But every day since then, and many times a day, I have 'inhibited' in the ordinary stress of living. That is, I have consciously, briefly, stopped. Not the life of a contemplative. My inhibiting is a small, quiet joy. I have built into my days an 'alarm clock' which rings as frequently as possible to awaken me from the trance of habit.
Inhibition is the split second of becoming aware, self-remembered, collected.
In short, it opens a possibility of change. Direction is an order from me to myself, in the moment following inhibition, to embark on willed change. Otherwise, habit promptly reasserts itself. That's as much as I can report on my continuing aspiration towards 'every moment Alexander. He is author of a number of books in History and English.