*Discovering the chooser* in Just Stuff

Read the exercise. Focus seriously, be scientific, conduct the experiment,
and ask yourself the follow-up questions. Discover your subtle workings and,
with a new self trust, find your life being based on a refreshing inner
authority based on a deeper comfort with and a new understanding of your
psychological dynamics.

This exercise only succeeds if you rush through it very QUICKLY. Be
prepared to IMMEDIATELY begin the exercise after these instructions are
read.

From each of the following pairs, choose your favorite “word”–base your
decision ONLY on the actual sound of the word when it is spoken aloud. Do
this entire list in less than 10 seconds–one second per pair. Try to make
real choices that you will stand by for the rest of your life. Take this
exercise as seriously as possible. Start NOW:

Bell or Paper?

Aurora or Weather?

Vinyl or Canvas?

Bark or Leaf?

Dulorig or Mahwoni?

Machine or Pejorative?

Condemn or Wrilgrug?

Mugwamp or Thingamajig?

Rutabaga or Sesame?

Mother or Father?

Ask yourself,

Who makes these decisions? Why am I not invited to the “debate” that must
have been held “somewhere” within my mind?

Why are some decisions so easy to make?

Why are some decisions so hard for me to make? How do I feel when
decisions come slowly?

Why do I resist the time requirement of this exercise? What part of me
dislikes rushing?

Now that I have made them, how do I feel when I am forced to live “forever”
with these”artificially rushed” decisions? What suffers in this process?
Why do I want the right to change my mind if I want to later?

Did I somehow feel the exercise “played unfair” when nonsense “words” were
used?

Did I feel immoral making the final choice?

Did I feel anger toward the creator of this exercise for asking me to make
the final choice?

Why do I insist that the set of letters “bannanna” is a misspelling of the
word “banana”?

How is this exercise similar to “working”?

Regards,
Rikstafer