- How a patterned behavior is based on an imperative
- How a patterned behavior pervades your life
- How a patterned behavior shapes your life
How a patterned behavior is based on an imperative
- Choose a pattern of behavior that causes you difficulty in your life
- Push on the pattern by imagining that you act differently from how you usually act when this pattern runs
- Observe what sensations arise in your body, what emotions come up, and what thoughts, associations or stories come to mind when you imagine acting differently
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Try to identify how all these reactions are organized around an imperative of the form:
- "must have this, can't have that" or
- "must be this way, can't be that way"
- Observe how the secondary reactions all operate in service to the imperative
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How does the pattern and the imperative take expression in:
- How you learn
- The kind of work you do
- How you work
- How you interact with people at work
- What you do for fun and enjoyment
- How you interact with your family
- Your spiritual practice
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Pick a patterned behavior in you that causes pain or difficulty for others
- What emotions do you experience when you are in the pattern of behavior?
- What do you gain from the patterned behavior?
- How does the behavior affect the way others see you over time?
- How does it affect the way you see the world?
- Do the same for a behavior that is helpful to others
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Timeframe for this practice and signs of assimilation
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