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I made a post about different ways to increase spiritual bliss: The void dimension is kind of always involved to some extend. These are the ways how the void dimension increases bliss. By: increasing shakti awakening kundalini making transmissions and invocations more powerful making it easier to surrender and accept unconditionally making the enlightened state more profound I think the void dimension really is the component of enlightenment that causes the most practical benefits.

This is an updated version of my "Dimensions of Consciousness" model. There are 5 dimensions. 1: Illumination Dimension I previously called it pure consciousness dimension. When people say "increase consciousness" they are basically saying "increase the illumination dimension of consciousness". The higher your illumination dimension the more awake you are. Illumination is about recognition and clarity of non-duality/awakening truths. It's not about mental clarity or conceptual recognition, but about actually becoming directly conscious of that awakening truth. It's about actual awakening. For an awakening It is not always enough to just increase the Illumination dimension. Sometimes it is also necessary to actively try to grasp/recognize something with your mind using contemplation. Low Illumination dimension + contemplation = conceptual awakening High illumination dimension + contemplation = actual awakening - Practices that target the illumination dimension: psychedelics advanced lucid dreaming/OBEs To a lesser extend: RASA or Light Transmissions (Ramaji, Gareth, Imogen,...) long dark room retreats advanced Invocations Intense concentration and jhanas self inquiry To an even lesser extend: all other spiritual practices. 2: Void Dimension The void dimension is about form vs formlessness. The higher the void dimension, the more formless and spacious your consciousness becomes. When you increase the void dimension high enough, you are in the Void, in complete formlessness: no body sensations and maybe not even thoughts. In order to be conscious of Love, God and Infinity plus having a formless consciousness (=being in the Void), you need to increase both Illumination and void dimension. Very profound Oneness experiences usually need a high void dimension. Because the void dimension is very good in dissolving seperation/boundaries. Lowering your brainwaves causes the void dimension to increase. - Practices that target the void dimension by decreasing your brainwaves: Sleep Yoga SAT transmissions trance, tiredness, sleep deprivation dark room retreat float tank And to a smaller extend: kriya/kundalini yoga meditation physical exhaustion being sick brainwave entrainment (binaural beats, Lumenate,...) - Practices that target the void dimension as well: Psychedelics OBEs Shamanic breathing SAT transmissions Long fasting And to a smaller extend: Invocations Weed and alcohol Shaktipat transmissions These practices might increase the void dimension also through decreasing your brainwaves, or they increase the void dimension through a different way. Idk. Anyways, it seems that these practices (for the most part) don't increase your tiredness. What I want to say with all that, an increase in the void dimension doesn't necessarily correlate with an increase in tirednes. That means it is possible to have a high void dimension (thus a very formless consciousness) while working out in the gym or even while taking a cold shower. 3: Intensity Dimension In the past I basically included the intensity dimension in the void dimension. The intensity dimension intensifies your recognition (of non-dual truths). But it doesn't increase your recognition (and state of consciousness) It for example intensifies your awareness of: Love, God, no-self, not knowing, ... - Example 1: not knowing High illumination and low intensity: You recognize that you actually know nothing (except for what is in your direct experience right now) High illumination and high intensity: actual not knowing (for anything beyond your direct experiences). The scenario of what your memory tells you what happened 1 minutes ago is just as likely as the scenario that you were a frog on a different planet 1 minute ago and then shifted here with fake memories. - Example 2: Different love awakenings High Illumination and low Intensity: you recognize that you are love in this moment. This love is not overwhelming. High Illumination and high Intensity: you recognize that you are love in this moment. This love is very intense and overwhelming. You might be crying. Extremely high Illumination and low Intensity: you recognize that you and everything else is love. You have always been love. Existence is love, there is nothing but love. (So that is the increase in Illumination dimension). This love is not overwhelming (because of low intensity). - Correlation between Illumination and intensity dimension: Sometimes the Illumination and intensity dimensions have a high correlation. For example, pyschedelics tend to increase both Illumination dimension and intensity dimension proportionally. But other practices, like for example light transmissions (and RASA), and self inquiry tend to increase the Illumination dimension and hardly affect the intensity dimension at all. - Correlation between void and intensity dimension: Increasing the void dimension seems to increase the intensity dimension too. For example if you are conscious of Love, and then increase the void dimension, then the intensity dimension usually also increases proportionally. That means, your state of consciousness becomes more formless (due to higher void) and the love recognition and immersion becomes more intense (higher intensity dimension). But increasing the intensity dimension doesn't cause the void dimension to increase too. So it's possible to have a high intensity dimension and low void dimension. - Practices that target the intensity dimension: Psychedelics Advanced OBEs And all Illumination and void practices which can indirectly increase the intensity dimension 4: Magnitude Dimension The magnitude of consciousness in a human is far higher than in a mouse. And it is far higher in a god (astral entity like Zeus) than in a human. - Practices that target the magnitude dimension: Psychedelics Advanced OBEs And to a lesser extend: Advanced invocations (I think that's the most realistic practice to increase your baseline magnitude dimension) 5: Alertness Dimension During deep sleep your alertness dimension is at cero. When you wake up and are conscious, you have a good degree of alertness. When you take a cold shower or drink coffee, your alertness dimension increases even more. Sometimes there is a correlation between these dimensions, but from a broader perspective they can be independent of each other and any combination is possible. Here are my posts of the older versions, they contain more details on some points:

