Controlling the time

["Maximiliano Markous" <mmarkous@...>]

While I´m doing the mental exercise of Step 1 ( observing thoughts ) I 
continuously have one little problem. After 5 or 6 minutes of doing the 
exercise I start wondering about how long has it been since I started, " Is it 
ten minutes already?".
At first I did the following: I got an alarm clock and set it for 10 minutes. I 
wraped it in heavy clothing so that the "beep-beep" should be a nice and quiet 
one. The thoughts about "how long" got reduced but I still have the habit of 
wondering when is going the "beep-beep" to start.
Has anybody gone through this? What should I do? Part of my mind is too 
attentive about the time and I can´t be 100% in the passive state.


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