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Borrowed Genius Step Two
Now invite your genius to join you in the garden. Whoever or
whatever this genius is, begin describing them in the same rich
detail you previously used to describe the garden. Make this
genius completely real through the richness of your description,
especially the feeling of their warm, welcoming presence.
Borrowed Genius Step Three
Imagine yourself moving forward and greeting your genius.
Notice that your genius smiles at you and then turns so that their
back is facing you. This is an invitation for you to step forward
and move INTO the body of your genius.
Now start looking through their eyes, hearing with their ears,
feeling with their feelings, and perceiving with their perceptions.
Observe the garden around you once again. How do "you" (as the
genius) see it? Is anything different from how you saw it before?
Whatever the differences are, make them utterly real as you
describe them in all their richness.
Borrowed Genius Step Four
Now start doing whatever it is that your master is a genius AT.
This may take you to another space where this skill is actually
practiced, such as a concert hall where you are singing on stage
or a laboratory where you are developing a scientific
breakthrough. It might also take you back in time or into the
future.
How do you feel when you're practicing your skill? What do you
perceive? How does your body feel? What are your characteristic
postures, gestures, patterns of movement?
Describe every sensory detail you can about HOW you (as your
chosen genius) experience your abilities.

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