Thursday, August 16, 2007

A Valuable Exercise

Recently I was relating a story of something very strange that happened to me when I was younger, and I realized that there was a technique I had employed which I would really like to share with everyone.

Several months ago I was listening to an interview (on the Paracast I believe), where a man mentioned that people should sit down and make a list of the unexplained things that have happened to them in their lives. After hearing this, I decided to sit down and do it. I can't tell you how useful this has been to me.

When I first sat down to do this, I honestly thought that my life had been pretty uneventful regarding paranormal experiences, and that not much has happened to me. In fact, that's how I've described myself to others on numerous occasions. However, after sitting down and compiling this list, I was surprised to discover that not only have I experienced *alot* of bizarre things, but the process of sitting down and making a concerted effort to recall memories actually caused me to remember things that I had previously forgotten.

This exercise worked well for me, and it's especially appealing to those of us who look dubiously upon hypnotic regression for memory retrieval. Perhaps no regression is needed after all!

I would recommend to everyone reading this that you should set aside about half an hour to just sit down and write all the unexplained events that you can remember occurring in your life, even if you think nothing has happened to you. Keep the list handy, so that when something comes to your mind at a random time, you can append it to the list.

I suspect that you'll be surprised to discover the bizarre things that lie buried in your past. I certainly was.

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