First, just wanted to share a simple method of changing consciousness that worked very well and probably saved me a lot. I was having classic feelings of desire towards an ex - we're still in contact and I knew there was an opportunity to get close to her if I wanted to. I was consumed with thoughts about her to the exclusion of all else, making plans to get in touch. I also noticed that i was holding off, and resisting it, though no reasons for this were conscious to me at that time. I ended up sitting down and writing down all the reasons that I'd already come up with for why it was not a good idea to have a relationship or even much ongoing contact with her. Good reasons, like bad emotional problems and a track record of failing to master them, bit of a victim attitude. Immediately upon writing this stuff down, all lust vanished and my thoughts and physical state returned to normal. I breathed a sigh of relief about dodging fate and got on with my day. I count this as an even bigger win for my will because I know that she masturbates about me to some degree and probably wants something to happen now.
Second, JMG, what issues and limitations do you see with attempting cabalistic pathworkings like those in the CGD without any ritual framework, e.g., just sit down on a chair and do the inner parts of the work?
![[personal profile]](https://www.dreamwidth.org/img/silk/identity/user.png)
branchandroot
(no subject)
Date: 2024-11-11 09:03 pm (UTC)First, just wanted to share a simple method of changing consciousness that worked very well and probably saved me a lot. I was having classic feelings of desire towards an ex - we're still in contact and I knew there was an opportunity to get close to her if I wanted to. I was consumed with thoughts about her to the exclusion of all else, making plans to get in touch. I also noticed that i was holding off, and resisting it, though no reasons for this were conscious to me at that time. I ended up sitting down and writing down all the reasons that I'd already come up with for why it was not a good idea to have a relationship or even much ongoing contact with her. Good reasons, like bad emotional problems and a track record of failing to master them, bit of a victim attitude. Immediately upon writing this stuff down, all lust vanished and my thoughts and physical state returned to normal. I breathed a sigh of relief about dodging fate and got on with my day. I count this as an even bigger win for my will because I know that she masturbates about me to some degree and probably wants something to happen now.
Second, JMG, what issues and limitations do you see with attempting cabalistic pathworkings like those in the CGD without any ritual framework, e.g., just sit down on a chair and do the inner parts of the work?