PRINCIPIO DE PRIORIDAD

You are feeling very comfortable and you are completely at ease. Now, picture yourself entering a movie theater. Take a look around. It is a very large and open room. The theater has many rows of red comfortable seats. The movie has not yet started, so it isn’t very dark yet. You look at the movie screen. It’s large and you look forward to watching the movie. You look up and toward the back of the theater and you notice a small window. This is the projection room, where they project the movie onto the screen. You sit down in the front row and get comfortable. Perhaps you are with a friend or maybe you are by yourself, it is up to you. The chair is large and you feel safe in this movie theater. Trailers to upcoming movies begin and you get absorbed in them. Now it is time for the movie to start. You are feeling completely at ease and you are excited about the movie starting. So, you sit back and enjoy. As the movie begins, you notice that you are in this movie. That’s right, you are the star of this movie. You watch yourself on the big screen and you are happy to see yourself. In the movie, you are in a grassy area walking toward a fence and closer to the horse. You are walking towards a fence that holds a horse. You watch as you get closer to the fence and closer to the horse. Now if at any point you feel uncomfortable, you are able to transport yourself into the projection room and watch from afar. Also, if you have any difficulty with watching the movie, you can shut it off at anytime. Let’s pretend that you are feeling a little uncomfortable, so you go into the projection room. You are a little more at ease up here because you know you have a little more control. You watch yourself from high up in the projection room. In the movie, you are at the fence, about 25 feet from the horse which is approximately 8 meters. The horse does not notice you. It stands there, only caring about the hay it is eating. You start to feel a little more comfortable in the projection room.

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You are not tempted to shut down the movie, but you know you can if you need to. You watch yourself in the movie, you reach your hand out, as if to say hi to the horse, and the horse continues to eat. You are feeling a little more comfortable now, so you decide to go back into the theater and watch from the front row. You settle down into your comfortable seat. You understand that if you feel fearful at any point in time, you can go back to the projection room and turn off the movie if you have to. You continue to watch and you find yourself enjoying the movie. In the movie, you take a large carrot out of your pocket and hold it out to the horse. At first, the horse doesn’t notice you holding out the carrot, but he eventually turns his head and looks interested in what you have to offer. The horse starts to slowly approach you in the movie. You calm any fear that comes to the surface. Because you understand that you can watch this horse and feel confident that it will not harm you, because you are only watching. The horse comes up to you in the movie and lightly takes the carrot out of your grasp and begins to eat it. If at any time, you are feeling comfortable with the movie, go ahead and put yourself in the movie. Pretend that you are next to the horse. If you feel uncomfortable, that is fine too and you can stay in the theater or in the projection room. As you continue to look up at the screen, the horse pauses for a little while and seems to be waiting to see if you have any more carrots; this makes you happy and you smile. This is the point in time, maybe not now, but maybe in future listening of this recording, you decide to be in the movie. Let’s pretend that you are now in the movie and you are leaning against the fence with another carrot in your hand. The horse is about 4 feet from you. If you feel uneasy, you can go back to the theater or the projection room, but right now you feel confident. You trust the horse to be nice to you. He takes a couple steps toward you and eats the carrot from your hand. You feel like you have accomplished great things and you have. You now realize

that you can feel at ease around horses. You are confident and strong and you are ready to take on whatever comes your way. And each time you listen to this recording you become more comfortable around horses. Very soon indeed, in your everyday life you will be able to approach horses easily in a very calm and peaceful and happy way. So relax and realize that everything is going to be just fine.

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