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·but here's the trick.
I just realized that when I talk about "Focus Outward" all the time, it sounds like I never think about ME. Oh, contraire, grin.
It's FINE to think about yourself (and if you're like me, you find you fascinating). Think about memories, think about things you did and said and liked or disliked, and maybe what you WISH you'd said, lol....
Think about what you want to do. Think about the far future, goals, etc. and picture yourself doing it. Think about the near future and anticipate cool things you might plan for yourself, people to see, movies to see, CD's to play, etc.
But....do not think about yourself IN THE MOMENT.
What aggravates the dp cycle is not thoughts of self, but WATCHING self in the moment by moment of living and thinking.
Don't watch your own hands with fascination as they type. Don't "tune in" to your own body and "ask" yourself if you are feeling good, bad, better, worse, etc. than you did before you started typing.
Don't THINK about what you're thinking right now. Don't listen to yourself breathe. Don't pause and "feel for" your own heartbeat. Don't "ask yourself" if you feel hot or cold or tired or excited.
Don't replay your thoughts from instant to instant to analyze if they seem "sane." Don't Edit your thoughts while you're thinking them. If you're able to realize "this is me thinking" you're not interested enough in the MATERIAL you're thinking about.
Don't picture yourself from a camera's viewpoint across the room. Don't try to imagine how you look at this exact instant to any imaginary observer.
Don't blink and then ask yourself if your eyes feel funny.
Don't blink again before you really NEED to as a way of "testing" whether your eyes are indeed feeling funny.
Do not amuse yourself (or torture yourself) with the current moment by moment functioning of your own brain and body.
That's what I mean by focus outward.
Peace,
Janine (who is now totally aware of her own fingers on the keyboard, lol)
I just realized that when I talk about "Focus Outward" all the time, it sounds like I never think about ME. Oh, contraire, grin.
It's FINE to think about yourself (and if you're like me, you find you fascinating). Think about memories, think about things you did and said and liked or disliked, and maybe what you WISH you'd said, lol....
Think about what you want to do. Think about the far future, goals, etc. and picture yourself doing it. Think about the near future and anticipate cool things you might plan for yourself, people to see, movies to see, CD's to play, etc.
But....do not think about yourself IN THE MOMENT.
What aggravates the dp cycle is not thoughts of self, but WATCHING self in the moment by moment of living and thinking.
Don't watch your own hands with fascination as they type. Don't "tune in" to your own body and "ask" yourself if you are feeling good, bad, better, worse, etc. than you did before you started typing.
Don't THINK about what you're thinking right now. Don't listen to yourself breathe. Don't pause and "feel for" your own heartbeat. Don't "ask yourself" if you feel hot or cold or tired or excited.
Don't replay your thoughts from instant to instant to analyze if they seem "sane." Don't Edit your thoughts while you're thinking them. If you're able to realize "this is me thinking" you're not interested enough in the MATERIAL you're thinking about.
Don't picture yourself from a camera's viewpoint across the room. Don't try to imagine how you look at this exact instant to any imaginary observer.
Don't blink and then ask yourself if your eyes feel funny.
Don't blink again before you really NEED to as a way of "testing" whether your eyes are indeed feeling funny.
Do not amuse yourself (or torture yourself) with the current moment by moment functioning of your own brain and body.
That's what I mean by focus outward.
Peace,
Janine (who is now totally aware of her own fingers on the keyboard, lol)
