I don't think you practice ADA by focusing on the senses at all. Opinions might differ.. |
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So I'm pretty confused about ada. When I'm practicing it, do I focus on one sense at a time? If so for how long do I focus on that sense before moving onto the next one? When focusing on sight for instance, do I just look at things around me in more detail? For example I usually look at the walls in my house for a bit and notice marks and scratches. Or I just look around the room and see what's laying around. Is this right? Same deal with the other senses. Am I just supposed to pay MORE attention to my senses than normal during ada or is there more to it? Also, when playing video games would it be the same deal? Do I pay more attention to the scenery and sound of the game or would it not work when playing video games? |
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I don't think you practice ADA by focusing on the senses at all. Opinions might differ.. |
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^^ Unfortunately, Dthoughts, though I think your take on ADA is vastly better than King Yoshi's original tutorial, ADA does indeed demand that you pay attention to everything, period, using all your senses, all the time. Here is the definition of ADA from DV's Wiki: |
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Last edited by Sageous; 06-28-2017 at 07:13 PM.
So for practicing self-awareness... Basically keeping my mind off of autopilot? Assessing where I am, what I am doing, and the reason I am doing it? |
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Last edited by Dthoughts; 06-28-2017 at 08:55 PM.
Yeah. I was posting on another thread when ADA came up. I mentioned my concerns about it, and one of the guys on the thread suggested I start a new thread that questioned ADA... I have a feeling that he knew full well how King Yoshi would react to my blasphemy, and he knew that I was unaware of King Yoshi at all, but he "forgot" to warn me; I felt a bit punked after a time. But at least the meat of the thread survived the practical joke. |
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That's rough |
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What I wanted to say is that scientists measured Gamma-brains in a few occasions that I know of, |
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Yeah. I was posting on another thread when ADA came up. I mentioned my concerns about it, and one of the guys on the thread suggested I start a new thread that questioned ADA... I have a feeling that he knew full well how King Yoshi would react to my blasphemy, and he knew that I was unaware of King Yoshi at all, but he "forgot" to warn me; I felt a bit punked after a time. But at least the meat of the thread survived the practical joke. |
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Last edited by Dthoughts; 06-28-2017 at 10:54 PM.
I Like this |
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^^ I really don't want to get into another discussion about ADA, but my core issue with it, I think, is that it completely ignores actual mindfulness/self-awareness and tells people that all they have to do is be constantly aware of all their surroundings, and that will somehow make them aware that they are dreaming. |
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Last edited by Sageous; 06-28-2017 at 11:10 PM.
Ye, I wasn't exactly sure where I was going with this. |
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Last edited by Dthoughts; 06-29-2017 at 12:03 AM.
Coincidentally, I've just uploaded a tutorial for this technique: |
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Last edited by DanielLove; 06-29-2017 at 12:32 AM.
^^ Your video seems spot-on, Daniel, but I have to ask: why use the "ADA" term at all? It seems that "mindfulness" would work just fine, and doing so might help keep novices from googling "ADA" and coming upon the tutorial here, which has very little to do with mindfulness. |
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Last edited by Sageous; 06-29-2017 at 03:37 AM.
Convenience as it's a popular term. and everybody already knows it. He might receive a slight amount of extra hits from people who learned ADA first also. A slight amount of hits because I think it would be more rewarding to conceive a personally developed terminology in this case. Just a armchair opinion |
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@Sageous |
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