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Comment on What's a sequel you were disappointed by? in ~games
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Comment on Let's talk DimensionalJumping! Any techniques, philosophies, stories, and experiences welcome in ~talk
mmoth Link ParentI'm not sure the fact that the astral plane is mutable and not grounded solely in the physical universe is itself evidence that those experiences were just lucid dreams--I have myself experienced...I'm not sure the fact that the astral plane is mutable and not grounded solely in the physical universe is itself evidence that those experiences were just lucid dreams--I have myself experienced data sharing through the astral plane. Confirmed that I received a message from another individual while I was asleep, a code word that would have been impossible to contrive any other way (aside from perhaps the infinitesimally small chance of blindly guessing it). It's my understanding that as one increases the frequency of astral travel (which often does indeed begin as a lucid dream, as lucid dreams can easily be understood as astral travels to adjacent universes, or universes that never were or never could be), one's ability to "tune in" closer and closer to the physical universe without "falling out" of the astral improves. There's a whole litany of soft and hard skills that one picks up through these sorts of explorations.
Meditation is definitely an excellent practice regardless of your intent. Many provable health benefits, the incredible mental stability aside. And you're right, learning to be present and experience real tranquility is where many subtle and spiritual experiences can begin. Thank you for your post :)
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Comment on Let's talk DimensionalJumping! Any techniques, philosophies, stories, and experiences welcome in ~talk
mmoth Link ParentAbsolutely, I'm glad you asked. As I stated in another comment, I relied mainly on Rupert Spira's works starting out (courtesy again of TriumphantGeorge). I'd suggest reading a copy of Presence...Absolutely, I'm glad you asked. As I stated in another comment, I relied mainly on Rupert Spira's works starting out (courtesy again of TriumphantGeorge). I'd suggest reading a copy of Presence volumes 1 and 2 if you can find a copy, although his website has a lot of the same material posted piecemeal for free. The didactic method (really, more of a one-sided socratic method) he employs to get the points across was very effective for me in particular, and helped me to really experience timeless oneness. Frankly it was far more of a moving and religious experience than I'd ever had before.
There's also a read-only archive, a trove of useful tidbits, methods, and ideologies still hosted on reddit. /r/DimensionalJumping should have more than a few trailheads for you :)
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Comment on Let's talk DimensionalJumping! Any techniques, philosophies, stories, and experiences welcome in ~talk
mmoth Link ParentI'm sorry that it sounds like you've had predominantly negative experiences with these fringe philosophies and beliefs. I will say that in essence, everything we experience is some form of brain...I'm sorry that it sounds like you've had predominantly negative experiences with these fringe philosophies and beliefs. I will say that in essence, everything we experience is some form of brain trickery or another—it may seem trivial to assign validity to one lived-experience over another, especially when analyzing it under purely scientific auspices, but there is surely a matter of faith involved, too. Much of what dimensional leaping involves builds on ancient belief systems, like advaita vedanta, and other forms of nondualism. Trying to test the validity of faith and the soul with current scientific tools and methodologies would, I believe, be similar to attempting to detect radiation with tools calibrated in the 1500s. Being an empirically-minded individual myself, I hold out hope that some day we will in fact have such an ability. I can only say, again as someone who believes in empiricism, that I have had far more mystifying and bizarre experiences since I set down this path; experiences that have been corroborated by others beyond myself. I accept that the brain can be lacking when it comes to its ability to recall accurately. I think science and faith are actually arguing for the same or similar things, but from opposite ends of the candlewick if you will. Whether or not that is a bunch of hooey or not truly hinges on perspective; I respect your perspective and viewpoint but I do not share it, in short.
Thank you for your engaging and detailed response to my post!
Rupert Spira's works are what got me started down this rabbit hole, and on the off chance you were interested in looking more into nondualism, that would be my recommendation for reading.
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Comment on Let's talk DimensionalJumping! Any techniques, philosophies, stories, and experiences welcome in ~talk
mmoth Link ParentHey there! Nope, not an ARG. It's all the real deal interestingly enough. Lucid dreaming is, in a sense, a "clue" to us that our waking reality may be more than it seems to be. After all, what...Hey there! Nope, not an ARG. It's all the real deal interestingly enough.
