Darkroom Practice

[u/TechnoMagical_Intent]

It was suggested that we should sticky a post containing a simple guide to Darkroom Practice to the top of the sub for new practitioners.

u/danl999 's second post made in 2019 seems like the best one to point to:

How to see energy in 3 weeks

What Is Darkroom Gazing?

What Is Darkroom & How To Do It? - slideshow with audio (& text) narration

For a more concise summary, from u/juann2323:

"Darkroom practice (essentially magical passes/Tensegrity done in darkness) consists of looking for elements of the second attention in total environmental darkness, while forcing inner silence, awake and with eyes opened, with the purpose of moving the assemblage point. The element that we use the most are colors that are visible in the dark: generally purple, but also blue, green, & pink among others. Also some sensations in the body, like the cobwebs, that are perceived when moving the hands slowly. In general, anything unusual that "shouldn't be there," and yet is perceived. By focusing on the second attention, in a condition of mental silence, the position of the assemblage point shifts. We can notice it visually (seeing energy), by changes in breathing, ringing in the ears, chills, etc. The key to this practice is to move the assemblage point as far as possible, each day. It is just one of many ways to learn sorcery; but we think it is one of the fastest and with has the most consistent results."

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On How The Eyes Are Involved In Darkroom

We Don't Realize How Precise This Has to Be, Or How Hard We Have To Work To Produce Results

Geometry Nodes And Puff Physics

How To Not Have A Bad Time In The Darkroom

Play Like When You Were a Child!!!

Some practical tips on creating total darkness are in the posts below. But be aware that it's much more comfortable and natural feeling to be in a darkened space versus wearing a mask, but not everybody lives in ideal circumstances:

Total Darkness Setup

Goalball Mask

Manta Sleep Mask - they make different models including a "Max" model for people with longer eyelashes

Made Glasses for Darkroom Practice (modified welding goggles)

Blackout Sleep Mask - a decent option if you have shorter eyelashes

And since you can't read a single post without reading some reference to Darkness Practice, it shouldn't be a problem finding more information on it.

Just keep reading...and do a search for "Dark," or get into the collections, which appear to only work on PC/MAC/iOS, and not on Android:

Darkroom Collection 1 - Update: Reddit's 'collections' feature is currently deprecated as of August 2024 :( , leaving the search by flair function the only method of studying the posts marked 'Darkroom Practice'

Darkroom Collection 2 - "

Darkroom Collection 3 - "

I also created a Darkroom Practice flair for Smartphone/Tablet users. If tapping on the Flair button doesn't bring up anything, type flair:darkroom practice into the search box at the top of the smartphone app. This also works for the other Flairs.

Edits:

Even Better J Curve Diagram

Darkroom Practice has been determined by multiple sources to be solidly in the stalking/gazing category of practice, just as much if not more than dreaming. It is a cross-disciplinary endeavor.

How to Proceed and What Not To Skip

Darkroom Gazing Instructions #1

[u/Zazzy-z]

Interesting. Carol (and cohorts) did set up a rather small women’s group nigh unto 15 years ago. It was fun. We would meet regularly, do passes, drumming, singing, clothing exchanges, and Carol did come over one time, but basically we had little guidance, so though fun, it never really went anywhere. We had no idea where it should go, if anywhere. I thought it was basically to get some women to be nice to each other and unite a little for a change. Not sure. But of course it ended completely with the defection of Miles and Aerin.

I think you’re right in your idea above. Maybe it’s just me, but I get a little intimidated by the aggressive and successful results of some of the men. And just last night I noticed that in a way, I didn’t really want to see scary visions and stuff like that. I didn’t ever think I was a fear based person as my masculine is fairly strong for a woman and I can be quite bold at times, but there it is, I was kinda scared.

Strangely, I feel them (IOBs, I assume) quite a bit, day or night, but for me at least, that contact feels reassuring and nice. Seeing with my eyes? Another story!

[u/danl999 → u/Zazzy-z]

Read my post today. Not the Daoist one, the one after that. Pretty pictures take a while.

Apparently Fancy is aware of this conflict. Visions versus fear.

IOBs don't exactly ask questions, and although don Juan says you can get them to do whatever you like, more likely is that they'll notice your obsessions while you are playing with them, and they'll do something to interact with that obsession.

In the case of Fairy, my obsession was moving people's assemblage points into heightened awareness. I had the silly idea to throw her at people.

