But it is more skillful to pause long enough to bring to them a spirit of gentle inquiry and curiosity, an investigative awareness: Ah, there you are; let me see who you are. In this way, we not only develop a new perspective toward them, seeing them, increasingly, as passing events in the mind. We are also in much better shape to become familiar with the content of recurring messages. Furthermore, this sense of openness, curiosity, and exploration will activate the approach mode of the mind and brain.
