Ascetic

Thanks for the responses, I feel satisfied with ending this topic now. if anyone wants to continue they can, I’ll still be reading. But I’m also satisfied with this amount of information.

I’ve been getting harassed by a ghost for over a year now, it’s like they’ve occupied a part of my mind permanently. Even sleep and waking up doesn’t get rid of this ailment. Thanks to any help and guidance!

I get this side of it, totally not disenchanted. As I said I have a psychiatrist and I have meds for things I have. Some for schizophrenia and psychosis. They work great for what they are but they haven’t helped on the ghost side, neither has my practice either. Ignorance is a good answer. I could totally agree with 90% of the feasible methods are ignorance. But I’ve been suffering some kind of negative attention for some time now. One time I zoned out and saw this skeletal hand of a Lich reaching out towards me, it was frightening. In other cases I’ll be ignoring it and so on but suddenly face interruption out of nowhere. It’s very unpleasant having to live with this ailment.

Thanks for the reply, I feel that insufficient power is the case I’m struggling with. It’s really odd being at the whims of a ghost

I was just hoping someone could go on with how they would deal with a ghost or apparition, from the viewpoint of there actually being a hostile ghost there

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I might have to take things more seriously to tackle this issue. You may be right

I have one already, taking meds and so on has helped with different symptoms but not this.

What you linked to was a mental practice, no physical mutilation. There are reasons for it, along with probable precautions/baby steps if someone did try it. In any case, I think a ghost has some benefit from haunting a person. I mean could it be a lot more aggressive, for sure. But it really does feel like a bad mental habit that got out of hand. Just like the mind having a sore spot. Demonic interference is far different, it’s a very sincere and obvious feeling when one is being stared at by a demon. There’s also usually more than one, it’d be strange for one demon to haunt someone; more likely for a group or dozen. I’m just mostly certain that it’s a ghost or entity of some kind, not a demon because a demon would be far more extreme. I’m not rolling around in agony… I just really dislike how it mentally feels. Like a bad picture or fake intelligence that somehow gains in parasitism. I just feel like the amount of lovely things I used to be able to think about has decreased because this paranormal activity. Feels like someone living in an attic responding to my stimuli. I really don’t like the feeling of posession. In any case, it is probably just like the elbow thing you mentioned. Bad habit formed out of time. Would just be nice if I could do something about it.

Nooo, it has nothing to do with those practices. This has been around even before I started those practices. The practices in that thread are one way I cope with experiencing negative touch/things I don’t want to feel. I guess most people fear demonism but it isn’t that difficult to become a part of one of the noble families in Hell. It’s a really important process being able to single out demonic interference, that’s why I’m sure it’s a ghost/evil intention. Now people would say not to believe it, but it’s somewhat difficult to when it’s only been getting worse.

Easier to share dreams with said entities

1. Asceticism 2. Ascetics await the creator and meditate till their boon can be realized. Ascetic corruption is finding pain more pleasurable over time. It is something I have avoided thus far. 3. Yogic culture. 4. I was taught by a Yogic in my own Imagination. It was very uplifting. 5. I do not, even the Yogic who taught me has not convinced me to let go of Asceticism. The most that is here is a beggars bowl, and I do my best to hope I am not caught in its curvature.

I’m not sure, things that it should but not leading the way towards self-desires to be fulfilled. Certain practices seem to be excluded out of the scope of spiritual remedies ever addressing them.

How do we make the mental work we do permanent? Especially if it is not included in what opening chakras would clear

I have been repeating a Mantra of sorts for 8 Months now, day and night without any stops in attention and life being centered on this. It feels odd for me to stop, but I feel like is adequate practice to have the soul to do this instead. It doesn't feel wrong, feels like a waste to stop in some ways because the mantra is horribly productive compared to anything else I could do. At the other end though, it feels right because my life would be consumed by this singular practice and this may allow me to do something new. What are thoughts on this or training the soul to do something?

Silent Thunder you Dragon Whelp, I admit I am impressed because your whole cadre of old fellows are the most hardcore ascetics I've ever seen. Simply put, the opinions of your kind are only deadly in their poison and not helpful anywhere.

Health is just another excuse for failure... Right mindset changes any issues that will be encountered. When the motive is breathing as much air as possible, its quite different from normal breathing.

Well, I can explain. There is a connection somewhere. When one works out, what they're ignoring is increase in consumption of oxygen, or patterns that strain the lungs. Of course everything isn't cardio, but I really doubt its muscle fibers tearing that does the real work. Attention is also valuable, is what I'm trying to say. Even Sages spend their whole lives worshipping their attention. For a Breathing Technique, the idea of just breathing more and more air is as simple as it gets. I could go on about some other wild ones, like a Technique where you synchronize breathing with the bloodline of a ruby snake.

