Exercise 19
This And That
(For an audio version of this exercise lead by Harry Palmer click here)
Objective:
To demonstrate the effect of changing viewpoint.
Expected Result:
Insights, increase in responsibility.
Instructions 1
Pick out something and think of it as this ________.
Pick out something and think of it as that ________.
Repeat with large and small objects, close and far objects, until you are confident of your ability to make anything this or that.
Instructions 2
Create each of the following first as this (item) and then as that (same item):
(on your answers) |
(on the concept) |
Variation:
For a powerful variation of the “This and That” exercise:
Do the list, first thinking of it as:
——I have (a)_____.
and then as
——I am (the)_____.
Excerpted with permission from ReSurfacing: Techniques for Exploring Consciousness by Harry Palmer ©1994, 1997, 2002, 2006
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