Conscious vs. habit

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Conscious attention

• Back pain and tension
• Story of Siddhartha
• Sounds: kitchen appliances, clock ticking, cars, a bird or two
• Trees turning colors
• Walnuts, mushrooms
• Elasticity of pizza dough

Conscious action

• Looking to help Tim choose a guitar
• Banishing, relaxing, meditating, throwing and reading the wands
• Playing guitar
• Holding myself relaxed while walking
• Cooking cordons bleu, preparing pizza dough

Unconscious/habitual attention

• Sense of hunger even when I'm not really hungry
• Concern, self-pity

Unconscious/habitual action

• Looking at the television when others turn it on
• Tensing up when the pain is there, or even when I think it will come
• Not thinking of the stories I have to tell