Now we come to the hart of the matter. What is the practice that orients you to a universe of possibility? It is a practice for revealing the hidden framework from which the world of measurement springs, When you see how thoroughly that framework, like the box around the nine dots, rules your life, you will have located yourself in the realm of possibility beyond it. So, first, ask your self:
How are my thoughts and actions, in this moment, reflections of the measurement world?
You look for thoughts and actions that reflect survival and scarcity, comparison and competition, attachment and anxiety. Notice that the question is not,"Are my thoughts......" which is a question of assessment, but, "How are my thoughts....." which is a true inquiry. See how easy it is to argue that you are an exception, that you personally are not governed by any such set of assumptions. This, of coursed, is another example of the measurement world at work.
So when you notice yourself thinking, for instance, that is line of inquiry must apply to men more than to women because men are so competitive, and you recognize that thought as your first bit of evidence that your measurement mind is at work, you ask yourself again:
How are my thoughts and actions, in this new moment, a reflection of the measurement world?
And how now?
You keep asking the question until you finally appreciate how hopeless it is to escape being shaped by the assumptions that underlie all of lie. And then you may begin to laugh. And when someone asks, "How are you?" it may appear to you utterly ridiculous to try to assess yourself, or to express life as a struggle and a burde, and before you know it, the world "perfect" may just pop out. And you will be smiling. For you will have stepped into a universe of possibility.
Of course, you won't have arrived.
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