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* Now, ask yourself the improbable question - what do those sensations say about your moral character, about your value as a person and as a friend, your worthiness to pursue your dreams? | * Now, ask yourself the improbable question - what do those sensations say about your moral character, about your value as a person and as a friend, your worthiness to pursue your dreams? | ||
* The answer is obvious - the sound and sensation of your hands rubbing together have absolutely nothing to do with your value! | * The answer is obvious - the sound and sensation of your hands rubbing together have absolutely nothing to do with your value! | ||
* Hold onto that realization. | * Hold onto that realization, you're going to use it later. | ||
Read through these next steps, and then when the time comes, go through them again in real-time. Don't try to resolve anything, just practice observing your emotions as an outsider to your own mind. | Read through these next steps, and then when the time comes, go through them again in real-time. Don't try to resolve anything, just practice observing your emotions as an outsider to your own mind. | ||
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* How is it making your body feel? Think of a part of your body and a sensation type such as heat or tightness. | * How is it making your body feel? Think of a part of your body and a sensation type such as heat or tightness. | ||
* Notice how you were able to observe both the emotion and the sensation it gave you. | * Notice how you were able to observe both the emotion and the sensation it gave you. | ||
* | * Without overthinking about it, compare the emotion you're experiencing to the sound and sensation of your hands rubbing together. They're all just things happening to your body and mind. They aren't You. | ||
* | * Now look again at the emotion and how it is affecting your body, and observe it from the perspective of knowing the emotion isn't You it's just something that's happening. | ||
* Relax and allow the emotion to dissipate. | |||
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