Hi. I am somewhat perplexed as to how it is that by all indications and markers, I had unwittingly reached the ‘Place of No Pity’, yet I don’t recall traveling the length of the J-Curve. Some of the indicators were seeing black balls and smudges of purple, as well as ‘seeing’ visions with my right eye. These happened enough but nothing close to everyday. At one point I saw a soccer ball sized white disc appear in front of my chest which coincided with as sensation of been split in 2; the left side with its normal solidity and the right more amorphous standing over a void with a vision of a canyon in my right eye.
I felt split into two parts. If I felt no fear, no pity, no sense of embarrassment, a distinct sensation of a cocoon of energy around my body with certain areas (patches) more densely packed generally in the vicinity from my left thigh to left rib cage, (which was generally consistent) there was the underlying reminder of my normal miserable self always present. There were other indicators, yet I lost all that. You said that when we reach a certain momentum attacks will come and come in 3’s – this should be stamped in bold in a warrior’s memory, for no truer words have been said, and certainly apply to me. Now I just got to figure a way to begin again and follow all the instructions given here in this sub redit.
“But even if you get rid of self-pity by "cheating", meaning you move your assemblage point so far away from its normal position that normal social rules and interactions are meaningless, you still might have some remaining "bad habits".
Like not talking to a black puff, even though it seems to have come to visit!
We don't know what the black puffs are, but they're mentioned in at least 3 places in the books. Usually not as a little cloud shape, but you'll realize it's the same "stuff" whatever form it takes.
It's absolutely jet black.
So when it shows up, try talking to it! Thank it for visiting.”
– danl999
Are you saying that I cheated because I didn’t consciously go through all the stations of the J-Curve? Because I didn’t think to or take the time to talk to the black orbs?
I certainly will not make that mistake this time.
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Your experience is inconsistent with the sorcery we practice here. Maybe real, but with a dubious background.
And mixed with inventory stuff and quotes.
That quote taken from Dan is out of context and can mislead new people.