Day 270 Assignment

This evening (or tomorrow morning):

Read NTI Romans 9 (v1-18).

Tomorrow:

1. Close your eyes and meditate by being aware. See how deep your awareness can go in the length of time that you’ve decided to meditate.
2. Be aware of your thoughts throughout the day.
   (a) Notice how thought narrates your life, even though narration isn’t necessary. For example, thought might say, “I’ll brush my teeth now. Where is the toothpaste? Oh here it is.” Etc.
   (b) When you see thought narrating your life, say to yourself: Thought is adding a sense of self to this experience.

Day 269 Assignment

This evening (or tomorrow morning):

Read NTI Romans 8 (v18-25) to the end of the chapter.

Tomorrow:

1. Close your eyes and meditate by being aware. See how deep your awareness can go in the length of time that you’ve decided to meditate.
2. Take two 5-minute breaks during the day to watch your thoughts without doing anything else.
   (a) Notice that thoughts come and go, shift and change throughout the 5-minute period.
   (b) Notice isness remains changeless and constant.
   (c) Ask yourself: Which am I? The thoughts that change or isness, which is constant?

Day 268 Assignment

This evening (or tomorrow morning):

1. Watch the following 24-minute video.
2. Recommended : Watch this guided self-inquiry exercise with Greg Goode, which Regina referenced in today’s video.

Tomorrow:

1. Close your eyes and meditate by being aware. See how deep your awareness can go in the length of time that you’ve decided to meditate.
2. Pick an exercise from the previous week to do again.

Day 267 Assignment

This evening (or tomorrow morning):

Read NTI Romans 8 (v1-4) thru (v12-17).

Tomorrow:

1. Close your eyes and meditate by being aware. See how deep your awareness can go in the length of time that you’ve decided to meditate.
2. Take two 5-minute breaks during the day to watch your thoughts without doing anything else.
   (a) Notice that thoughts come and go, shift and change throughout the 5-minute period.
   (b) Notice isness remains changeless and constant.
   (c) Ask yourself: Which am I? The thoughts that change or isness, which is constant?

Day 266 Assignment

This evening (or tomorrow morning):

Read NTI Romans 7 in full.

Tomorrow:

1. Meditate with this 30-minute guided meditation, Recalling Attention.
2. Notice when your experience changes from one experience to another. Each time your experience changes, pause:
   (a) Notice that you are.
   (b) Notice isness was present during the previous experience and isness is present now.
   (c) Notice experiences change, but isness is changeless and constant.

Day 265 Assignment

This evening (or tomorrow morning):

Read NTI Romans 6 in full.

Tomorrow:

1. Close your eyes and meditate by being aware. See how deep your awareness can go in the length of time that you’ve decided to meditate.
2. Notice when your experience changes from one experience to another. For example, notice when you finish coffee and go take a shower; notice when you finish one task or chore and begin another; notice when a conversation ends and you turn your attention to a television show; etc. Each time your experience changes, pause:
   (a) Notice that you are.
   (b) Notice isness was present during the previous experience and isness is present now.
   (c) Notice experiences change, but isness is changeless and constant.

Sometime this weekend:

Watch this 50-minute video, The Enlightened Self – A Description of Your Existential Nature.

Day 264 Assignment

This evening (or tomorrow morning):

Read NTI Romans 5 in full.

Tomorrow:

1. Close your eyes and meditate by being aware. See how deep your awareness can go in the length of time that you’ve decided to meditate.
2. Pay attention to notice when your feelings change from one feeling to another. When you notice a change in your feelings, pause:
   (a) Notice that you are.
   (b) Notice isness was present while the previous feeling was here and isness is present now that a different feeling is here.
   (c) Notice feelings come and go, but isness is changeless and constant.

Day 263 Assignment

This evening (or tomorrow morning):

Read NTI Romans 4 in full.

Tomorrow:

1. Close your eyes and meditate by being aware. See how deep your awareness can go in the length of time that you’ve decided to meditate.
2. Pay attention to notice when your feelings change from one feeling to another. For example, notice if you are feeling content and then begin to feel stress; or notice if you are feeling guilty, and then begin feeling proud. Etc. When you notice a change in your feelings, pause:
   (a) Notice that you live.
   (b) Notice isness was present while the previous feeling was here and isness is present now that a different feeling is here.
   (c) Notice feelings come and go, but isness is changeless and constant.

Day 262 Assignment

This evening (or tomorrow morning):

Read NTI Romans 3 in full.

Tomorrow:

1. Close your eyes and meditate by being aware. See how deep your awareness can go in the length of time that you’ve decided to meditate.
2. Pay attention to notice when your mind judges someone or something, including yourself. When you see a judgment, pause:
   (a) Discern for yourself: Is the current thinking ego-reasoning or right-reasoning?
   (b) Ask: What do I want to live by? Ego-reasoning or right-reasoning?
   (c) If you want to live by right-reasoning and the current thinking is egoic, let go of your thinking & ask intuition for guidance.
   (d) If you want to live by right-reasoning and the current thinking is right-reasoning, trust it and follow its guidance.
   (e) If you want to live by ego-reasoning, observe the result of your decision. Did it cause happiness or some type of upset/suffering?

Day 261 Assignment

This evening (or tomorrow morning):

Watch the following 8-minute video.

Tomorrow:

1. Close your eyes and meditate by being aware. See how deep your awareness can go in the length of time that you’ve decided to meditate.
2. Pick an exercise from the previous week to do again.