Lucid dreaming is, in a sense, a "clue" to us that our waking reality may be more than it seems to be. After all, what ultimately makes a lucid dream any less real than our experience of being awake? We attribute one a "less real" nature because it is less permanent. We maintain certain consistencies between periods of dreaming, there is a solid and unchanging quality to our waking lives. But then again, speaking as one who has had vivid dreams in the past, I've had several dreams in my lifetime that felt extraordinarily real. To me, in a couple of them it felt as though I had spent several months in a relatively static and consistent dream world. I was exhausted when I woke up; the mental weight of having gone through several months in a dream was definitely a real experience to me in that moment.
If you get deep into this philosophy you start to think of dreams as just another form of experience. You might also begin to look at your waking life as just a particularly "sticky" dream in the sense that we have a lot of unconscious assumptions about the stability and unchanging quality of it. When you start to unravel and challenge some of those assumptions, the static and unchanging quality of waking life begins to erode as well. That's how you can force changes to occur through "directed idealism" or "active nondualism." Believing in your heart of hearts that you are in a dream-like universe allows you to become lucid while you're awake (oneirosophatic).
I recognize what I'm saying might be a bit overwhelming; it's hard for me to filter it having been so steeped in this stuff for so long. Suffice it to say that lucid dreaming is an excellent trailhead for an adventure that could very literally shape the course of your future for the better. You can very easily use lucid dreaming as a precursor to astral projection, but it's a worthy goal no matter how you decide to utilize it.
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Comment on What's your not-D&D RPG, and why? in ~games.tabletop
mmoth LinkUnknown Armies! I know this is more of a niche TTRPG, but Unknown Armies quickly became my favorite tabletop game sometime during the middle of the 2nd Edition run. Online friends of mine merely...Unknown Armies!
I know this is more of a niche TTRPG, but Unknown Armies quickly became my favorite tabletop game sometime during the middle of the 2nd Edition run. Online friends of mine merely had to put the rulebook in front of me and I was immediately hooked. Basically, you and your party are a group of profoundly disturbed individuals, but as it turns out, having peculiar idiosyncrasies to the point of near-madness is what's required to perform legitimate works of magic in UA's universe. It's set in the midst of an occult underground of the 1990s, with many different secret cabals and cults vying for control of all of the unseen currents and magical artifacts they can get their hands on. UA is a game of conspiracy, deceit, and madness, with a punishing and visceral combat system. Definitely worth looking into!
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Comment on What's your not-D&D RPG, and why? in ~games.tabletop
mmoth Link ParentI'm so glad to see The Quiet Year getting some love! This game brought myself and my college friends many afternoons of storytelling fun. I wholeheartedly recommend it to anyone and everyone who's...I'm so glad to see The Quiet Year getting some love! This game brought myself and my college friends many afternoons of storytelling fun. I wholeheartedly recommend it to anyone and everyone who's looking for a low-barrier-to-entry collaborative worldbuilding engine. Using it as a precursor to playing another TTRPG in the world that's built is genius and I wish we'd thought to do that back in the day!
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Comment on What have you been eating, drinking, and cooking? in ~food
mmoth LinkI recently discovered Vermont Curry, an absolutely delightful Japanese curry mix that somehow tastes even better than my erstwhile favorite, S&B Foods' Golden Curry. Last night I whipped up a...I recently discovered Vermont Curry, an absolutely delightful Japanese curry mix that somehow tastes even better than my erstwhile favorite, S&B Foods' Golden Curry. Last night I whipped up a boiling potful of carrots, onions, green onions, broccoli, and yellow and red new potatoes, along with about a pound and a half of boneless chicken thighs. I call this my not-guilty guilty pleasure, because while it is made with a mix, it's also (relatively) healthy, and makes enough leftovers for at least 4 or 5 dinners throughout the week (depending on how hungry I get!)
