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The Stop Exercise is very famous in the Gurdjieff Work.
The Stop Exercise is said to be impossible to do on your own. The aim is to immediately stop whatever you're doing and freeze in that position, mentally, emotionally and physically, so that you can observe your current inner state. The command must come from an external source such as the person or Teacher giving the command to stop. When you freeze you should observe the state of your physical, emotional and intellectual centers and evaluate if you were Remembering yourself at the time or were Identified. Note your physical position, your emotional state and the thoughts in your intellectual center. Were you in a physically balanced and stable position or in an awkward one? Were you worried, angry, depressed or happy? Were you thinking about the past or future or what other people thought about you? Were you aware of your surroundings or lost in an inner world of subjective concerns?
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Free Stop! Exercise Software Program
Download a free Stop! Exercise program for your computer. Each day when you turn your computer on, the program will start and periodically pop-up to give you the "Stop" command. The program will also present you with a question to Ponder for the day.
Download the Stop! Exercise Software Program
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