The quickest way to explain this phenomenon is to demonstrate. Let’s do a quick ‘mind’ experiment.
Think of a number between one and ten. 1-10
You can pick any one of the numbers between one and ten, and you can keep changing your mind and thinking of another number, and the number you choose does not have a special meaning, it can be a random one you might not usually pick — or you can stick to the very first number that came to mind.
Now sooner or later you will notice that you are breathing, and you’ve been breathing in and out without realizing it until you brought it to your conscious awareness.
A moment ago you realized you are breathing, and so you can slow down your breathing by giving it just a little thought. And as you take deep, deeper, slow breaths – you might discover a feeling of comfort somewhere in your body. It’s as if from this moment on, you can imagine that every breath you take, takes this feeling of comfort within you and increases and multiplies and spreads. One breath at a time.
But wait, what about this number you thought of? If you chose a number between one and ten, why did you choose this number…
