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(Created page with "= The concept = Because we interact with other people regularly, it's a perfect opportunity to practice shifting our perceptions. = General exercises = * When with one or more other people, shift your attention to one other person, and notice that from your own visual perspective, the other person is infinitely more real than you are. Try to be fully present and you will notice that although you do not manifest in any meaningful way, the other person is manifesting in...")
 
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* Remind yourself of [[The Headless Way]] and note that everyone you see except yourself has a head, and a body, and a clear set of attributes that are not perceptible in yourself from your perspective.
* Remind yourself of [[The Headless Way]] and note that everyone you see except yourself has a head, and a body, and a clear set of attributes that are not perceptible in yourself from your perspective.
* Select one person to pay attention to, and it may be helpful to select someone that is experiencing something you find different or unique in a way that you don't immediately relate to.  Allow your own judgement and your entire self to evaporate and discover that person is the new center of the universe.  Feel that recentering, feel the real knowledge that they are experiencing emotions and thoughts, and urges and needs.  Note that they can feel their own body, and they can focus their attention on sounds and sights from their own perspective and driven by their own needs.  Finally, allow yourself to become them for even one blink of an eye.
* Select one person to pay attention to, and it may be helpful to select someone that is experiencing something you find different or unique in a way that you don't immediately relate to.  Allow your own judgement and your entire self to evaporate and discover that person is the new center of the universe.  Feel that recentering, feel the real knowledge that they are experiencing emotions and thoughts, and urges and needs.  Note that they can feel their own body, and they can focus their attention on sounds and sights from their own perspective and driven by their own needs.  Finally, allow yourself to become them for even one blink of an eye.
= Related =
* [[Television]]