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  • @syncretikOPMEnglish
    1•1 year ago

    So for example, if I am sick, I directly begin to feel healthy. Or if I am cold, I directly begin to feel that I am warm. The change should be instant and direct.

    Ah I see, it’s similar to what Neville Goddard talks about. So basically that entails that everyone is doing that all the time, whether it be consciously or not.

    once I’m done with the casting event (which doesn’t need to be heavily ritualized) during which time I would also need to focus, from then on I am free to do whatever as I know deep down the seed is “there” and “working.”

    Thanks for clearing that up, I guess the word “spell” carried some additional weight and kind of threw me off a but it’s similar to the approach I take, different metaphors for the same thing I guess. I’m seeing that a lot recently, especially upon quick glances into religious ideals, but just quick ones before shit starts getting whacky.

    Really physicalism conditions the mind to such a strong degree that even if one agrees that it has flaws, physicalist expectations can easily subtly assert themselves still for a time

    That it does, even now sometimes a “voice of ration” will come into my head as an obvious attempt of trying hard to hold on to convention. It’s no different than any other addiction, where the brain will come up with excuses to relapse and voice them as ration and reason.

    That’s why contemplation and introspection are so important

    Yup, it can be a bit scary at first, especially when you unearth something previously unseen or unnoticed, but the benefits are invaluable. There’s an article on the importance on that here that’s worth a read.

    Originally commented by u/WrongStar on 2017-08-06 09:22:46 (dl7xbv5)

    • @syncretikOPMEnglish
      1•1 year ago

      That it does, even now sometimes a “voice of ration” will come into my head as an obvious attempt of trying hard to hold on to convention. It’s no different than any other addiction, where the brain will come up with excuses to relapse and voice them as ration and reason.

      What’s funny is that you’re attributing agency to your brain here, which is exactly a feature of physicalism. ;) I don’t know if you’re doing this as a joke or if it’s a serious slip up.

      Originally commented by u/mindseal on 2017-08-06 15:36:06 (dl8b9rt)

      • @syncretikOPMEnglish
        1•1 year ago

        A little bit of both, unintentionally the latter. I guess physicalist terminology is still embedded in me.

        I understand the brain isn’t the center of consciousness so I guess a better way to phrase it is “I’ll sometimes have feelings of self-doubt”. Which isn’t exclusive to just trying to change experience, these feelings often arise in other aspects of my life so it only makes sense that it would also translate into this, and this case it’s me holding on to ideals of convention. I guess more introspection is needed :)

        Originally commented by u/WrongStar on 2017-08-06 23:31:37 (dl8m6z9)

        • @syncretikOPMEnglish
          1•1 year ago

          I understand the brain isn’t the center of consciousness so I guess a better way to phrase it is “I’ll sometimes have feelings of self-doubt”.

          Exactly. You have to take responsibility instead of delegating it to an element of your own experience. The brain is an element of your experience.

          Which isn’t exclusive to just trying to change experience, these feelings often arise in other aspects of my life so it only makes sense that it would also translate into this, and this case it’s me holding on to ideals of convention. I guess more introspection is needed :)

          Yup. The metaphor of “a brain as an agent” is something deeply conditioned into many of us. It can be conditioned to the point where even in your dreams it’s possible that you also use that physicalistic metaphor.

          Originally commented by u/mindseal on 2017-08-07 08:41:07 (dl9b3fp)