Spiritual Bliss I think spiritual bliss has these 3 main causes: 1. Shakti Bliss Shakti energy in your body causes bliss. It also makes your body sensations feel more and more like bliss. Ways to increase your baseline shakti: - (1) by having a high baseline void dimension In my experience, the higher my void dimension, the higher the shakti bliss. How to increase your baseline void dimension: Link - (2) by having an awakened kundalini How to awaken your kundalini: Shaktipat transmissions high void dimension advanced invocations, psychedelics, shamanic breathing, whole body orgasms, kriya supreme fire and least effective; kundalini yoga, kriya yoga, meditation - (3) by receiving Shaktipat transmissions in person intensives online live transmissions recorded video or audio transmissions during meditation and during as much of your daily activities (including sleep) as possible Jan Esmann and Gareth have the strongest shaktipat in my opinion. - (4) by doing Invocations of Ascended Masters The higher the shakti of an ascended master the better. The higher your energetic sensitivity, the stronger Invocations and transmissions become. How to: Link Keep in mind that shakti energy is different from just prana or chi, or the energy of most transmissions and invocations. Prana or chi is not blissful. In case your prana or chi ever turns blissful (for example through kriya yoga) then that's because of shakti, probably due to activating the kundalini. At least that's my current understanding. 2. Acceptance The higher your unconditional acceptance, the higher your spiritual bliss. I talked about that in the previous post. How to increase your acceptance skill: willingness to accept what you don't like ego surrender presence, mindfulness and self-awareness void dimension (a high void dimension makes surrender and acceptance a lot easier. Acceptance is actually a natural effect of a high void dimension) 3. Enlightenment Being conscious of non-dual nature increases bliss. The more profound your enlightened state, the higher the bliss. The level of profoundness depends on: illumination dimension void dimension magnitude dimension which facets of awakening you're conscious of surrender and deconstruction of the ego mind. - Summary So these are the main causes for spiritual bliss: shakti (energetic state) acceptance (mind state) enlightenment (consciousness state) - Other causes for spiritual bliss sense of purpose open heart chakra healed traumas being present ...

@Benton Different practices can be considered blessings. some people would consider transmissions as described here as blessings wishing someone the best. So it's similar to praying (with or without using words) or doing manifestation practices, but for someone else. I think Mother Meera offers this kind of blessing on her website. It can also be a combination of invocation and transmission of an angel, ascended master or deity, with the intention to give someone a transmission or help them in any way they need. I guess that's what Gareth is doing in the Krishna video you posted.

