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May 22nd, 2008 by Sean Partitioning Reality

Being human, we like to divide reality into different sections.

There is day time, and night time. There is the weekday, and the weekend. There are people with lighter skin, and darker skin. This mentality of cutting reality in half has a name - it’s called: duality.

Dualistic thoughts can be very useful. After all, if I want to drive from Maryland to Georgia, it’s good to know whether I’m on the correct road, or incorrect road. However, a lot of times we use dualistic thinking incorrectly, or trust in it too much.

The problem is this: There is one, and only one, reality. Thinking dualistically is in direct contradiction to that ultimate truth. Is it ever really a weekend? No. It’s just the continuous stream of time. If you go to mars, are there weekends there? No. Therefore, a “weekend” is not something that is a part of reality. It’s just a human thing we do - we divide reality arbitrarily, and label the divisions.

How does this affect us? Well, there’s a popular thought that is dualistic in nature, that I talk a lot about: “If you want to become good at psychic abilities, you must practice.”

Hiding behind this thought is a partitioned reality. Now, that doesn’t mean the thought is useless. Clearly there is some truth in there, because people who practice psychic abilities do become more proficient. But ultimately - the thought has some inherent falsehoods because it’s reliant on cutting reality in half.

There are a lot of cuts the thought makes, but the one I want to discuss is that it divides experiences into either natural or supernatural. Encoded inside of “practice psychic abilities to get better” is the thought that your current experiences are mostly “natural”, and if you want more “supernatural” ones, you need to practice.

This is the falsehood inside the thought. An experience is neither natural or supernatural. An experience is just an experience! Reality doesn’t go around, observing events, judging whether something was bizarre or not - humans do! Reality doesn’t give two shits, and just does what it does. This division between everyday life, and some awesome and profound paranormal experience, only exists in our mind.

Usually dualism isn’t too bad. In some cases it can be very dangerous, like racism, religion, or selfishness. Dualism serves the purpose of helping us understand things in human terms. But it’s vitally important to remember that when we are thinking dualistically, it’s only out of the necessity to break things down to our level, and NEVER a reflection of how reality actually functions. Reality isn’t dualistic. Reality is one.

Only use dualistic thinking in order to serve yourself. Never enforce your arbitrary divisions on reality itself. Reality doesn’t care about whether YOU think an experience is natural or supernatural. So get over it, and start seeing the beautiful in the ugly, the love in the fear, and the supernatural in the natural.

Posted in ESP, Philosophy | 13 Comments »

May 15th, 2008 by Sean The Truth About Psionics

I have a secret to tell everyone about psionics… others have figured it out already, but it’s time I let everyone know officially…

All techniques are bullshit.

You don’t need articles, you don’t need guidance, you don’t need answers, and you don’t need belief systems. The only thing you need to do is look inwardly.

Now maybe that sounds like I’m the one bullshitting at this point :-). Maybe I am! ;-D

Emotion is the name of the game. Emotion is the currency of will power. The only door that needs to be opened is understanding what you feel and why. And the only way to do that is to look inside yourself.

The only benefit I can provide to you is simply putting into words what you already instinctively feel. And maybe (if I’m lucky) I can also give you clues as to why you feel the way you do. But ultimately - you don’t need me to do so. It’s all inside yourself right now, at this very moment.

If I had malicious intent, I could play your emotions, and convince you that you need me. This is what the vast majority of society does. We go around, deceiving others into thinking they need us, and allow ourselves to be deceived into thinking we need something external to ourselves. But ultimately, that’s not true. There is nothing external to ourselves that we need.

Now some nit-pickers might argue that we need food, or oxygen. No, we don’t. Our bodies need food and oxygen. Or maybe you’ll argue that we need love and attention. We certainly need love - but must we look externally for love? And we certainly don’t need attention - that’s your ego talking. Be careful with how you define those words too - they’re certainly vague enough to cause confusion :-P.

The reason that all psionic techniques are bullshit is because the only purpose the techniques serve is to manipulate your emotions, in order to generate will power. The techniques are 100% dependent on how well they can stir up emotions in your current belief system. Techniques don’t produce results. Emotions do.

