• iii@mander.xyzOP
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    17 days ago

    I’ve been practicing the rubbing thing today. The only things I think I’ve seen so far are faces, glimpses of and silouettes of.

    It works better if I keep my palms slightly pressed over both eyes. As soon as there’s a lightsource I just see that, light through my eyelids.

    This is amazing and slightly scary.

    How long since you’ve discovered this?

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      17 days ago

      It’s been about a year or so. You shouldn’t have to constantly apply pressure. When I first started I just kind of took whatever was there and tried to pretend it was a specific thing then hold that thought then as it morphed and changed just quickly identified a new thing and held that thing as long as possible. I think the article calls it image streaming. Then when all the sparks fade from pressure maybe do it again.

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        2 days ago

        Dude. I had to revisit your comment. This is amazing.

        Thank you 1000 times!!!

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          2 days ago

          Awesome I’m glad it’s doing something for you, getting better at visualizing at all?

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            2 days ago

            Not at all, as in, intentionally creating an image.

            But I see visuals, usually faces, or silhouettes of faces.

            Most importantly is the sleep. Thank you.

            (I’ve always been able to sleep easily being a passenger in a car, observing the world go by. I think this is similarly soothing.)