If someone takes heroin and tries to resist the bliss, he still feels bliss. If someone gets tortured brutally and tries to accept it he still suffers. Suffering and bliss are not merely a result of the mind. Both the mental and the environmental state are factors. If the environmental factor is too strong, you have no chance overcoming it with your mind. I disagree. The reason most people who seem to have everything aren't happy is because they DON'T have everything. They have a lot, but still are far from a perfect heavenly life. So of course they suffer. They could probably still list a 100 things every day that could be better, if they micro-analyse their day. Outside happiness doesn't replace inside happiness. Likewise, inside happiness doesn't replace outside happiness. Just take both. I wouldn't distinguish between true vs not true happiness. Instead between higher conscious and higher quality vs lower conscious and lower quality happiness. And that is relative. There could be aliens who are wired differently, and for them internal spiritual happiness and nondual states of consciousness are objectively low quality and bad. And video gaming gives them high quality, permanent, soul fulfilling happiness.

That is an imperfect version of heaven. In a real heaven you don't suffer regardless of how messed up ur mind is when you get there. Some possibilities how that might be possible: The heaven might instantly magically purify your mind such that it creates no suffering the inherent nature of human psycholgy as well as laws of logic could be bent such that even a messed up mind creates no suffering but only bliss. Internal change is not required if the external change is strong enough.

Acceptance vs Rejection Enlightened consciousness accepts everything unconditionally. The ego resists and rejects what it considers "not good". The more resistance you have to anything (like pain) the more you suffer. The more you accept unconditionally the greater your wellbeing on an internal spiritual level. And the greater your rejection of "not good", the greater your wellbeing on a wordly environmental level. Because rejecting what is considered "not good" makes you trying to environmentally maximize what is considered "good" and minimize what is considered "not good" (like pain). People pre-awakening tend to only pursue environmental wellbeing. People at awakening tend to prioritize spiritual wellbeing to greater and greater extends. If you are spiritually advanced you can exclusively focus on spiritual wellbeing and that can be enough to experience constant bliss. But: this is not holistic and ignores humanness this is ironically still dependent on environmental circumstances. Someone living an average life can have high wellbeing exclusively from focusing on spiritual wellbeing. But if environmental circumstances change enough (like getting kidnapped and tortured) then there is always a range of pain that exceeds your spiritual acceptance skill and thus unavoidably leads to suffering. In such a situation environmental bias and changes are necessary. Someone who is truly selfless and unconditional wouldn't resist being kidnapped in the first place. So the solution to holistic wellbeing is to include both spiritual and environmental wellbeing, without trying to bypass one. For environmental wellbeing it is necessary to have biases. The stronger your biases and notions of "good" vs "bad", the better, imo. The notion of "good" vs "bad" is deeply ingrained in humans and ensures the best chances for environmental wellbeing. If you dissolve that bias through a-human states of consciousness, you will probably pay for that sooner or later. And yet, it is necessary to include ruthless acceptance in order to maximize overall wellbeing (at least in this local reality). Because the more resistance you have to anything (like pain) the more you suffer. To decrease suffering on a spiritual level, acceptance is required. Even better than acceptance is to love it. And even more effective is if you love it so mindlessly that you want even more of the pain. The further you get away from resistance, and the closer you get to these senseless levels of love, the greater your spiritual wellbeing. And that actually works. If I experience pain, and adopt that attitude of trying to love the pain and even getting into the mindset of wanting more of it (even if that mindest is faked) then that reduces suffering, sometimes to the point where it makes no difference for me whether there is pain or not (if the pain is low enough). But this of course only works for pain up to a certain level. If the pain exceeds the acceptance skill threshold then suffering occurs. I suppose most people would probably prefer a fair balance between spiritual and environmental wellbeing. But I personally am more biased towards the ego, the environmental component. I love goodness and I hate suffering. And I want to hate suffering. Evil and suffering is unjustifiable and doesn't deserve love. It should be absolutely eradicated from existence for ever. (good and bad/evil are relative so how would it be possible (just in theory) to eradicate the bad/evil absolutely? Simply by creating for each being what it considers good relative to itself. This is goodness and love. Allowing suffering to exist is evilness.) So I do balance the spiritual and environmental wellbeing, but I pursue the spiritual component of wellbeing (unconditional acceptance) not genuinely but out of necessity because that's the only way to maximize overall wellbeing in this local reality that we're currently in. I fake loving suffering because I hate suffering, because I love goodness. Goodness is perhaps my highest value. Loving the "bad" is a calculated survival strategy for coping with the unjustifiable abusiveness of this local reality.

