I wish I had some texts to recommend, as I've been making use of the "finger-testing" method described in the MOE papers for a year or two now and would be interested to read in more depth, so I'll be keeping an eye on other responses.
For what it's worth, here's a few seemingly relevant points from my own experience: - For me at least, it seems to be not good at all at hard-and-fast predictions (of the kind "will this happen?") - On the other hand, it seems extremely useful for low-stakes "should I do this or not?" type questions - that might just be the benefit of having any relatively quick and painless way to make decisions, but I've had at least a few instances where the advice seemed non-obvious (such as "don't do this" when my conscious mind thought I should, then it worked out well to not do it) - It seems most useful and accurate for questions related to my material and etheric bodies - "should I eat this? should I do this exercise?" - that kind of thing - Though it's harder to say whether this is helpful or not, I use it quite a bit for interrogating other sources of intuitive knowledge, like dreams and other forms of divination. For example "does this figure from my dream stand for my true self?" or "does this Rune/Ogham Few lean more towards possible interpretation A or B?"
So, to sum up, as you might guess from the method, it seems to work best for more personal/local things, and less well the further out in time or space I go, or the more complex the situation being assessed is, especially if it involves decisions from others. Again, for me at least. Wouldn't be surprised at all if this varies from person to person.
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Date: 2025-05-05 08:55 pm (UTC)For what it's worth, here's a few seemingly relevant points from my own experience:
- For me at least, it seems to be not good at all at hard-and-fast predictions (of the kind "will this happen?")
- On the other hand, it seems extremely useful for low-stakes "should I do this or not?" type questions - that might just be the benefit of having any relatively quick and painless way to make decisions, but I've had at least a few instances where the advice seemed non-obvious (such as "don't do this" when my conscious mind thought I should, then it worked out well to not do it)
- It seems most useful and accurate for questions related to my material and etheric bodies - "should I eat this? should I do this exercise?" - that kind of thing
- Though it's harder to say whether this is helpful or not, I use it quite a bit for interrogating other sources of intuitive knowledge, like dreams and other forms of divination. For example "does this figure from my dream stand for my true self?" or "does this Rune/Ogham Few lean more towards possible interpretation A or B?"
So, to sum up, as you might guess from the method, it seems to work best for more personal/local things, and less well the further out in time or space I go, or the more complex the situation being assessed is, especially if it involves decisions from others. Again, for me at least. Wouldn't be surprised at all if this varies from person to person.
In any event, good luck exploring!
Jeff