HI I just joined and I’ve been reading many posts already before here.
Since reading all of Carlos' books several times I asked myself if the practices, forcing silence and recap in particular, significantly improve your cognitive functions?
I’m Gen Z and my brain is completely fried from social media (YT and X). Even though I only consume highly educational content at 2x speed, additionally in multiple languages, I still face immense diffilculties to concentrate on the actual important things in life. So I’m very educated on multiple complex things, but not on the ones that I should prioritise.
That would be university in particular. Even though I really enjoy it, it literally feels like an entity is preventing me from studying, making me extremely lazy. The foundation for every problem in my life seems to be internal dialogue.
I forced silence a few times in a dark room (out of curiosity) and at one point my internal dialogue transitioned from thoughts to more like a monster or demon screaming inside my body like an aggressive dog inside of a cage. One time I even heard demonic voices screaming at me, AND I’M NOT MAKING THIS UP. As a Christian I obviously believe that this infection, which literally seems to be some sort of immaterial parasite on the mind, is the Devil’s work, who non stop tricks you in such heinous ways, that it’s fuckin scary.
I’m glad I found this sub, because the lineage and you guys seem to be the only ones left, who ACTUALLY figured out what’s going on.
And yes, I most definitely have intentions to increase status and wealth in my life. Particularly with crypto and EE, as I see the most potential there in the future.
If you try to convince me that I should rather stay broke and enslaved in this world, because wanting money dirties the link to intent, I will leave the sub and never post again.
I’m not really interested in seeing random useless images, an IOB or purple balls in a darkroom. I don’t see the use in such things. If I wanna experience novelty I could just take drugs. And that is NOT an option for me
To make it short, is 3 hours of practice at night worth it to improve your performance in this strange peculiar world? Cognitively and physically? Any special experiences?
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Let me guess what would Dan say: schizofrenia friend.
Regarding the cuestion, yes, practicing helps me to focus, to study better and so on
You sound more like a potential stalker than a dreamer (if you've read the books I assume you know what I mean by that).
Which is an equally valid "orientation."
There's magic to be uncovered in all aspects of life, not just in dreams (that one turns into dreaming).
But if you keep (if you haven't already started) practicing, eventually, you will have to concede and accept that you're dreaming right now!
Man, this sub is wild 😜
hahahaha ...I was reading until this part: "As a Christian..."
Imagine reading all the books “several times” and coming here to say, all that ‘stuff.’
Eventually you get a 15% increase in IQ, 50% increase in memory, and 200% increase in problem solving.
You also get past personal gain from other people, and become capable of actually caring about them, without considering what's best for you.
Frankly, if you aren't a sorcerer, you suck big time.
But you can't see that, until you get your assemblage point to move to "the place of no self-pity".
Perhaps the best of all is that once you can "see", you can use that at your job.
Even complex engineering!
If you have a problem you've been studying, from all angles, and then you get a chance to relax and stop thinking about it, the solution can materialize in the air in front of you.
Hi Dan.
Parts of what you say I can witness for myself.
There is another bit that less. Since practicing, I can feel my love for people I love amd I also understand accept the need of detachment.
However, there is an "external" person I really like. She takes attention and thoughts and time, and I woner of her inmy life is compatible with what I am tryng to achieve here. Sometims I wonder if to tell her about all of this, the practice amd the goal. Not sure, as she may not believe it, and I would not want her unconscious intent against
Today I resolved to ask the spirit and the silence what is best
My current understandng is that is best ot talk about this with others,I understand you do.
Anyway, "social" and practice.. Social life makes practice tougher. Other people is like a push back int the river of shit as you call it. What is your take?
We don't have the answers.
This has never been done before.
But Carlos did in fact have a long time girlfriend.
Amy.
Who wrote that "tell all" book after he pressured her to do it upon his death.
He tried to teach her sorcery, but she wasn't interested.
She humored him...
Watch out. Women are tricky. They'll outsmart men all the time.
As long as the men are attracted to them.
thanks for answering.
Have truer words ever been spoken?
Sounds like we’re both in similar situations
I can’t really help much because my own flyer is also causing me to be extremely lazy to the things that count, but I will say that recap is a must for us. Something, or several things happened in our lives that caused us to utterly loathe the idea of chasing after success in some form or another.
Every time I did recap, no matter how meager, it was like lifting a weight off my shoulders. Ngl, I fucking HATED school, the constant failure, the competition, graduating college was my limit and the last obligation I was going to follow for my parents. Go through and make that list, recap every intrusive thought, every memory that pops up and remember as much of the situation and emotions you can. Follow it up with tensegrity. The tensegrity also provides a sense of empowerment like they said in Magical Passes. I just also follow the same sentiment you mentioned about purple puffs and images, but it’s sink or swim. Every day, every minute. Don’t do the back and forth like I’m doing LMAO 🤣
i'm also struggling with laziness and i found this post interesting because it had not been obvious too me that laziness is masked self-pity:
".. if you feel "lazy" you need to realize that's just self-pity pretending to be something less awfull than it actually is. .."
from https://www.reddit.com/r/castaneda/comments/1chn976/laziness_not_what_it_seems/
I think you probably should stay broke, because money dirties the link to Intent. Why give up that advantage?
Is that really true??
I don't know
I think it’s true
Well under normal circumstances, someone's AP must be determined somewhat by their material conditions, and the AP of a society is probably determined by the economic mode of production of that society so... you know.
Money should be viewed as a means to an end or a force Multiplier.
Why do you want money? What's the main motive?
That's what may dirty the link of intent, not the idea of money or success itself.