Are there any specific indicators that some change in perception has been induced by a lateral shift rather than by vertical movement of the AP?
Are there any specific indicators that some change in perception has been induced by a lateral shift rather than by vertical movement of the AP?
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Yea id like to know more about identifying horizontal shifts myself as it seems ive done them before, i shifted my perception to a point that was still on the blue line, but on a horizontal plane. I was seeing a sort of clear smoke around everything, it actually had a flow/movement to it. It was strange
Whenever you identify with something, it's a lateral shift. When you could say for yourself "I'm this or that". Losing your identifications means getting back your sobriety, which brings your AP back to the center.
Do you have any advice as to how to distance oneself from forming such connections?
Practicing inner silence. Try it even in everyday life situations. As good as you can.
And you can take death as advisor. Detects those silly identifications.
Yea, but what about when it comes to social interactions or work situations where labels are unavoidable? Western society is heaviky centered around labels and identifications
Laugh inwardly at these absurd situations. Those meaningless dramas which happen without the real, magical reality. Don't care about things. Just stay serious while you enjoy the farce. Of course it gets annoying at some point. It's like a bad comedy show which you have to watch every day.
When you get to the deep orange zone, any boredom or impatience is a lateral shift.
Or to put it as Tom Hanks might: There's no crying in baseball!