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really want the answer to, and let your nondominant hand write the answer.( Yes, the writing of your nondominant hand will look like that of a deranged kindergartner. No worries.) Keep the dialogue going until you feel satisfied.
3. TAKE THE LONG WAY HOME. Just let the car take you wherever it wants to go. Or walk a different way home. Deliberately get lost. See where you end up.
4. KEEP SOME KIND OF NOTEBOOK BESIDE YOUR BED AND RECORD JUST THE IMAGES FROM YOUR DREAMS. I never worry about remembering the plot— dream logic is too confusing to try to capture— but I usually remember a few images, and those can be quite illuminating.
7. TALK TO ANIMALS. Get quiet and communicate in thought pictures with the animals in your life.
8. CONNECT WITH NEW PEOPLE IN YOUR DAILY LIFE. If you feel a pull toward someone you don’ t know, reach out in some way. Make eye contact with people at the grocery store and at the gas station. Allow yourself to notice what you believe at first glance about them.( In other words, when you really look at someone, you might get little flickers of thought:“ She looks lonely,” or“ I bet he was wild as a teenager.” Just let that impression bubble up.)
5. TRY SOME VERSION OF AUTOMATIC WRITING. If you like the idea of friendly spirits or guides writing through you, go for it. If not, just try to write faster than your mind can think.
6. RIGHT HAND – LEFT HAND EXERCISE. Let your dominant hand ask a question that you
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