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USE YOUR MEMORY
culator, in preparation for the following morning. Finally we asked
him to describe the interior design of his briefcase, and as he went
through a detailed description of each compartment and section,
he remembered pens, pencils, machines, letters and a number of
other items that he had previously completely 'forgotten'.
Within twenty minutes of what turned out to be a delightful and
playful reliving of his previous twenty-four hours, in which his
frown gradually turned into a broad smile and his physical poise
improved, he recalled eighteen additional items to the original
four he had recalled after a painful and unpleasant one hour and
twenty minutes.
The secret in re-remembering is to allow the full power of your
memory to flow freely without 'trying' to remember any one
specific thing. The secret within the secret is to 'forget about'
whatever it is you are trying to remember and to surround the
absence (what you have forgotten) with every possible association
or connection available to you (see diagram below). Usually the
best way to do this is to 'relive' all experiences that connect in any
way with the item you are trying to remember. This technique
works immediately in practically all cases.

In those rare instances where there is not an immediate recall,
complete the reliving exercise in exactly the way outlined, and
then give your brain the instruction to forget about it on the
conscious level but work it out on an unconscious level. You will
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