04-09-2015, 10:44 AM
(This post was last modified: 04-09-2015, 10:48 AM by APeacefulWarrior.)
In my own work, I tend to see my ego/primary self (ie, the "me" that's typing right now) as being on a dial, where it can never be entirely eliminated, but it can be "dialed down" to such a low level that it simply takes on an observational\backseat role. Seeing it as being on a sliding scale got me out of the dichotomy that terms like "ego death" automatically invoke.
And a lot of my work with my higher forms has largely revolved around finding activities that "we" can do "together" where I can then dial down my conscious self to something more like a Pointer of Willpower, guiding the group-mind towards a goal while not directly taking control of how "we" get there, because my group-mind working as One is more capable of in-the-moment decisionmaking.
As a simple example: Noodling on a musical instrument. A lot of improvisational music, especially jazz, is really all about suppressing the conscious mind and simply letting the musical vibrations flow forth of their own accord. I'm always coming up with much better stuff when I just "let go" rather than trying to actively/deliberately compose something in my mind. Playing some jazz or funk "right" is its own self-reinforcing vibratory cycle because you're grooving to your own groove and thus redoubling the groovination.
And a lot of my work with my higher forms has largely revolved around finding activities that "we" can do "together" where I can then dial down my conscious self to something more like a Pointer of Willpower, guiding the group-mind towards a goal while not directly taking control of how "we" get there, because my group-mind working as One is more capable of in-the-moment decisionmaking.
As a simple example: Noodling on a musical instrument. A lot of improvisational music, especially jazz, is really all about suppressing the conscious mind and simply letting the musical vibrations flow forth of their own accord. I'm always coming up with much better stuff when I just "let go" rather than trying to actively/deliberately compose something in my mind. Playing some jazz or funk "right" is its own self-reinforcing vibratory cycle because you're grooving to your own groove and thus redoubling the groovination.