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RESPONDENT: Richard, how long do you think will it take before it becomes automatic to have the question running?

RICHARD: About as long as it takes to realise that feeling anything other than happy and harmless sucks … and sucks big-time at that.

RESPONDENT: Would it be correct to say that the method is essentially same as increasing the present-time awareness?

RICHARD: No.

RESPONDENT: How soon will the rewards can be reaped by the method (in getting rid of the ‘me’) so that the momentum can be acquired by the success rather than the veracity/power of your words?

RICHARD: About as soon as it takes to realise that feeling anything other than happy and harmless sucks … and sucks big-time at that.