Add just a bit of jasmine rice to go alongside it and you've got yourself a delicious stew any time of year :)
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Comment on Introductions | June 2023, part 2 in ~talk
mmoth LinkHey there. I'm mmoth because moth was taken (and also because I tend to reply with "Mm" perhaps more than I ought). 12 year veteran of Speztopia (since he seems hellbent on reinforcing that R--dit...Hey there. I'm mmoth because moth was taken (and also because I tend to reply with "Mm" perhaps more than I ought). 12 year veteran of Speztopia (since he seems hellbent on reinforcing that R--dit is his own personal fiefdom, beholden to no-one but his and his leadership's whims)
Very, very glad to be here. I'm currently joining and getting involved in as many "old internet" communities as I can--ones centered on actual productive discussions and meaningful personal relationships. I want to experience the same fun, whimsical, and yet meaningful exploratory experiences that the internet of the late 1990s/early 2000s brought to all of us. It felt like something brand new, something exciting and full of possibility.
To that end, I'm currently working on building my own HTML site by hand. A project I have conceived of for many years but never really pulled the trigger on. My interests tend to be in the occult/paranormal spaces, and I am an avid consumer of materials relating to the supernatural and the strange. I also like video gaming, art, history, philosophy, cooking, and spending time outdoors. I look forward to talking about all of these, and more, with Tildes!
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Let's talk DimensionalJumping! Any techniques, philosophies, stories, and experiences welcome
Some of my favorite experiences on Speztopia were forged in and throughout the DimensionalLeaping/Jumping/Shifting subreddits, where I quickly came to understand and appreciate a variety of...
Some of my favorite experiences on Speztopia were forged in and throughout the DimensionalLeaping/Jumping/Shifting subreddits, where I quickly came to understand and appreciate a variety of methods and principles underpinning the idea that our conscious experience is only part of the equation (and yet, at the same time, is all that there is). Such thoughts as "we are all collectively dreaming one another into existence," "advaita vedanta nondualism and its implications," and other notions were uniquely inspiring to me.
I began to have experiences of my own, when I meditated on the Oneness that had been revealed to me. There were instances where I would wake up and realize that minor things in my everyday had been altered subtly. One morning I had a very vivid dream (or perhaps, a true experience--because what really is the difference?) of witnessing my own death. It was somewhat traumatic, if I'm being honest. But I arose following that incident and realized that the hot and cold water knobs at my sink had changed seemingly out of nowhere. It was also the case that a close friend of mine and I were suddenly no longer in an argument, despite it being a rather trying and difficult situation--he had no memory of it having ever transpired, and insisted I was making things up. There were other small things like that, that I began to notice as I wandered around my college campus. Events that I vividly recalled attending had never happened, or were about to happen the next day.
I had made what I knew then to be a "discontinuous breach" or an acute dimensional shift, an abrupt and often confusing repatterning of a worldline in ways that is not congruous or otherwise defies certain expected patterns/physical laws/metaphors. This is compared to a continuous breach, one that occurs in ways too subtle to recognize, in a series of understandable and acceptable steps, or otherwise in keeping with the established order.
As I have grown in my experience and understanding of nondualism, just as I have gained some answers, I find that ultimately I am left with ever more questions. I think others who participate in intentionally weirding one's quantum consciousness know what I'm talking about.
I wanted to start the conversation here in the hopes of a sustained community discussion about and around these ideas. TriumphantGeorge, if you're here: Your tutelage and constant availability for bouncing ideas off of was nothing short of heroic, in my mind. I still number you among my mentors and appreciate so much the time and effort you took to open my mind to a whole new way of thinking. Being strictly dualistic throughout my childhood, learning that there was another way of conceiving of things opened countless doors in my life.
An open question in addition to an invitation to share: What are your favorite methods for astral projection? I find that I am somewhat resistant to most elementary or straightforward projection techniques, so the more complex and systematic, the better!
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Not to mention, there are some incredible mods available for Fallout 4 if you play on PC! SimSettlements to name just one :) I'd also recommend to anyone reading this who hasn't to give New Vegas a try. Not exactly an uncommon opinion, but it feels to me like perhaps the best 3D iteration in the series.