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# Passage of time

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- Subject: Passage of time
- From: "alcyone2158" <alcyone2158@...>
- Date: Thu, 14 Apr 2005 05:12:43 -0000
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    Hello,

    I would like to ask a question regarding the step one mental exercise where a
    student is
    required to sit still and observes their thoughts. Before asking the question,
    I want make
    sure my understanding of how the exercise is performed is correct - The student
    performing the exercise is in a state of what I would call being "passively
    alert". By that I
    mean that they are in a receptive-passive state of awareness, completely alert
    with one's
    attention focused on whatever thoughts "percolate to the surface of their
    awareness".
    When performing this exercise , I do it with emotional detachment , objectively
    observing
    whatever comes into my field of awareness . I apologize for saying what might
    be obvious
    to some; I am doing this to make sure the context within which I ask the
    following
    question is clearly understood.

    Not to my question- Can (or does) a person's perception of the passage of time
    change
    while performing the exercise? I don't recall reading about how the perception
    of time
    passage can be different from "normal" waking awareness, either in IIH or in
    this
    discussion group. I know that I am alert while performing the exercise and the
    same thing
    happens whether it is performed in the morning, afternoon or evening. For me,
    time
    sometimes seems to move "faster". I often say to myself "is the time already
    up?" after
    doing the exercise.

    Any comments?

    Thank you. I have found the discussions in this group most informative over the
    past ten
    months and will miss it when it ends.

    Keith

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