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Stress

"When your mind is consciously calmed, stress dissolves into insignificance."

Stress from hurry occurs when too many thoughts precede your actions, when what you are thinking about is not what you are doing. This state of mind leaves you feeling behind schedule and floundering. Do not have unrealistic expectations of what can be accomplished. Slow down and learn to calm your mind! Enjoy what you do and stress will not overwhelm you.
    
If you do feel tense and harried, try this exercise: Close your eyes and feel your conscious awareness at the surface of your mind—the horizontal electrochemical plane of energy directly at eye level. Now pull all of your awareness to a pinpoint of energy at the center of the surface of your mind; this is where your conscious awareness is located. Keeping your consciousness centered at the surface of your mind dissipates anxiety because you are focused in the moment instead of on the future. You’ll notice that when you’re focused in the moment, all distractions vanish. Everyone has had the experience of being so absorbed into what you are doing, that you are not aware of the passage of time. This state of mind is known as mindfulness. The place we really live life.
    
When the outside world requires you to move quickly, move as efficiently as possible with your conscious awareness relaxed at the center of the surface of your mind. As you learn to work from your center, you can learn to move swiftly with a sense of grace about you.

When you realize why you unknowingly allow yourself to rush, you will learn to go slow, stay centered, and enjoy your life.

- From The Silent Miracle, by Ron Rathbun

Your conscious awareness:  When you know how, you can learn to feel your conscious awareness on command. If I ask you to feel your fingertips, your conscious awareness will automatically go to them. If I say bring your conscious awareness to the top of your head, your awareness will go there. Where you direct your attention is where your conscious awareness will be.

Surface of your mind: The surface of the mind is a primary reference point in the Kelee Meditation practice. If you feel where your thoughts are right now, you will feel your thoughts at eye level. This is the surface of the mind and with a little practice you will become familiar with it.