Not a serious post!
So I've been doing quite a bit of daylight gazing lately, trying to replicate some very humble stuff that I can do in the dark room. Purple puffs, fog, etc.
One thing that is quite different from the darkroom is that my eyes get irritated pretty quickly and that brings out tears. I think that is because I don't blink, but I'm not sure, since I'm not allowing myself to think about that. Another thing is, I have a hard time keeping my lower jaw tense, so my mouth would open if I dint't keep it shut barely with my lips, and I get my mouth overfilled with saliva pretty quckly.
So I really must be looking like an idiot with tears in my eyes rolling down my cheeks and saliva dripping from my half-open mouth. But hey, inside I am fighting the most important battle in my life!
Merry Christmas everyone!
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Did you try mewing?
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how would this help?
Answer is simple, just do a little research on it.
Also eating harder food like meat can help you strengthen jaw muscles and tounge.
It's fairly plain that you haven't given much of an effort to gazing.
You sound like Carlos trying to find the right spot outside don Juan humble house!
there’s no need to trouble your eyes, you can have them in their «natural function» that’s why they react with tears... also daylight if it’s intense causes tears depending on how you’re gazing.
the nice thing is when you have the first magical results in front of your eyes and you cry with joy that you saw it!
Ultrasonic air humidifier? $50 at walmart.
I'm not clear on why you'd keep your jaw tense... Hopefully you aren't pressing your tongue against the roof of your mouth, to get an added dreaming "boost"?
Or is it a trick to reduce the internal dialogue?
Boosts are best learned once you can visibly see the boost. I'm not putting "boosts" down, just recommending not to clutter things up until you are seeing magic so vivid, no one will believe you anymore.
I was playing with a "boost" Carlos told us about, just last night!
He gave us perhaps 5 or 6 of those which weren't attached to another longer technique, so they were likely all lost. Maybe someday we can recover them, and I'll make a "Boost Tensegrity" cartoon.
They tend to be like advice from Clara, or one of the lineage senior women from the witches' books. A one-off technique.
The boost typically consisting of rubbing, pressing, or poking somewhere on the body.
I could literally see a particular "boost" Carlos had mentioned. I was surprised by it, because I hadn't been thinking about that at all.
And I could see that clearly it works once you are fully silent. That you have to stop guessing how it might look when it works, and just look while perfectly silent, with no expectations.
But now I can't recall it at all!
And maybe keep a tissue by the bed for saliva issues?
I often stuff one in my pants if my nose is running. So I can find it in the darkness.
I don't have an issue with eyes irritation in the darkroom. My theory is because I use glasses with a headband to dark out my vision, it establishes right humidity in the cavities between the eyes and the glasses.
For the jaw, it feels like it's going to dislocate if I don't control it and touch with my teeth every now and then. I look like Bubbles from Trailer Park Boys with my jaw wanting to go is own way. It also somehow feels uncomfortable to have a bigger mouth cavity, as in my practice I try to work with the pressure that moves from my forehead to my neck and then down my spine, and it feels like it gets stuck inside my mouth when it has a bigger cavity.
Anyway, none of this bothers me too much, as eventually my jaw can close and I stop crying. It's just funny how I must be looking with my duck face leaking from all holes, my body in the "activated" pose and my feet doing weird microsteps trying to walk without losing silence. I'm surely glad I can do this away from other people! 😜
I read somewhere in this sub that relaxing your tongue helps with silence and has worked for me.
Now try googling "most relaxed position for the tongue".