when you notice you’re having a thought, change one word in the thought to its opposite. Or reverse a “not.” Nine times out of ten, the thought will ring truer. Make it a habit, a reflex. Do it many times a day if you can, or just once a day.
then you begin to unwire yourself.
it’s a shortcut to insight that doesn’t require energy. Because it doesn’t really require any effort to change a word to its opposite. It can be done in an instant, sometimes before the expected thought has even run its course. You can start to notice what thought you’re having before you finish it, maybe before you start it.
if you’re about to think “freedom isn’t free,” try “freedom is free” instead. It might be truer, or just as true. Maybe it has to be free.
we only retain what comes with great difficulty? We only retain what comes with ease.
we become less beholden to our usual programming. We become entirely unbeholden.
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