Our mission this burn was to experiment with Timothy Leary's 8 circuit model of consciousness on the playa...Of course, we only got through 6 circuits, but even that is an accomplishment with all the other chaos to juggle on the playa. We went out there to re-program aspects of our minds, and that is exactly what happened.
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/8-Circuit_Model_of_Consciousness
Much of our time was spent in the Bio-Survival Circuit, as we built our home & had to protect it from violent wind & sand elements.
The Emotional, Symbolic & Domestic (socio-sexual) Circuits manifested in many different ways, sometimes with polar shifts, causing perceptions & feelings of extreme oppostites. (unity & isolation, trust & paranoia, desire & neglect, peace & rage, etc)
We experienced some of the other circuits simultaneously at times. Our best moments happened on the Neurosomatic & Neuroelectric circuits, with tantric merging into ONE being, and the meta-programming transformation which will be described below.
The single most intense experience we had was like a sling-shot into the cosmos. It felt like we were back in the womb...our vision, hearing and ability to speak had gone and all we could feel were our hands holding each other, feeling like liquid metal at times. When our ears began to work again, we heard high frequencies and strange noises like machinery and felt our bodies being rebuilt. I was able to crack my eyes open occasionally but could only see figures moving around. These figures were communicating with each other saying things like "the specimens will now be entering a temporary period of paralysis" and then it would happen just as they said. We had waves of feeling love & warmth, then feeling cold & death approaching. By sunrise, it became a full Samadhi experience. We got up feeling like we had shed our old skins. Possibly the greatest moment of our lives. We had a beautiful bike ride around the playa that morning.
Whether these were foreign inter-dimensional beings or inner projections of ourselves is irrelevant. Whether it was a lucid dream, time-space travel, or something else entirely, it definitely had a positive effect on us.
It is hard to believe that we both experienced the same things, while we were unable to communicate verbally to each other. But then again, not so hard to believe if you've been there ;)
O.o.O.
Showing posts with label psychology. Show all posts
Showing posts with label psychology. Show all posts
Thursday, September 13, 2007
Wednesday, January 10, 2007
Rulers, Rebels, & Followers
In my research of cultures, both ancient and modern, I have so far come across many distinct, but common groups. There are three in particular that I would like to analyze right now: Rulers, followers, and rebels.
Rulers come in two groups on the grand scale; organized dictators and religious rulers. By organized dictators I am referring to ancient and modern governments, with all the laws and consequences that they use to rule. By religious rulers I am referring to the organized faith systems which have strict rules and punishments for those who oppose them.
Ok, so maybe these two "rulers" are actually the same in essence? Together, they create two more groups of people; followers and rebels.
Followers are people who submit themselves to be ruled by others, either by choice or by force. They might be unaware of the fact that they have a choice, be afraid to rebel, or be indifferent on the matter. The first two are self-explanatory (ignorance and brute force), while the last is a state of mind engineered by means of bribing and distracting.--The ultimate example of passive-agressive social-engineering!
Rebels are people world over who's main agenda is to abandon agenda altogether. They come from many walks of life, but the main two subgroups are: pleasure-seekers and knowledge-seekers. Pleasure-seekers embrace the material world, ruled by desire. Knowledge-seekers are ruled by intellect. Each denying what the other has to offer.
Hidden within these subgroups are more subgroups of seekers: Those who choose to abandon material possessions altogether, in hopes of understanding and becoming that which is above the laws of man. And those who's thirst and craving run so deep that they choose to live multiple lives, embracing and transcending ALL.
Throughout life, we (the non-rulers) evolve through stages of following and rebelling.
I have been the follower of rules, who did not know I had a choice. I have been tempted by pleasure-seeking, but never pursued it fully because my thirst for knowledge was stronger. Thus, I have been the rebellious knowledge-seeker, blinded by my own intellect. In my "awakening" from my blind intellect, I became an eagerly blind mystic, entranced by this power that I had tapped into. I became The Hypocrite who had unintentionally and unknowingly attained "blind faith". When I realized this, I became the Skeptical Existentialist; The Stranger; The Paranoid Hermit. After enduring much pain and solitude from my spiritual death...something happened. I realized that blind mysticism is a veil that sometimes needs to be worn before we are ready to understand what is underneath it. I realized all the stages that I had gone through in my evolution were necessary. Evolution/Change has become my belief. Intelligence/Ego doesn't allow weakness, but Wisdom does. At least it allows for Change.
TO CHAOS NOTHING IS TRUE AND EVERYTHING IS PERMITTED
and ever-evolving...
Rulers come in two groups on the grand scale; organized dictators and religious rulers. By organized dictators I am referring to ancient and modern governments, with all the laws and consequences that they use to rule. By religious rulers I am referring to the organized faith systems which have strict rules and punishments for those who oppose them.
Ok, so maybe these two "rulers" are actually the same in essence? Together, they create two more groups of people; followers and rebels.
Followers are people who submit themselves to be ruled by others, either by choice or by force. They might be unaware of the fact that they have a choice, be afraid to rebel, or be indifferent on the matter. The first two are self-explanatory (ignorance and brute force), while the last is a state of mind engineered by means of bribing and distracting.--The ultimate example of passive-agressive social-engineering!
