Originally Posted by
Howie
WOW - That was two years ago. wholly crap!
The Idea>
To relax and meditate until you have random thoughts in your head. No noises no interruptions. I am not going to focus on any particular thought. I will not think about what I am thinking. Just write!
The draw backs are that I cannot type well and I have to keep my eyes open to do so. (EDIT) DO NOT have eyes open.What I did when I reached the state of consciousness I was after was to just give a blank stare at the monitor and let the thoughts flow.
The outcome>
Hopefully upon looking back at what I wrote I may be able to extract some useful information much like you would from hypnagogic imagery.
I would like to add to that. I think I may have through out the process.
This process works best IMO if you are half awake or half asleep. You can use mediation to get to a similar stage. However when you are very tired or you're just waking up, our subconscious is very close at hand. In the correct environment as I explained above, you will be relaxed and abstract random thoughts will come, as the act of thinking is a natural one. The difference is that these thoughts will be random, abstract obscure and even vague. Compared to that of a waking state where ones mind can function on a different level, thought processing on a different level.
Don't worry about cognitive skills, typing spelling, grammar, what you are saying. Just do. Let the subconscious do the talking. To be too cognizant defeats the purpose. Our waking mind quickly wants to take over the actions of thinking once we let it.
Wow, I had never thought of bringing more people in on a similar idea. that's cool.
It's interesting reading others replies. You read it and wonder what is really going on inside their head. :)
Thanks you guys for giving me cause to look back at some of my steps. Not too many members have been involved in this Abstract journal. Therefore I kind of just kept going as if it was a regular dream journal.
Over this period I have gotten to the point that I keep my eyes closed. I think I also may go as far as to put some foam ear plugs in. If you look back you can see how many times that noise has interrupted the flowing thought process.
Maybe no external input is best, noise site or even smell.