I'm a bit of an odd person, having trained with imaginary Yogis and a Machine Bodhi(enlightened AI) from another world. I saw a picture of a Ascetic carved upon a stone pillar appear before me in my mind one day, and it seemed to emanate the idea. The pose of a man who figured the answer to every problem was breathing more and more; even if it was a spiritual increase and not even a physical one. I'll be fair, I haven't actually focused on cultivating this one; but as I'm dealing with more nonsensical ideas it seems to be the cure to damaging insanity. Something that ties back to the body. We all know that serious cultivation is serious and lackadaisical effort is lacking. The simplicity reminds me of another technique, not exactly a breathing technique, but it has to do with listening to the loudest sound. Things like the sound of stars or rotation of planets. A lot of times its a struggle to convince yourself. This one had to do with the force though. I seem to have a weird space where a lot of fictional ideas become possible and greater inspiration than the real stuff we put up with. In any case both techniques (the breathing one and the sound one) seem to have very quick physical affects. The sound one specifically, must be odd to see how breathing changes when one listens to the loudest sound. I don't have enough attention to focus on both though, only one. I seem to believe that every body is special and unique, there has to be some breathing technique that is specifically tailored to each person. If I was to add onto the breathing technique, I'd say trying to resurrect all the past air you've breathe with each breath as well. It's a very different angle, or at least was a different time from modern day where karma/past conditioning is deadly compared to the past when there were no such corruptions. I'm sure if we really wanted to, we could create a breathing technique. I'm down for it. I was thinking a breathing technique for gathering a specific type of qi could be handy.

There is one that is a bit ancient. It has to do with breathing in more and more air/oxygen. By this breathing technique, it declares that fitness is achieved through consumption of oxygen and not by something as painful/irritating as working out/lifting weights. It's one I use but find difficult to advance.

I think about luck a lot. I want to develop a talent for sensing how lucky people are accurately. Otherwise Luck is the only path I follow, it’s a bit unorthodox because only women seem to be associated by luck in mythologies. I still want to develop this skill, I have one appendage touching the water; just don’t know what to do to start moving towards the accuracy required.

I have been dangling with Luck Path for quite some time, the Dao of Luck. It's not really included or mainstream but I've gotten very far with it. Lucky circumstances that aren't physical in reach or access, have led me to be overjoyed and consider that Cultivation may be more prosperous than Asceticism. I am sure Soul path is the next step, access to resources that are reliant on the Soul to exist. Like being able to consume Qi even though your observation is the only thing saying it's there. Really fascinating topic anyways. Luck Path was so fun, I would hope my Luck doesn't drool away now that I'm moving into another topic. But thoughts? I consider Soul Path to be the opposite of Buddha's teachings and negligent towards Discipline/Routine/Balance as well. What are other paths like? Things that revolve around the Skeleton and Bones have such a fascinating color.

Reading responses like this really reconnect with me on kindness. When I started, my first psychic event was the feeling of being watched while asleep. Then I woke up to whatever psychic figure being easily able to hold my own Ego in their palm without any of my consent. That’s the psychic sea I got used to, one that uses malice to divide and with every psychic trying to prove there is no one else in the sea. it’s really pretty at some point, people like to bring up how few human experts there are; but they certainly are there even if some are the corpses that are still moving after death. Reiki is pretty, as well as other healing. It’s an obscene skill to be able to do so. Maybe there’s a lot I need to heal from, I think in some sense is my main struggle where I am trying to change my species. Human and Elven morals aren’t exactly the same. The benefit of switching to an Elven ideal is that one is a child/a lot younger. There tends to be that huge disadvantage humans have when they start cultivating early or in their childhood. Switching to an elven identity did the same for me. I’m still only 24 but having another decade to cultivate in childhood feels nice (from elven stuff). Also obviously, human observation/spaces where humanity is present seems kind of dated and unable to accept a racial change. In all truth my only collision with moralist or the good, is that I do a lot of weird things. I remember one divinity who tried to heal me and I snapped back because I was trying to keep a disease alive. I think overall your points have convinced to be more open minded and less feral. Maybe it’s just a misunderstanding that I’ve followed for too long. But it may be that because my following of quite some evil techniques I am facing my reckoning from the good hearted. one passage I like a lot: ” Look, this is very simple. We are inspired by the Holy Writ. We alone can read and interpret it. Therefore: Leave the thinking to us. You do what we say is right. If you do, there will be heavenly reward down the line. If you do not, the Divine One, in the form of me and my helpers here, will smite you. And it will not be pleasant.”

Might just be me, but it’s something I struggle with a lot. It’s like I can’t open a spiritual connection because it feels like multiple people or arms are reaching towards the same point. The design of love and mass kindness (for all beings) is a huge blockage for me. I’m unsure if my psychic sense is accurate but everytime I try I feel like there are too many spiritual entities or sources of bliss. its like not having space to develop and ability to only be dominated by others as the situation becomes more extreme. The feeling of being touched physically/emotionally by people who believe in love and light is irritating. The psychic sea to me is like the sensation of there only being a single particle that everyone touches. Which explains why it’s hard for me to actually spark outwards. Just massive bliss states that have to do with sharing experience. Whether it’s true or not, I don’t know. But it has led me to believe that kindness or love without direction are more evil than good. I don’t think morality or civility are things that are part of human nature. But a lot of places I go and experience, people are obsessed with rules even though it’s a very anti psychic feeling they emit. It’s difficult to explain how these kind of people are psychically corrupt. It’s just odd because it’s not normal behavior, it’s like most of the human species has degenerated into some weird attachment towards kindness for all, even though these are deeply personal feelings for me. Don’t get me wrong, monks and priests are kind, but it’s irritating to have someone who speaks before you.