Awareness Games: Playing with Your Mind to Create Joy

Doing Their Best I love this one What if everyone in the world were doing the best that they possibly can? Including you. What if you were doing the best that you possibly can?

Future Fishing Let your mind wander. Let it go where it will. And it will. Think of your mind as a stream that passes in front of you. Imagine you're fishing in that stream. But instead of fish, you're fishing for thoughts about the future. As soon as you catch a future thought, reel it in and pull it out of the thought stream. Maybe put it in a li

Subject / Object Swap

I Exist Think the thought, "I exist." Notice what that feels like. How do you know you exist? See if you can answer that question without words or concepts, but only by noticing the feeling of existing, of being.

When this happens try this: Just for a few seconds, don't try to fix it or make it go away. Imagine the emotion is showing up in awareness. In other words, there's the emotion, and there's awareness of the emotion. Include more: What else is in awareness other than this nasty unwanted feeling? Sounds? Sights? Sensations? Other feelings? Thoughts?

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No Thoughts, No Past Try to imagine the past without thought. Does the past exist without thought?

Clutch Gobbler Imagine a little Pac-Man-like creature that searches for any tension or clutching inside and eats it up, leaving relaxation in its wake. This is a fun way to relax. It's also a great way to deal with anxiety. Every thought that things aren't the way you want them to be causes

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