Now let’s be careful
Let’s think this through
You have learned a lot
You can do a lot for a lot of people
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So if I move your arm
Just a teensy little bit
And at the same time I hold your arm down so that it can’t move
And I ask you to try to move your arm
You will say no, I can’t move my arm, leave me alone!
You’ll be very upset
And then I’ll do this again and again… and again and again and again
Eventually I will not need to hold your arm down anymore
Just that teensy little movement, pressing your arm down against whatever is resting on
Will make you feel like you can’t move your arm
Just focusing your attention on what’s touching your body and flexing those muscles a little bit
Will make it feel like those muscles are paralyzed
But they aren’t
Think of different muscles that are attached to the same limb
Wiggle your fingers
Wiggle your toes
Shake the limb side to side
And then you will be able to move the larger muscles
Why am I so slow?
Because you are so nosy