@Seraphim Interesting! Thanks for posting!!

How to increase Energetic Sensitivity - (1) Void Dimension The higher your void dimension, the higher your energetic sensitivity. In my experience, increasing the void dimension significantly increases the potency of transmissions. The difference (in potency of transmissions) between low vs high void dimension is a lot bigger than the difference between recorded YouTube transmissions vs live transmissions. There are 2 main ways how to temporarily increase the void dimension. - 1. exhaustion: tiredness physical exhaustion from running or working out Wim Hof breathing eating a large meal ejaculation breath hold Doing any of these makes transmissions more effective for me. For simplicity's sake, let's say these are all forms of exhaustion in one way or another. This kind of exhaustion increases the void dimension (and as a result transmissions become more effective). But this probably doesn't work equally well for everyone. Mainly due to my sleep yoga practice (but also due to all the other practices I've done) this kind of exhaustion increases my void dimension to a relatively large extend (compared to how it affects most people). Or maybe the reason I notice the effect stronger is due to my already higher baseline void dimension. - 2. Meditation/Trance skill: meditation and trance techniques kriya supreme fire transmissions and invocations binaural beats below 8 Hz You can temporarily increase your void dimension with such practices. But unless you're very advanced, the resultant changes in void dimension aren't huge. Particularly tiredness, but also exhaustion from working out and Wim Hof breathing, are usually far more effective at increasing the void dimension. If you are advanced you can increase your void dimension a lot just by having that intent and closing your eyes. - Higher baseline void dimension Ideally you have a high baseline void dimension, then transmissions are automatically stronger. How to: A high baseline void dimension is not accompanied by exhaustion. - (2) Energetic State The more energetic your state, the more effective (and energetic) any other energetic practices (transmissions, invocations) become. For example, for me, the longer an invocation session is, the more energetic and powerful it becomes. And if I receive a transmission right after, then its power is a lot stronger. The energy basically adds up. This applies for within one session, but also for the whole day. Some energy dissipates between sessions during one day, but there is still some adding up from session to session. This also applies to days and weeks, but more subtly. Usually sleep kinda resets most of it. Unless you sleep little. I noticed that sleeping around 2 hours has relatively little effect on the energetic state. 4 hours of sleep still preserves a lot of the energy. But once I sleep more than 6-7, then most of it gets resetted. How to increase your energetic state such that transmissions become more powerful: invoking ascended masters kriya supreme fire Adding more transmissions (for example by using more devices) masturbation without ejaculation. And directing the sexual energy into the upper body. having the chi audio from the iawake website play (effects probably not really noticeable for most). chanting mantras (if mantras work for you) These things can be done right before receiving a transmission or during the transmission itself (maybe except for masturbation lol). - (3) Positions In my experience, sitting up makes the transmission far stronger than lying down. The back doesn't need to be perfectly straight, the important thing is just that the head is somewhat around 90 degrees above your hip. Maybe that's different for others, but for me that makes a big difference palms open, facing upward, resting on your thighs. My palms are usually not perfectly open/straight because that costs effort lol. Moving your hands farther away from each other (such that they are beside your thighs), and moving them down a bit makes the transmission stronger for me too. sitting cross legged has a subtle positive effect too This might sound a bit silly but these things actually have very noticeable effects for me. A few years ago I would probably have felt no differences. So it probably requires to be energetically sensitive. But maybe for other people these positions are not as relevant as for me. If you don't notice a difference, then there's probably no point worrying about the right position. - (4) Presence In my experience, being present makes transmissions flow in a bit more strongly. - (5) Surrender Does anyone have any other tips for increasing energetic sensitivity and making transmissions stronger? And the things I mentioned, do they make a difference for you too, or do they only affect me in this way? Curious to know.

