experiencing? The sounds coming from their mouth. Their hair itching, their feet hurting, their finger tapping on the table. Rest with this mindful exercise for a little while, really absorb this imaginative perspective. | ||
* If you're familiar with the Headless Way, shift into that. If not, simply use your own visual field to find that you are in fact pretty unimportant in this scene, because the other person is all that matters. | * If you're familiar with the Headless Way, shift into that. If not, simply use your own visual field to find that you are in fact pretty unimportant in this scene, because the other person is all that matters. | ||
* The last thing is to shift that perspective onto the other person - from their visual perspective they are the center of everything and you are just there in their consciousness. | * The last thing is to shift that perspective onto the other person - from their visual perspective they are the center of everything and you are just there in their consciousness. | ||
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* Finally, relax your attention and acknowledge that the billions of people in the world exist in a world where they are the center and you are not. | * Finally, relax your attention and acknowledge that the billions of people in the world exist in a world where they are the center and you are not. | ||
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