Become “obsessed” with observing your EMOTIONS. Look at them as a red light that turns on whenever it is time for awareness.
Therefore, when an emotion arises – stop! Step into your role as an impartial observer of the THOUGHTS that accompany it, and the bodily SENSATIONS through which it manifests. Seeing these “falling leaves” is the essence of AWARENESS.
If the emotion is too intense, direct your entire attention only to its bodily expression. BE PRESENT in the sensation, breathe deeply, and exhale. Switch off your thoughts until the body calms down.
Then move on to REFLECTION – the “mental processing” of the emotion through the various questions this Program teaches you. Simply asking the RIGHT QUESTIONS makes you skilled explorers of your inner world.
You will know you have reached the RIGHT ANSWERS if they bring you inner strength and harmony, even when they are painful to realize. The right answers CALM THE EMOTIONS and bring clarity.
If you are tormented by answers that are OPPOSITE yet equally VALID, practice an open-minded attitude, patience, and refraining from reaction. The ability to tolerate the lack of clear and fast answers is the true prerequisite for CREATIVITY and the birth of individuality.
The “REFLECTION ROOM” page brings together questions from various assignments in one place. To benefit from your work there, investigate each belief separately regarding the topic that concerns you.
Practice the knowledge in these assignments AGAIN and AGAIN by repeating the Program from the beginning every subsequent month, or by reading the assignments at random from the “MY DAILY PRACTICE” page.
Another way is by working with the so-called MONO-ASSIGNMENT – you choose one of the assignments within it that feels most difficult to you and practice it for a week, a month, or as long as you need for the knowledge to be integrated into your life.
So, these are the basic steps of your practice: (1) noticing the emotion; (2) stopping and directing your attention to the thoughts and bodily sensations that accompany it; (3) investigating, through various questions, the desire behind it and the appropriate way to tend to it.
With dedicated work on them, you will notice how your EMOTIONAL SELF-REGULATION skills grow, and a greater sense of peace, clarity, and inner strength enters your life.
Changes at the level of SPIRITUAL INTELLIGENCE take longer and are associated with a TRANSFORMATION of the desiring nature. This very level of change is the true power of working with this Program.
Of all the assignments in the Program, the first one is the most important—if you do not commit one hundred percent to practicing what it teaches you, the changes you seek will not happen. It is necessary to be very patient until the new thought habits become your SECOND NATURE.