How to increase your Baseline Void Dimension The more time you spend in a high void dimension (during spiritual practices) and the higher the void dimension during these times, the more your baseline void dimension is affected. This is usually a slow and gradual process. - Meditation Most people who have a high void dimension have it as a result of much meditation practices, usually easily over 10 000, 20 000 or 30 000+ hours. Meditation increases the void dimension, but it's not very effective at doing it, therefore it takes so much time. (kriya yoga is included in this category. But it's more potent at affecting the void dimension than meditation). - Trance Trance is a lot more effective at increasing the void dimension than meditation. - Tiredness Tirednes or sleep deprivation increases the void dimension even more. The more time you spend being tired (and ideally meditating at these times) the more your baseline void dimension is affected. It's not recommended to attempt raising your baseline void dimension through sleep deprivation because that's not good for your health. Better ways to use tiredness regarding the void dimension: spend the last 30 minutes before sleep in meditation in darkness with binaural beats below 8 hz waking up during sleep and meditating (again darkness + binaural beats) upon waking in the morning: meditate (darkness + binaural beats) More about that in this post. Tiredness affects the void dimension a lot more than normal meditation, but it still takes very long until the baseline is noticeably increased. Therefore trying to achieve a significant increase through tiredness or even sleep deprivation might not be a good idea. - Attempting Sleep Yoga So that's basically a combination of trance + tiredness. Even if you don't succeed at sleep yoga, just doing the practice (and thus entering deeper and deeper states) impacts your baseline void dimension. My baseline void dimension has significantly increased from doing sleep yoga practices for almost 2 years. - Next Level Here is the real deal. Spending time in these states has the biggest impact on baseline void dimension. conscious during sleep (how to: sleep yoga practices) Brahman Consciousness (how to: psychedelics, SAT transmissions, intense shamanic breathing, advanced energetic practices, jhanas) cessation (how to: jhanas) These states are very difficult to achieve. But if you manage to regularly spend time in them, then that will have a tremendous impact on your baseline consciousness. There are other practices too that increase the void dimension, but these are the most practical.

Small correction of the Void Dimension I said, the higher your void dimension, the more formless your consciousness. This doesn't necessarily mean that forms/appearances dissolve until you're in the Void. That can happen but that's not what the void dimension is really about. High void dimension means that the quality of consciousness becomes formless, rather than the appearances within consciousness. (You can have an extremely high void dimension and still have appearances like anyone else). Practically speaking this means: Objects don't feel external, independent, solid and physical anymore. Rather it feels like they are mere appearances within your consciousness, and that they have no substance and are empty. These appearances feel like they are imagination. The feeling of solidity and consistency is weaker. If appearances suddenly changed in a completely radical and random way (like in a high-dosage psychedelic trip, or in dreams) you wouldn't be that much shocked The higher your void dimension, the more it feels like you are dreaming. (high illumination dimension is about recognizing/becoming conscious that you are dreaming. High void dimension is about actually feeling as though you are dreaming).

A good way is to practice concentration meditation. Focus on your breath, or on being present or on any other thing and try to not lose focus. You can practice this while sitting down as well as during daily activities. If your mind wanders all the time you can mentally chant "aware". The faster you chant, the easier it is to remain focused. Toward the end of this post are more ways how to improve your concentration skill.

