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~These were written by our member MD~

MX 1-10

Mind Experiments ( MX).

These are designed to free you

From programming you may never have examined,

And which create your present world-view.

All you have to lose is your fear.

All you have to gain is your Self.

MX - 1

World Without Words

Imagine that words had never been invented,

Catch your tongue in your mouth.

Use your eyes.

Breathe.

Words cannot come into your head.

Those that others speak are meaningless

And are whisked away before they reach your ears.

At some point, you will remember

Having read the above description,

And although you will not remember the words,

The state they describe will come over you:

Your mind will for a moment give up

Its attachment to words.

You will look around you and see in a new way.

Your mind will look at issues and see deeply into them -

Without words.

In this state remember to look at important issues.

Whenever you are confused by a situation,

Go into this "world without words" state

And let the situation sink in.

MX - 2

What Do You Believe?

List your beliefs on one or several sheets of paper,

Using only the left-hand side of the page.

Use question marks next to any beliefs

You're not sure you fully believe.

If you're not sure where to start,

You might start with beliefs about God,

Afterlife, the purpose of Life,

What is good, what is bad.

MX - 3

Scientific Method Applied to Your Life

Put your self on the Witness Stand.

Now also be the Prosecutor cross-examining the Witness.

The Witness is about to defend his/her beliefs,

Listed previously, with evidence.

This means that the Witness looks back at his/her Life

To find incidents which prove

That these beliefs are correct,

That they describe reality objectively.

You can start with the beliefs you listed first

And work down the page,

Or put rank order priority numbers next to the beliefs

And then take them in priority order.

"Evidence" means evidence that realistically

Could be made to stand up in a court of law.

This game can be played in odd moments

Over the course of a week or more.

MX - 4

Where Did My Beliefs Come From?

Why Do or Did I Believe That?

Go through your list of beliefs and remember

Where each belief came from.

Take it slowly, one at a time.

MX - 5

No Longer Needing To Have Beliefs

In this stage one faces the situation

Of no longer really having any beliefs,

Yet realizes that this is true

Freedom to learn.

Often accompanied by brief ecstasy.

MX - 6

Watching Your Thoughts

To do this exercise,

Simply pick a period of time,

And in that time watch your thoughts,

Remembering to realize that each thought

May be right or it may be wrong.

This is one of the most universal forms of meditation.

The way it usually goes,

You keep getting sucked into identifying

With some thought or another,

And forget to doubt it -

Then catch your self,

And back out of auto-agreement with the thought.

Over time, you begin to see how

Your idea-generation process,

Your conviction-decision process,

And your other mental processes work.

Then you will have control over these processes

Rather than being controlled by them.

MX- 7

Being Offended

This is a game played during Life action.

It's played whenever anybody says anything

That upsets you.

What you do is pretend that you are they

And that you realize that you have offended.

Then you restate the offending words

So that they are not offensive.

You might then ask the person

If the inoffensive statement of his/her words

Was what he/she meant.

Example:

"You're not going to wear that plaid blouse are you?"

"You mean, you like some other blouse better?"

The point is that specific words trigger emotions

Based on past associations;

But you can change the words to clear out the emotions.

Later you can clear out the past associations

And then no words can manipulate your emotions.

MX- 8

Unselfish Actions Pay Back Better

In this game, you look into your past to find

The most unselfish actions you took,

And evaluate the results

Which came from those actions.

You can also do the same for the most selfish actions.

Which paid back better?

MX - 9

Which Advisors Are Conflicting?

This is one you do when you find your self internally divided as to which way to go in a situation.

You ask your self, "In this situationЕ":

What do my thoughts say I should do?

What do my feelings want to do?

What does my body want to do?

What does my intuition say to do?

What would my father want me to do?

What would my mother want me to do?

What did the books I read say to do?

What does Society say to do?

What does the person I respect the most do?

What would God's preference be?

Then you note which of these advisors

Are conflicting with which.

This pattern of conflict

May be a habitual one in your head,

Or may just apply to one type of situation.

MX 10

Entraining A Daily Cycle of Assimilation

And New Provisional Action Decisions

At the end of each day you relive it before sleep,

Identifying which moments do not fully please you

Or about which you have some vague lingering concern.

You allow your self time to contemplate

And learn from these moments

By taking the role of your own Coach

And coaching your self

As to how to play such a moment better in the future.

When you know how to flow through that situation

So that it will be no problem next time,

Namely, when you have made certain

Provisional Action Decisions as to what to try next time,

There is a feeling of peace.

If your Provisional Action Decisions

Do not work out next time,

You revise them,

And keep up this process

Until every aspect of your Life works smoothly.

Then you get bored and get into wider experiences,

Which produce displeasing moments

For which you need to develop new

Provisional Action Decisions,

Namely, new theatre, to flow through smoothly.

And a new cycle begins.

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