Observing with the whole self, and commanding the mind during sleep

Frederick says he has been practising commanding the mind, including telling it to step out of the way during sleep so the body can regenerate, but he worries that observing is itself done through the mind.

The Wonders reply that the mind is the most brilliant tool he ever created and will observe if directed, but it is not the only part of him that can observe: observation comes from the self, and he is a physical, emotional and spiritual being as well as a mental one, so those parts can observe too.

Rather than observing only mentally, he should use his physical senses and the rest of himself.

Asked whether he can remember without the mind, they point out the body remembers its own circumstances and knows when it has been harmed without being told.

As a practical test of whether the mind stayed out of the way during sleep, he should simply ask on waking, without thinking about it, whether he feels more rested; if yes, there is a high probability the mind did not interfere, and the more he observes his state of rest on waking, the more he can command the mind to keep producing it.