Or if I felt thankful because I thought someone was instrumental in bring-
ing my desire to pass, I could say, “Thank you,” and repeat it with feeling
over and over again like a lullaby until my mind was dominated by the
single sensation of thankfulness.
We will now sit quietly in these chairs with the idea which implies fulfill-
ment of our desire condensed to a single phrase, or to a single act. We
will relax and immobilize our physical bodies. Then let us experience in
imagination the sensation which our condensed phrase or action affirms.
If you imagine yourself shaking another person's hand, do not use your
physical hand, let it remain immobilized. But imagine that housed within
your hand is a more subtle, more real hand, which can be extracted in
your imagination. Put your imaginary hand into the imaginary hand of
your friend who stands before you and feel the handshake. Keep your
physical body immobilized even though you become mentally active in
what you are now about to do.
Now we will go into the silence.