Anchors Anchors are crucial. They are needed to keep you conscious. - Different kinds of anchors: physical (noise, body sensations,...) vs mental (thoughts, counting,...) dynamic (breath, counting, FILD,...) vs static (body sensations,...) active (counting, holding an object, active focus on an anchor,...) vs passive (body sensations, passive observing of an anchor,...) uncomfortable (sitting, holding an object, pain,...) vs comfortable (breath, body sensations,...) Sleep yoga has a "mind awake" and a "body asleep" component. Every anchor usually has an effect on those two components. Anchors that are physical, dynamic, active or uncomfortable make it easier to remain conscious (positive impact on "mind awake"). But they also make it harder for your body to fall asleep (negative impact on "body asleep"). For example if you hold your hands up and continuously clap, that will make it very easy to remain conscious ("mind awake") but it also makes it extremely hard to fall asleep ("body asleep"). The trick is to use anchors that increase "mind awake" as much as possible while at the same time negatively impacting "body asleep" as little as possible. The worst for "body asleep" is physical muscular tension/involvement. The less of that, the easier for your body to fall asleep. When you are sleep deprived you can afford to have some muscular involvement, but generally it is best to try to minimize muscular involvement. Therefore these sleep yoga practices are not ideal: practicing while sitting doing large FILD movements holding an object (unless it is very light, like a ball of paper) ... Some of them are beneficial in certain scenarios. But generally you should try to achieve the "mind awake" effect from anchors that have a less negative effect on "body asleep". - Ways to increase "mind awake": increasing the intensity of the anchor (increasing discomfort, increasing the speed of counting, increasing the movement of FILD,...) increasing the area of the anchor (using more fingers for FILD, larger area of discomfort,...) using several anchors at once Good anchors: - Mental Anchors constantly checking whether you are (still) fully conscious (additionally you can count how often you lose perfect concentration. That can make it easier) repeating "aware" or "FILD" (the speed is variable) counting. variations: speed counting forward or backward combination of forward and backward (2 numbers forward, then 1 backward) counting one number at a time vs counting only every 2nd, 3rd, 4th,... number - Physical Anchors: focusing on breathing (belly breathing is more dynamic) (putting your hand or an object on your belly increases the sensation while breathing) focusing on your pulse audio that repeats "aware" discomfort (lying on your hand, clamp skin with a clothspin,...) FILD. variations: doing FILD with both hands (simultaneously or switching back and forth doing FILD with all 10 fingers (simultaneously or switching between fingers (each finger one wriggle, or several wriggles for a few seconds) Adding your toes (thus you further increase the area of the anchor) - Combining anchors The more anchors you use the bigger the impact on "mind awake" linking an anchor to another anchor can be beneficial For example: If counting is linked to let's say the breath, and you make a new breath, then it's (subconsciously) expected that you count. Due to the link, additional pattern interruption and expectancy, you are more likely to recognize if you stopped counting and thus that you are losing consciousness. But there is also a benefit of only using one anchor because then you don't split your focus. Being completely focused on only one anchor might make it easier to remain conscious. Some time ago I thought completely focusing on only one anchor is more effective. Currently I think using multiple anchors simultaneously is more effective. Experiment and see what works best for you. - One of my favourite anchor combinations "aware" + counting + FILD variation + breath awareness Combining chanting "aware" with counting (aware 1, aware 2, aware 3) and linking that to FILD (with all 10 fingers. switching between fingers. Starting with the smallest finger of the left hand, then smallest finger of the right hand, then next finger of the left hand, then....) (after the 10th finger, when starting with the first finger again, I start counting at "1" again), as well as linkin it to the breath ( so during each inhale/exhale I mentally say "aware [+a number]" and wriggle with one finger). I'm also trying to permanently check whether I'm conscious. - "Mind awake" and "body asleep tools" Refering to this post. It should be tried to choose tools that increase one component ("mind awake" or "body asleep") without negatively affecting the other component too much. At first glance, these 2 scenarios can seem to be equally balanced regarding "mind awake" and "body asleep" (because both scenarios have tools for both components): sitting + darkness + binaural beats below 8 Hz lying + light + 40 Hz But the second scenario is a far better choice. Because the "mind awake" tools of the second scenario (light and 40 Hz) have relatively little negative effect on the "body asleep" component compared to the "mind awake" tool o the first scenario (sitting). "Mind awake" tools that have a relatively small negative impact on "body asleep": anchors of this post light 40 Hz nootropics/supplements (galantamine, caffeine,...) The more tired you are, the more mind awake tools are required. The more tired you are and the more you increase the "mind awake" component the more likely you succeed at remaining conscious during sleep. Also, the easier it is for your body to fall asleep (no or little muscular involvement, comfortable position), the more likely success. - About FILD in the original version you wriggle 2 fingers, like playing a piano. In a previous post I mentioned the alternative of rythmically pressing 2 fingers together. I don't know but I feel like the original version might be slightly more effective. the FILD movement should be really tiny. Such that you can hardly see a movement, or even see no movement at all, and are just kind of sending the signal to move to the nerves in the fingers. But I guess there should be a tiny muscular activation. Just focusing on the finger is not enough. If you have some ideas for anchors, share them:)

