So, putting all the specific symbols and magic systems aside, mysticism usually revolves around acquiring some kind of knowledge - truths not based on scientific method. How does one establish these? How do I seek those truths and choose the actual truth over all possible presumptions? How do I even start doing this?
>>42930195Smoke dope and meditate
often times people's entry is psychedelics or cannabis, or near death experience. these are not recommendations, only observation. the gist of it is you slow down enough, through meditation, even pre dream state like taking a light nap, and you allow an experience to occur. being in nature for walks or sitting and having your feet on the ground, in beauty, can soothe you enough so you slow down, and when you contemplate the beauty, let it saturate you by your attention to it, that improves your vibe, like cymatics photos. intuitive toning/humming also improves your cymatics, makes your physical parts more ordered. cold stress / plunging, walking barefoot on rough surfaces like gravel, saunas, etc, can unlock insight. illness can unlock insight. probiotics including l reuteri can help you feel more connected, cutting out bs you're consuming and considering a restrictive diet might help for clarity, such as dry fasting phoenix protocol, lion diet re anthony chaffe, or veganism toward breatharianism can all be psychedelic. all we consume, and our habits, produce state of mind we're used to, changing them produces changes in mental state, which is why changing habits is so traumatic. examining your life story like with audio journaling for private honesty can help you gain self awareness if you do it hundreds/thousands of hours. yoga poses, chi gong other energy practices change your mental state. zen meditation is gold standard, but anything that slows you down enough to check in with what occurs to you will do. sensory deprivation tank could help too.
>>42930195 Putting something aside in order to gain knowledge that can only be acquired through the very means you’re putting aside is impossible. Human perception is symbolic. Languages, laws, countries, flags, ideologies, politics etc. are all perceived and interpreted symbolically, and people act based on those interpretations. >How do I even start doing this?You need to forget what you already know and accept that you actually don’t know anything. Build your own worldview from personal experience. Stay open-minded. Try different things, especially the ones you want to put aside.
>>42930195If you want to seek the truths that cannot be acquired through diligent study, start by assuming intuition is a valid source of knowledge. Intuition, colloquially referred to as one’s “gut feeling,” is knowledge received or gained through entirely irrational means: sudden revelations; sharp and unmistakeable insights into the answer for a problem; dreams; coincidences; chance encounters; and so on. There’s no reason you should think any of these avenues should yield truth the way logical and rational methods of observation would, like controlled scientific experiments where certain conditions produce observable outcomes. No: your intuition will operate entirely beyond scrutiny. The Moon is symbolic of the mindset one must assume to be intuitive: she is fully receptive to the light of the sun. She never reflects down to us more or less than what she receives from a higher source. Her operation upon the world is totally intuitive, receptive and open.
>>42930469>The Moon is symbolic of the mindset one must assume to be intuitive: she is fully receptive to the light of the sun. She never reflects down to us more or less than what she receives from a higher source. Her operation upon the world is totally intuitive, receptive and open.Is there a whole code of such symbols? What is it called?
>>42930195lol if you want 'actual truth' you aren't finding it in x shitthis is a feels over reals neighborhood
>>42930195>truths not based on scientific methodNigger the whole point of the metaphysical is that it can't be measured with anything in the physical. There is not tool or instrument to directly record, measure, compare or process anything magical or paranormal. The only possibilities is either you record the effect on the physical these things have, which can easily just written off as they don't have a "connected cause and effect." Or you yourself become the instrument in cause I can then say you made it up and its not scientific. This way would 100% make it proven to you, but anyone else can just say to you that you weren't scientific and the cycle continues.
>>42930652>it can't be measured with anything in the physicalLimiting belief.
>>42930195First establish a reality. Except this reality to be flawed, broken and betrayed but you need some sort of foundation to mold things from. After that you can start to analyze, from an objective point of view, how things interact and work with the world. You can be a smart ass and say "This rock isn't real" but if it leaves impact marks, you can feel it's touch and it bruises your hand, you know it is real.Something is fake when it contradicts itself. Now, some things may contradict itself at first glance and it's up to you to find out flaws in the reasoning.
Braaap, there's some gnosis for you