Rebels are people world over who's main agenda is to abandon agenda altogether. They come from many walks of life, but the main two subgroups are: pleasure-seekers and knowledge-seekers. Pleasure-seekers embrace the material world, ruled by desire. Knowledge-seekers are ruled by intellect. Each denying what the other has to offer.
Hidden within these subgroups are more subgroups of seekers: Those who choose to abandon material possessions altogether, in hopes of understanding and becoming that which is above the laws of man. And those who's thirst and craving run so deep that they choose to live multiple lives, embracing and transcending ALL.
Throughout life, we (the non-rulers) evolve through stages of following and rebelling.
I have been the follower of rules, who did not know I had a choice. I have been tempted by pleasure-seeking, but never pursued it fully because my thirst for knowledge was stronger. Thus, I have been the rebellious knowledge-seeker, blinded by my own intellect. In my "awakening" from my blind intellect, I became an eagerly blind mystic, entranced by this power that I had tapped into. I became The Hypocrite who had unintentionally and unknowingly attained "blind faith". When I realized this, I became the Skeptical Existentialist; The Stranger; The Paranoid Hermit. After enduring much pain and solitude from my spiritual death...something happened. I realized that blind mysticism is a veil that sometimes needs to be worn before we are ready to understand what is underneath it. I realized all the stages that I had gone through in my evolution were necessary. Evolution/Change has become my belief. Intelligence/Ego doesn't allow weakness, but Wisdom does. At least it allows for Change.
TO CHAOS NOTHING IS TRUE AND EVERYTHING IS PERMITTED
and ever-evolving...
Monday, October 16, 2006
The Magick of Will Power
Do you believe in magick?
What sort of thoughts, feelings and images does the word "magick" conjure up in your mind?
Let us look at this definition of magick: the art of producing a desired effect or result through the use of incantation or various other techniques that presumably assure human control of supernatural agencies or the forces of nature. In a nutshell, causing change by way of your Will.
For a vast majority of people, the word "magick" brings them discomfort, fear, and anger. Why is this? Besides the overly-used line that "people fear what they do not understand", there could be much more hidden in their sub-conscious minds.
When I ask people "do you believe in magick?", I usually receive confused or disgruntled faces, and sometimes nervous laughter. They do not realize that I am really asking them "do you believe in your-self and in your own abilities?"
Once this thought travels through their brains, something changes inside of them. It seems to trigger an inner "awareness". However, this awareness does not necessarily imply that they understand what they are feeling. But they are forced to acknowledge their ability to be conscious of, feel, or perceive that something inside of them has changed.
I have just described a form of spirituality. Now I can ask you if you consider your-self to be a spiritual person. What will you say?
I believe everyone is born receptive to spirituality. As we grow we either choose to embrace or reject this inner voice. Rejecting it only pushes it to the back of our subconscious minds, it does not delete it from our memories. Can you remember what it was like to grow inside your mother's womb, and then to be pushed out into this world? Do you believe that you can imaginatively re-live that memory? Have you ever questioned your place in this world? Most humans that I have studied do this all the time. Including me! Questioning is not equivalent to seeking or finding; it is only the initial step.
Even prehistoric humans are believed to have used this ability to tap into their awareness and cause desired change! (They mainly painted and carved their visions of successful hunts and sacred ceremonies on cave walls.)
We've evolved since then, but there is always room for improvement! May I be so bold as to challenge you to go even further? If you truly believe in yourself and your own abilities, will you make use of this awareness?
What sort of thoughts, feelings and images does the word "magick" conjure up in your mind?
Let us look at this definition of magick: the art of producing a desired effect or result through the use of incantation or various other techniques that presumably assure human control of supernatural agencies or the forces of nature. In a nutshell, causing change by way of your Will.
For a vast majority of people, the word "magick" brings them discomfort, fear, and anger. Why is this? Besides the overly-used line that "people fear what they do not understand", there could be much more hidden in their sub-conscious minds.
When I ask people "do you believe in magick?", I usually receive confused or disgruntled faces, and sometimes nervous laughter. They do not realize that I am really asking them "do you believe in your-self and in your own abilities?"
Once this thought travels through their brains, something changes inside of them. It seems to trigger an inner "awareness". However, this awareness does not necessarily imply that they understand what they are feeling. But they are forced to acknowledge their ability to be conscious of, feel, or perceive that something inside of them has changed.
I have just described a form of spirituality. Now I can ask you if you consider your-self to be a spiritual person. What will you say?
I believe everyone is born receptive to spirituality. As we grow we either choose to embrace or reject this inner voice. Rejecting it only pushes it to the back of our subconscious minds, it does not delete it from our memories. Can you remember what it was like to grow inside your mother's womb, and then to be pushed out into this world? Do you believe that you can imaginatively re-live that memory? Have you ever questioned your place in this world? Most humans that I have studied do this all the time. Including me! Questioning is not equivalent to seeking or finding; it is only the initial step.
Even prehistoric humans are believed to have used this ability to tap into their awareness and cause desired change! (They mainly painted and carved their visions of successful hunts and sacred ceremonies on cave walls.)
We've evolved since then, but there is always room for improvement! May I be so bold as to challenge you to go even further? If you truly believe in yourself and your own abilities, will you make use of this awareness?
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