I have given
everything I see in this room [on this street, from this window, in this place]
all the meaning that it has for me.
The exercises with this idea are the same as those for the
first one. Begin with the things that are near you, and apply the idea to
whatever your glance rests on. Then increase the range outward. Turn your head
so that you include whatever is on either side. If possible, turn around and
apply the idea to what was behind you. Remain as indiscriminate as possible in
selecting subjects for its application, do not concentrate on anything in
particular, and do not attempt to include everything you see in a given area,
or you will introduce strain.
Merely glance easily and fairly quickly around you, trying
to avoid selection by size, brightness, color, material, or relative importance
to you. Take the subjects simply as you see them. Try to apply the exercise with
equal ease to a body or a button, a fly or a floor, an arm or an apple. The
sole criterion for applying the idea to anything is merely that your eyes have
lighted on it. Make no attempt to include anything particular, but be sure that
nothing is specifically excluded.