![]() ![]() Were you curious and engaged in trying out the above exercise?.Did you notice how your attention shifted with each exploration?.Is it the same? Rougher? Smoother? Hotter? Cooler? Drier? New thoughts or memories? Now explore your index finger with your thumb.What do you notice? Roughness? Smoothness? Heat? Coolness? Dryness? Are there thoughts, memories that arise as you continue to explore your thumb? Explore your thumb with the tip of your index finger. ![]() Touch your index finger and thumb together.By observing instead of reacting, you develop a broader perspective and can choose a more effective response. If you do this with some regularity, you start to see the habitual patterns that lead you to react automatically in negative or unhelpful ways and create stress. How it might be different if you had an open attitude with no concern or judgment about performance, just a curiosity about how working on the brain teaser might be? What if you directly experienced the process as it unfolded-the challenges, anxieties, insights, accomplishments-acknowledging each thought or feeling and accepting it without needing to figure it out or explore it further. When you are presented with a brain teaser, what do you do? Do you tell yourself, “I am not good at this,” or “I am going to look stupid”? Does this distract you from paying attention to working on the puzzle? Compare your default mode with a mindful stateĬonsider how you react when you don’t think you are good at something: say solving brain teasers. ![]()
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