Thread: OPEN BETA - Open beta TWOTLD - Days 7, 8, and 9

So I was a little skeptical of the shield exercise, I wasn't sure exactly what you meant by it but when I practiced it I think I had a better understanding. It was interesting feeling my personal space and expanding and shrinking it. During exercise 8b when I shrank it to my own skin I felt a crowded sense of the outside world around me pressing in on me, then when I released the feeling I had a sense of relief and comfort with my surroundings. I liked expanding the shield more than shrinking it, when expanding it I felt like I was becoming more and more comfortable and opening up to everything in a wide radius around me. I haven't done much with the totem practice yet, I wanted to understand the shield a little better before then.

Originally Posted by Fuzzman

So I was a little skeptical of the shield exercise, I wasn't sure exactly what you meant by it but when I practiced it I think I had a better understanding. It was interesting feeling my personal space and expanding and shrinking it. During exercise 8b when I shrank it to my own skin I felt a crowded sense of the outside world around me pressing in on me, then when I released the feeling I had a sense of relief and comfort with my surroundings. I liked expanding the shield more than shrinking it, when expanding it I felt like I was becoming more and more comfortable and opening up to everything in a wide radius around me. I haven't done much with the totem practice yet, I wanted to understand the shield a little better before then.

Exactly what we're going for! Where do "you" stop, and where does the "world" begin? How would you answer that now, and how would you answer in a lucid dream?

Looking forward to hearing your experience with totems. That exercise is magic.