Imagine an ability to measure yourself

 

How would that happen? 

I played the computer game Myst when it first came out.  After many days of puzzle solving I got "stuck" and could not progress until I "escaped" from an underground mine.  I attempted escaping for hours and then I quit the game entirely.  Online discussion boards were available to explain every aspect of the game, however, I considered that would be cheating myself.  

Playing thru the 25th Anniversary edition of the game (with a commensurate number of "games" stored in my memories after a quarter-century) I found myself easily escaping the mine.  And wondering to myself: 'How did I not realize (back when I got stuck in the 1990s) how to pay attention to everything happening to my avatar in that mine?'

The game did not get easier.  I had become more proficient at puzzle solving.  On my own.  Without cheating myself.

CJ the X (in his video titled: 6 shapes of god) is so much better at communicating what his brain has experienced, than .

When you listen to his feature-length lecture the first time, you might not be able to understand everything in context (or in metaphor).  But, on second watch, (eyes closed) you may become aware that not every philosopher worth your attention is a professor employed in academia.  There are highly capable people available to guide you toward how to better measure your progress in this game; how to not want to cheat yourself; and how to escape the mind, or mine.

MAPP (Mandatory Annual Pet Pic) - Cecil 2024

 
 

 
          Still loving, living, but showing/feeling his age, Cecil has become thin and rangy at 16 years of oldness.  He still very-much enjoys a pile of firewood (as he did as a juvenile kitten and young adult).  My hopes are that this isn't his final annual picture, but that last month's move is-and-will-be the last move required of us all.
 
          Grooming him and enjoying her elder's company, Pearl is but a mere 2 years of youthfulness.  She is wiley and adept at learning, but still only obeys the commands 'stop' and 'come' when it suits her.  My hopes are that "Pearly-girl" eventually becomes less sensitive to odors; because she compulsively scratches to "cover" anything with a smell, which includes her own food. 
 
 

  
On Topic:

 

Go On This Way

 

 
Read the book first (no matter if you understand any of it, none of it, or all).  In a delta-level state of ego relaxation, absorb this reading as if it were intended to be a 2-hour guided meditation.  Wait at least one sleep cycle.  Repeat.  Wait at least two sleep cycles.  Repeat.

Your personal delta-level state of relaxed ego will vary depending on preferences, tolerances, and outcomes already attained, those you have previously failed to attain, and those you currently desire to attain.
 
This way is but one way.


1st Qtr 2024 - Dribbles In The Dust

 
 
 
Daylight Savings Time Sprung Diligently
Forward For My First Elderly Experience
 
Officially Aware As Another Southbound 
10:10 Boiled Thru At 11:11 A Final Blow
 
[program] Intent Is To Improve [satisfied]
{final phase} Landing Gear Locked {rest}
 
Poorly Healing Scarred Emotional Tissues
[edit program] Define Landing Experience
 
Ouroboros In Metamorphosis Is Yin-yang
{relinquish command-control} Baton Pass

Every Mental Disorder is One's Aspect Of
Value And Cope: Mixed In Hate and Hope

Recognize Your Before The Fixing Started
As Point Of Reference {validly unlabelled}

After This Labelled Organism Passes They
Solidify Into More Than An Abstract Value

Intuitive Doubts About Serendipity Flutter
For Hours Along Thru And In The Goings
 
On As Of Course One Would Only Expect
Resolve Sweat Lodging Retaining Wall [!]