The Spiritual Self Schema (3-S) Development Program

the direction of the trail of activation.
4. Choice Points
When on automatic pilot, it is easy to miss opportunities for
changing direction. Experiment with increasing your awareness of all
the available forks in the road; become increasingly mindful of the
choice points that each moment brings, and that each and every one
represents an opportunity for returning to your personal Spiritual path.
All that is required is that you shut down the automatic pilot of your
habitual self-schema and change direction. Experiment with doing this
in daily life. Then, once you have chosen to return to your Spiritual
path, see if you can maintain your awareness of this Path and its
moment-by-moment destination.
5. Object Mindfulness
Increase mindfulness by carefully examining an object whose
properties you usually do not notice. For example, when you peel and
eat an orange mindfully, you will become increasingly aware of it as a
multisensory experience. You might try to pose, and then reflect on,
specific questions such as the following that were excerpted from "Do
You Hear the Orange Peeling?" -- which is one example of 3-S creative
expression currently featured on the 3-S Reflections link:
a) When I hold the orange in my hand in readiness to peel it, do I
experience its weight, do I notice how my fingers curl
spontaneously in response to its roundness?
b) Does the peel's intricate texture capture my interest, or am I so busy
chasing after my runaway thoughts that I fail to notice it?
c) As I begin to peel it, do I notice whether its rind is thin or thick?
d) Does the rind yield readily to my touch, falling off in large unbroken
segments with just a flick of my fingers and wrist, or does it cling tightly
to the fruit inside permitting only small pieces to be tenaciously picked
away?
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