@Sempiternity Thanks

Holding an Object in your Hand Holding an object in your hand can make sure you don't accidentally lose consciousness. As you're losing consciousness, you lose grasp of the object and it begins to slide down. This usually causes you to fully regain consciousness (unless you're extremely tired), and you can re-strengthen your grip before the object leaves your hand. If the object does drop, then the moment of it leaving your hand can make you regain consciousness. You can take any object. I use a small ball almost the size of a fist. The heavier the object the more likely that it will make you regain consciousness, but it's also more effortful to hold. And vice versa. Therefore, the less tired you are, the less heavy the object should be. In that case you can for example use a paper ball (made of 2 crumbled up pieces of paper) If you're lying down, you can hold the object over the edge of the bed You can choose an object and surface so that the dropping of the object onto the surface will make a noise which would further increase the likelihood of you regaining consciousness. But that's not neccessary. I never do it. Holding an object is effective for regaining consciousness if you lose it. But for remaining conscious while the body falls alseep, I find other anchors better. This technique has essentially the same effect as holding your arm up vertically, supported by your elbow on a surface. But holding an object is far more effective. focusing on holding the object (rather than focusingon something else), increases the likelihood of regaining consciousness if you lose it Holding an object can be used directly for trying to remain conscious while the body falls alseep. It can also be used as an insurance to remain conscious for: Chilling out for some more moments at the start of your sleep yoga session. If you start with your full sleep yoga technique right away, you might already be a bit mentally exhausted from doing it by the time your body gets close to falling asleep (and this is the point when the main practice starts). So you could hold the object until that point, and then switch to a different anchor (if you prefer a different anchor for your main sleep yoga technique) When you are very tired or sleep deprived, self inquiry becomes a lot more potent (in my experience). By holding an object you can focus on inducing mystical states (more about that in this Post ) without worrying about losing consciousness Likewise, transmissions and invocations become far more energetic (in my experience). Holding an object prevents accidentally fully losing consciousness. During these states, listening to music can be more enjoyable

