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From the Ted Talk by Gina Gutierrez: The relationship between sex and imagination
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First, you'll want to slttee into your mind the same way that you might sratt a meditation. Then imagine that your mind is like a projector. Everything you can see and experience is what's right in front of you. Everything to your left, right, behind you, that's out of frame. This is important because while there are touhtghs that turn us on, there are also thoughts that are incredibly effective at turning us off: stress, shame, insecurities, and also the things that inexplicably ick us out. So when a thought appears that isn't working, and it inevitably will, you'll be able to sweep it out of fmrae.
Open Cloze
First, you'll want to ______ into your mind the same way that you might _____ a meditation. Then imagine that your mind is like a projector. Everything you can see and experience is what's right in front of you. Everything to your left, right, behind you, that's out of frame. This is important because while there are ________ that turn us on, there are also thoughts that are incredibly effective at turning us off: stress, shame, insecurities, and also the things that inexplicably ick us out. So when a thought appears that isn't working, and it inevitably will, you'll be able to sweep it out of _____.
Solution
- settle
- frame
- start
- thoughts
Original Text
First, you'll want to settle into your mind the same way that you might start a meditation. Then imagine that your mind is like a projector. Everything you can see and experience is what's right in front of you. Everything to your left, right, behind you, that's out of frame. This is important because while there are thoughts that turn us on, there are also thoughts that are incredibly effective at turning us off: stress, shame, insecurities, and also the things that inexplicably ick us out. So when a thought appears that isn't working, and it inevitably will, you'll be able to sweep it out of frame.
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Important Words
- appears
- effective
- experience
- frame
- front
- ick
- imagine
- important
- incredibly
- inevitably
- inexplicably
- insecurities
- left
- meditation
- mind
- projector
- settle
- shame
- start
- stress
- sweep
- thought
- thoughts
- turn
- turning
- working