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- The subject to be seated, one hand on his/her thigh. Sit opposite
- and ask the subject to stare at the back of the hand, listening
- carefully to what is being said. Touch the back of the hand to
- determine whether it is warm or cold. Also try to establish that
- the arm and hand are relaxed. Spread the fingers slightly.
-
- Now read slowly:
-
- "Be aware of your hand... watch with interest and listen carefully
- to all the things that I mention..... you don't have to talk....
- You don't have to nod your head.... you don't have to say 'Uh uh'...
- you don't have to make any movement at all.... you don't even have
- to think.... just listen very carefully to what I am going to talk
- about.
-
- I will talk for just a few minutes... and I want you to be aware of
- what is happening to your hand... although.... it is not what is
- happening to your hand that is important... what is important is
- your ability to sense... to be aware... without any movement or
- thought... to just be aware.... to be able to sense what I mention.
-
- So... be aware of your hand... What I am going to do first... is to
- mention two things I know you CAN be aware of... but to what degree
- I don't know... then I will mention three things that different
- people are aware of.. and then we will talk again, and you will tell
- me what did happen.
-
- So... be aware of your hand... and... without moving moving your
- fingers... without moving your thumb... in fact without moving your
- hand in any way... be aware of the texture of the material
- underneath your fingertips... just be aware of the material... Now
- you have undoubtedly put on that (SHIRT, PAIR OF TROUSERS, whatever)
- a few times... so you really do know what it feels like... so...
- partly through memory... and partly through the immobile hand... be
- aware of the texture... (PAUSE 10 SECONDS)
-
- Now we will move on to the second thing I know you can be aware
- of... and it has to do with temperature... as you know I felt the
- back of your hand... and it was (WARM or COOL depending on what you
- felt).... Well, as you know, when two parts of the body are
- touching... like the hand on the thigh... there is a feeling of
- warmth between them... so... your hand has been on your thigh long
- enough for the palm of the hand... the tips of your fingers... and
- the tip of the thumb... to be a little warmer than the back of your
- hand... there is a temperature difference... be aware of it. (PAUSE
- FOR SEVERAL SECONDS)
-
- What it also means of course... is that the back of the hand... is
- somewhat cooler than the undersurface areas I mentioned... Be
- aware.......
-
- Now to the first of the three things that different people become
- aware of when they are mentioned... some people... when watching and
- sensing... become aware of a pulsing in the hand... not a strong
- pulsing... just a light, gentle pulsing... it can be in any part of
- the hand... but... in most people, that pulsing is between the thumb
- and the first finger... the index finger... be aware...(PAUSE a few
- seconds)... some people have the experience of that.
-
- Now on to the second of the three things that different people
- become aware of... a few people... in listening and sensing...
- become aware of a tingling in the hand....(WAIT THREE OR FOUR
- SECONDS)... that tingling can be anywhere in the hand... but it is
- usually in the fingers... the finger it is in more than any other...
- is the index finger... that finger next to the thumb... and... it is
- very often more at the tip of the finger... there are more nerve
- endings there... (WAIT A FEW SECONDS)... But.. I would like you to
- be aware of that index finger... very aware... because... in a few
- people... a very few people... that index finger starts to have a
- different feeling develope in it. (WAIT A FEW SECONDS)... It is a
- finger we use quite a lot... we often point with an index finger...
- and when we are looking down a list of names... or numbers... or any
- list... we often use the index finger as a guide... so... be aware
- of that finger... very aware... because as I said... some people
- have a different feeling develope in that finger...... and the
- different feeling is a light feeling....(SPEAK MORE SLOWLY AND
- DELIBERATELY NOW).. a light, weightless feeling.... and..... in a
- few people.... very few people.... maybe five or six out of every
- hundred..... that finger becomes so light and weightless... it
- starts to move.... ever so gently.....
-
- (NOW WATCH THE INDEX FINGER VERY CAREFULLY. IF THERE IS EVEN THE
- SLIGHTEST MOVEMENT, AND THERE USUALLY IS, IGNORE WHAT IS TO FOLLOW.
- EXCEPT FOR THE TERMINATION, AND CONCETRATE ON ALLOWING THE FINGER TO
- RAISE. IF IT LIFTS, THANK THE UNCONSCIOUS MIND, AND JUST SAY
- "Alright, now let the finger go down... let it rest on the thigh"
- WHEN IT HAS GONE DOWN, SAY "We will be able to use that finger raise
- any time in the future for your benefit" AND MOVE ON TO THE BIT
- MARKED *******)
-
- (IF THERE IS NO MOVEMENT) Alright, as I said, this only happens with
- a small number of people when they first try it... everyone can
- learn that it is something that comes from a different level of
- functioning... it is an Ideo-motor Response.. an unconscious motor
- action... and when the time is right you will find that you will be
- able to respond from that different level.
-
- *******(TERMINATION)
-
- So... now let your hand feel exactly as it did before we started
- this excercise... no throbbing... no tingling... no lightness.. just
- a normal hand... you can stop looking at your hand now and become
- totally alert and relaxed and aware of everything around you. We
- can now discuss what you felt during the experiment.
-