Sleep Deprivation for Enlightenment Tiredness or sleep deprivation is a relatively simple technique and yet it can be pretty effective to enter enlightened states of consciousness. In my experience this is far more effective for altering your state of consciousness than meditation, self inquiry, kriya yoga, transmissions, invocations,... The more sleep deprived, the more potent. After 3 days your state of consciousness is very altered and you can have realistic hallucinations. Due to health, such a long sleep deprivation is usually not recommended, and it's also not necessary. Already 20-30 hours of no sleep (Everyone experiences around 18 hours of no sleep each day) can make a big difference. And that just means going to bed a few hours later than usual. If you want to try this technique, maybe stay up 1-3 hours later than usual. And then, to more quickly increase tiredness, do this for 1-2 hours: no light or only red light. You can use blue light filter apps on devices. listening to delta binaural beats letting a SAT YouTube transmission video play closing eyes lyind down reverse blinking And once you're in a nice state of consciousness you can do any practice. In this state: meditation and shamanic breathing becomes deeper seld inquiry becomes more profound transmissions and invocations become far more energetic (in my experience) To make sure that you don't lose consciousness (neither while waiting to get into the right state, nor while doing the actual practice) you can: keep your eyes open. Or at least keep them 5-10% open. That way, you still have benefits of having eyes closed (more comfortable and deeper state) and also to some extend the benefit of open eyes (unlikely to lose consciousness) sitting rather than lying Holding an object in your hand. If you're losing consciousness, you lose grasp of the object and it drops, this usually causes you to regain consciousness (explained here in more detail) Shamanic breathing or Wim Hof breathing Alternatives to staying up longer: wake up during sleep, sit up (or keep lying) and do the practice. That way you enter a similar state or do the practice right after waking up in the morning. And again, darkness or red light, and maybe using delta binaural beats. - Enlightenment my deepest awakenings are from sleep deprivation + self inquiry + transmissions/invocations. Combining them. The most significant component is sleep deprivation. sleep deprivation mainly increases the void dimension. But it also increases the Illumination and magnitude dimension to a smaller extent. (model of these dimensions is explained here) for sleep deprivation + self inquiry, I find it better to keep my eyes open and having enough light (no blue light) to see my environment. This results in a more vivid oneness experience. Because if you close your eyes, then all you are conscious of is your body (thus you tend to experience oneness only with yourself), but if you see your environment, then you can more easily experience oneness with something that is usually considered "not-you". This also results in a more pronounced no-self experience.

@Vrubel Do you think this would lead to an explosive kundalini awakening or something else? If it's kundalini awakening then I recommend getting shaktipat transmissions and trying to achieve a kundalini awakening that way. if these transmissions result in a kundalini awakening then this kundalini awakening will most likely be a lot more smooth and subtle than a kundalini awakening from psychedelics if these transmissions don't directly cause a kundalini awakening and you keep tripping and have a kundalini awakening from the trip, then this kindalini awakening will most likely still be a bit more smooth and subtle than if you had never received shaktipat transmissions before. Because even if the shaktipat doesn't lead to a kundalini awakening, it's still doing something to your system, and as a result, a potential future kundalini awakening will likely be (slightly) smoother because of that.

You mean that your bubble of consciousness is one part of its bubble of consciousness? In that way it is aware of you, but you aren't aware of it. Yes I think that's possible.

Yes. In order to have a peaceful society you need to be biased towards peace. Chaos.

@Philipp Maybe this post helps to reconcile spirituality with practical life.

Grey jedi code: Flowing through all, there is balance There is no peace without a passion to create There is no passion without peace to guide Knowledge fades without the strength to act Power blinds without the serenity to see There is freedom in life There is purpose in death The Force is all things and I am the Force

My deepest awakenings are from sleep deprivation + self inquiry + transmissions/invocations. The most significant component being sleep deprivation.

Absolute Infinity has no limits. Therefore it is possible to experience any possible life. But just because it is possible doesn't mean that you inevitably will experience all possible lifes. It is also possible that from now on, you will only experience good lifes. I believe Absolute Infinity is made of infinitely many consciousnesses. This belief is somewhat similar to Leo's concept of Infinitely many Gods: My concept (and Leo's concept probably too) means that all the other people here on earth for example, they might be you from the past or future, but it is far more likely that they are a completely different and seperate consciousness. And that you have never and will never experience them. Your consciousness experiences its own lives, and it is possible to only experience good lives. I therefore disagree with Leo's "radical implications of oneness" video. And I share your opinion that it would be best if he deletes it, regardless of whether the content of the video is true or not. Because the potential for existential crises and suffering is too high.

@RMQualtrough Interesting! Such experiences are outside my model. @amanen Of course. This model is infinitely far away from modelling all states of Absolute Infinity. Including weird states of consciousness from psychedelics. Its purpose is to model states of consciousness related to enlightenment (as defined by humans). Most people have very simplistic ideas about enlightenment, and there is a lot of confusion as a result. I think this model brings clarity and has many practical applications.

Yeah such exercises can work to increase the illumination dimension.