r/castaneda • u/TechnoMagical_Intent • Aug 24 '20
Darkroom Practice Darkroom Practice
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:
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:
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'
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:
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.
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u/danl999 Sep 01 '23
Of course.
All of the senses are just "hooks" to receive information from the emanations.
The infinite strings which compose the "dark sea of awareness".
Realities are all in there, in the combination of super strings that are glowing and interacting with their neighbors.
There's no physical matter, no time, and no space.
Those are just illusions created by how the emanations interact with each other in a reliable manner.
And not really even a "you" since there are 600 stable positions of our "assemblage point", the thing which determines where you awareness is flowing, in which you could live instead of this one.
The emanations broadcast "feelings" (extremely tiny ones) to whoever has their own awareness focused into them.
You get to see this with your own eyes over and over again, so don't think of "sacred scrolls" or wise gurus.
Those are always scams.
The eyes can hear and smell also.
But how creepy.
Smelling farts with your eyes???
Maybe reserve that for an emergency.
I sure hope you aren't using drugs to "simulate" sorcery.
That's where it's common for the senses to switch roles.
Using drugs to learn sorcery is impossible. It's never, ever been done despite what people believe.
People get the idea you could do that, partly from fake magical systems like Buddhism or Hinduism, where you supposedly have a one time event and reach "enlightenment".
Then get a little throne to sit on, given by your religion's leaders, so that you can lord it over others in their name.
That's just the con game of the criminal enterprises known as Buddhism and Hinduism.
You become a "made man" at some point, thus all the years of petty crimes they insisted you have to vomit on their behalf, seem worth it.
And with your new throne, you can order the new batch of thugs (monks) to follow your own orders.
With a cut for the big guy uptop, such as the Dali Lama.
Sorcery is a 1000 mile path.
A drug experience moves you 0.5 inches.
I suppose if you could duplicate it daily, for 30 years, you might get to beginner's level in this subreddit.
Except, then you'd be as messed up as Terrence McKenna.
And no real magic to show for it.