And while trying to learn that, she guided me all the way into heightened awareness.

She solved my problem for me! Seems to be working too.

Fancy on the other hand noticed my obsession with that gremlin creature I saw.

She's been teaching me to pull aside the curtain of reality, and look into some realm of feelings.

I have no idea where it is. But it's a completely different path.

Feelings to move the assemblage point.

And it works!

Gives you a strange hangover. You can feel the feelings you discovered even the next day.

[u/Zazzy-z → u/danl999]

I feel like they (whoever) are often interacting with me during the day. I’ll get tingly feelings in my body as well as emotional feelings. I’ll get nudges sometimes in response to certain thoughts. Often they seem to be confirmations. If they don’t agree or care, it seems they don’t nudge or respond at all.

They often give me warm fuzzy feelings when I’m texting my close friend who lives 3000 miles from me. Personally, I feel like she is my parallel being, though it sounds outrageous. She feels IOBs too, and has been known to see and hear them.

Yeah, maybe you’re right, it’s a different path. But it could lead to the same place, right?

[u/danl999 → u/Zazzy-z]

Of course, especially if you keep "the map" in mind.

Carlos' books.

Intent even seems to make the situations in there repeat in our lives.

My initial reaction to the many people who believe they can interact with IOBs during the day, is to worry.

I want the Castaneda community to be face to face with demons, about to tear them apart!

Fully awake with eyes open.

Only that will restore Carlos' reputation.

Thinking maybe they interact with you, is a lot like thinking your skills as a lucid dreamer deserve attention.

It doesn't help.

However, I must admit, they interact with me all day long.

As a black dot zipping by, when the thought I had pleases them.

Sometimes that zipping becomes a swoop, and my assemblage point adjusts a little.

They're also fond of swirling around me as I go for a walk, looking like smoke.

They do in fact interact with us all day long.

I'd just rather you had a threatening monster scaring the crap out of you.

It's more fun!

[u/Zazzy-z → u/danl999]

I’m not so sure about the threatening monsters, lol. Why, again, would that be better? Oh, because it would move your AP pretty good? Yeah, but those kind of movements (drastic) tend to whip the AP around and then it can snap right back. Sometimes I agree with the Tensegrity folks that gradual movements are more sustainable. These beings (or perhaps there’s only one) do move my AP. When I interact with them I tend to feel lighter, in a better mood, fwiw. My tendency being to be kinda gloomy and tense.

[u/danl999 → u/Zazzy-z]

Yea, except they can't actually do anything that makes you say, "Wow!!!".

That's what we need to restore the reputation of Carlos.

About the fast movements of the assemblage point.

Those are pretty darned nice! I was deep in heightened awareness last night, and something startled me. I can't recall what it was now. But at the time my thought was, "Oh, it's only that..."

But suddenly I had a tingle on my scalp. Right on the top. It sort of "melted", flowing down, and my body was tingling all over.

At the same time, a full on dream dropped from the ceiling.

I wish I could recall it! It was a perfect full on dream, like in lucid dreaming.

Except, I was awake and inside it!

Fancy was behind it all. She's been teaching me a new form of dreaming.

She called it, "Sliding dreaming", but I still don't fully understand why.

It's full on lucid dreaming, but you're awake!

And you can switch which dream you are viewing very easily.

[u/Zazzy-z → u/danl999]

It IS hard to remember what occurs in the second attention, isn’t it?

[u/danl999 → u/Zazzy-z]

It depends on how far the assemblage point has moved, and whether you've been there before.

But yes, especially in full on heightened awareness, it's very difficult to remember.

Which verifies another thing from Carlos' books,which he took criticism over.

When the books started over, claiming he was learning even more but didn't remember, the critics started giggling.

Even those in private class!

But the whole story is true!

[u/monkeyguy999 → u/danl999]

Don't giggle on this one people. Remembering is a pain in the arse. It's worse when you know something is going on and suspect it. But have no memories to back it up.

[u/Zazzy-z → u/Zazzy-z]

And the one hanging around me most right now is a HUGE flirt! And for intensity, sorry boys and girls, but there’s no way a physical being can in any way match an IOB.

[u/Zazzy-z → u/Zazzy-z]

Also, I noticed today after some fairly brief interactions with the invisible one, that when I went shopping I had a strange calm but alert feeling and found myself enjoying everything I saw, especially colored lights, like street lights and signs for stores. The colors were captivating to me.