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Restrict the imaginal action that implies fulfillment to one short act (climbing a particular flight of stairs, a handshake) and re-enact it over and over, bringing wandering attention back from its associational track, until it has all the solidity and distinctness of reality.

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to condense the idea into a single act, and to re-enact it over and over again until it has the feeling of reality
keep on doing so until the imaginary action has all the solidity and distinctness of reality
your attention will wander off along an associational track
Restrict the event to a single act
keep the act going over and over and over again until the imaginary act has all the feeling of reality
Restrict the action to just that
Restrict your action to simply shaking hands and do it over and over again, until that handshake takes on the solidity and the distinctness of reality
restrict the imaginary action, to condense the idea which is to be the object of our meditation into a single act, and to re-enact it over and over again until it has the feeling of reality
the attention will wander off along an associational track

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You take the simple little restricted action which implies fulfillment of your prayer
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Restrict the action to just that. You will be amazed at what happens.
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Restrict your action to simply shaking hands and do it over and over again, until that handshake takes on the solidity and the distinctness of reality.
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Experience has taught me to restrict the imaginary action, to condense the idea which is to be the object of our meditation into a single act, and to re-enact it over and over again until it has the feeling of reality.
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then we must restrict the action to climbing that particular flight of stairs
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he inwardly acts it over and over and over again until it takes on the tones of reality
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Experience has taught me to restrict the imaginary action which implies fulfillment of the desire, to condense the idea into a single act, and to re-enact it over and over again until it has the feeling of reality.
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Restrict the event to a single act. For instance, if I single out as an event, shaking a man’s hand, then that is the only thing I do.
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When you can restrict the mental action and remain faithful to your watch, not permitting your attention to wander all over the place
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Personally I like to confine my imaginal act to a single thought
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I like to take one consuming ambition, restrict it to a single short phrase, or act that implies fulfillment, but I do not limit my ambition.
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Then condense your desire into a single sensation, or act which implies its fulfillment.
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Repeat this act over and over again until it has the vividness and feeling of reality.
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and then imagine that state over and over and over, so that the actions of the inner man correspond to the actions the outer must take in order to realize desire
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I did it over and over and over until that action took on the tones of reality.
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construct a little act, this action inside, that your dream has been realized, then take that action and inwardly do it over and over and over until it takes on the tones of reality
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Should the attention wander, bring it back to the idea you wish to realize and do so again and again
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