I'm cycling through Carlos's books again, currently on tales of power.
Don Jaun and Carlos talk about keeping your gaze on a fixed point on the horizon and by doing this it allows you to take in an almost 180° view on your surroundings.
Carlos comments that he had been practicing this and while walking he had successfully silenced his internal dialogue for over 10 minutes.
I noticed that after a while of dark room gazing I naturally adopt this view and it becomes easier to silence my internal dialogue for short bursts.
Not sure if this is of any merit or use to anyone just something that came to me when it came up in the book.
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Hi. Now that I think about it, you're right. But you've noticed this because you've practiced in the dark room without any eye protection and with the room dimmed to very low light. Even in low light, these lights aren't distinguishable, but in total darkness, you can clearly see them, even if you can't see your hands, but you can see their shadow if you place them directly against that light source. And I assume you have it on both sides, specifically at 0 and approximately 180 degrees, so you could have noticed this, but you can actually do this test anywhere, as you've verified with the books.
In my opinion, anything that helps quiet the inner dialogue is good and welcome, so if it helps, it's always worthwhile for anyone who needs it. Therefore, good for you if it works for you and is helpful.
Yes. This is called "the right way of walking."
https://www.reddit.com/r/castaneda/comments/ubn3f7/the_right_way_of_walking_visual_aids/?share_id=7I8gNB7ASFNWxXaEOZVs3&utm_content=2&utm_medium=android_app&utm_name=androidcss&utm_source=share&utm_term=1
https://toltecschool.com/toltec-indexes/index-page-2/the-right-way-of-walking-and-stopping-the-internal-dialog
Not sure about the 10 minutes, but it certainly helps "saturate the tonal" as they say.
You will get bursts if silence + it helps you keep the attention in the mind, and silence it, when walking.
Yes, in my opinion, it works great in a brightly lit room and enhances the effect in a dark one. I used to try to fight eye-crossing, but then I let it go, and I started to do well (the dialogue stops, the first images appear).
Any method you use to get more serious about stopping the internal dialogue is good.
But I believe the apprentices used our method more.
Gazing.
Darkroom is actually gazing. We just do it while doing the tensegrity too.
So in some ways, darkroom is "the right way of walking", on steroids.
And the good news is, if you get it right, it's unmistakable.
I was doing this around 2AM.
So I'm pointing out, if you get this right you don't have to rely on anything as vague as crossing your eyes!
We aren't pretend Chi Gung or some Yogi closed eye system.
It's dreaming awake.