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remaining four should be refrained from. To prevent the action from becoming automatic after several times of using the exercise, the qualities can be numbered and the order in which they are thought about can be varied. If the action of the mind is allowed to become automatic then the mind will be free to wander, and this must be prevented.
The first day the order can be 1,2,3,4,5; the second day 2,1,3,4,5; the third day 3,1,2,4,5; and so on. Paper can be used as a memorandum at first, but it is better to do without the use of a paper note, and to help this the following method may be used; take circles, five circles, one for each quality, and in the mind arrange them thus : Middle one, top one, bottom one, right-hand side one, and left-hand side one. The mind can as it were rest upon each circle (mental circle of course) while the quality is being thought about
In this way the character of the person can be
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