Therefore, to become good at psionics, you must understand both what you are feeling, and why. The better you understand yourself, the better you can recruit your emotions to serve your goals. The only way to accomplish this is to dig inwardly.

Somewhere, under the layers of self-delusion and confusion, there exists a God-like being. Stop searching outside of yourself. Stop feeding your ego. Will you passionately dig for truth, or will you be yet another victim of mind? This is the greatest secret of psionics.

Posted in Philosophy, Subconscious, Belief Systems | 27 Comments »

May 11th, 2008 by Sean Geiger Control Data Analysis

Last week I removed the Geiger Game from the site, in order to collect a weeks worth of “uninfluenced” data. Here is my analysis:

3 May 2008, 00:00 EDT to 10 May 2008, 00:00 EDT

Measurements: 67141
Maximum CPM: 34 on 05/08/08 05:43:33 EDT
Average CPM: 11.575
Median CPM: 11
Mode CPM: 11 (7985 occurrences)

CPM at least | Percent of the time
--- | ---
1 | 100%
2 | 99.9806%
3 | 99.9121%
4 | 99.6827%
5 | 98.9455%
6 | 97.2103%
7 | 94.2285%
8 | 89.1824%
9 | 81.7265%
10 | 72.0558%
11 | 60.8793%
12 | 48.9864%
13 | 37.5895%
14 | 27.3588%
15 | 18.966%
16 | 12.5824%
17 | 7.8908%
18 | 4.6782%
19 | 2.6809%
20 | 1.4625%
21 | 0.7983%
22 | 0.4006%
23 | 0.21%
24 | 0.0863%
25 | 0.0431%
26 | 0.0238%
27 | 0.0134%
28 | 0.0059%
29 | 0.0044%
30 | 0.0029%
31 | 0.0014%
32 | 0.0014%
33 | 0.0014%
34 | 0.0014%
35 | 0%

Probability and statistics are a bitch. It’s a fact of life :-P. I plan on writing a tutorial and how to interpret these numbers correctly, but until then, I just wanted to post the table above, and the raw data for others to analyze.

Graph:

Data: Geiger Counter Week-Long Data

Posted in Science | 5 Comments »

May 7th, 2008 by Sean Cultivating the Mind

The most annoying problem that holds us back from perceiving truth is the uncultivated mind.

First and foremost, let me say this: I do not claim ownership of any special truth, nor do I claim that I have realized anything amazing or awesome. I am not talking about truth. I’m talking about our ability to perceive truth.

The term “cultivating” is chosen because that’s exactly what needs to be done. You cultivate land to prepare it to grow crops. Uncultivated land has overgrown weeds everywhere. In order to make it useful, you must remove the weeds, ripping them out by their roots, and tend to the land to ensure it has rich soil.

The exact same is true of the mind. Self-deception and ego are the weeds of an uncultivated mind. It takes a lot of effort in order to remove the roots of these illusions, but in the end, you are better prepared to perceive truth.

A lot people don’t see their mind as something that needs that sort of investment. A lot of times we are distracted from our internal world by the shiny external world. It’s a shame that our society doesn’t put more emphasis on developing healthy thought patterns, and investigating the ways our egos fool us. Instead, sometimes it seems as though society rewards inflated egos, and encourages self-deception.

Society isn’t reality though.

I would like to think that those reading this blog entry are here for the same reason I am: through pursuit of truth. My number one priority is not to be rich, nor create a family, nor be a rock star. Not that those things wouldn’t be great :-). But my number one priority is to perceive truth.

The ego of one person can destroy a nation. The ego of a handful of men and women can destroy the world. That’s pretty powerful stuff. I feel bad for the race that has auctioned it’s future off to the ego of man… oh wait :-P.

There are two struggles I constantly fight. One is against my own ego and self-delusion, which I passionately fight my hardest to overcome. The second is the egos and self-delusions of others, which I am slowly becoming more and more tired of fighting against.

I don’t have any divine truth to convey. I can’t give you any answers. The best I can do is point you in - what I feel is - the correct direction. Cultivate your mind. Value truth over existance.

Twenty-five years on this earth. So far so good :-).

Posted in Note to Self | 13 Comments »

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