Positive Thinking

At the summit you bring to mind a difficult situation and listen to what you tell yourself. Then you hear the tone and volume of that voice rather than the words. Imagining a remote control, you change its tone, lower the volume, move where it seems to come from (above your head, the tip of your nose, your belly button) or switch it off. The point is that you have that control, even if the changes don't land perfectly.

It separates real positive thinking from just telling yourself everything is fine, which it calls deluding yourself. A useful thought is something like remembering you will find a way to cope. It also gives a sequence: decide how you want to feel, recall a time you felt it, put your body in that posture (square your shoulders, smile, take a deep breath), then think the thought.

It is: I can always find the resources I need within me. You repeat it in a tone that feels good, then add memories of times you triumphed, broke through or found a solution. It is repeated again and again, so you can use it in challenging moments, with a breath, silently or out loud.

The climb is the descent into trance. As you go higher, your body grows heavy while your mind grows lighter and quieter. You rest about three quarters of the way up, a reminder that you can always pause. At the peak you can see what supports you and what holds you back. Walking back down brings you out of trance, step by step.

The session says true positive thinking is the thought that you can change, and that when you shift inside, even a little, you get a different response from others and from life. It uses a smile as the example: simply thinking about smiling changes how you feel and how people respond to you.

Yes. The session says you remain aware in the deep background of your mind, and compares trance to daydreaming. It also says you always have control, even of your thinking. It advises not listening while driving or handling machinery.