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# Impregnating Breath

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- Subject: Impregnating Breath
- From: "emcshadow" <emcshadow@...>
- Date: Sun, 15 Feb 2004 03:36:22 -0000
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    Hi David and all!

    Some thoughts on impregnating breath... I offer these notes not as
    instruction, but as experience of a fellow explorer, there may be
    something you can use and, worst case, perhaps you may profit from my
    mistakes.

    One thing that continues to unfold for me through Bardon's work is
    the fundamental difference between what we think we know
    intellectually and what we discover experientially. I've given up on
    trying to ascertain, with much stock in veracity, what my
    mind "thinks" a practice may reveal -vs- what the actual practice
    will uncover. I also appreciate your insight David; each step itself
    can confer a set of powerful tools for the magician, rather than
    being stepping stones toward some illusion of future achievement; I
    believe achievement is something always available in the now.

    I didn't really understand impregnating breath at first; I was
    working with it abstractly for quite sometime until a few things
    started to gel :-) Once of my first progressions in the technique
    came when I started realizing it had something to do with "binding."
    How does one bind intent x with substance y? How do thoughts merge
    with things, connect with things in a different way than simple
    reflections of what we perceive? I discovered my typical thoughts
    were mostly reactive rather than projective; they responded to
    perceptions and other thoughts but they functioned more along the
    lines of those inert ingredients you see on product labels. This
    reversal of polarity (subjective tag, not a magical definition)
    became an important key to future exercises, and a way of cracking
    the code with impregnation. As a bridging technique I explored
    imagining a gas with particular effects or particles of nano-tech
    that could be programmed when a focused link was established; while
    valuable at the time, I found these could also be dispensed with as
    practice progressed.

    The second discovery was the importance of sustaining an
    unadulterated thought-stream; the more effective I became at thought
    control #2 the more effective this link in the chain became. That
    wily Bardon. Not much of an issue with 7 breaths, but as the duration
    extended to 5, 10 and 15 minutes I found it useful to combine these
    two exercises. This tweak became more effective when used with a
    third.

    The difference between wanting something and the experience of having
    something is characterized by how we represent differences in time. A
    subtlety that bit me on more than one occasion was the distinction in
    what happens when you project an intent based on desire -vs- an
    intent based on accomplishment. If you project the "desire for x"
    with your impregnation it may very well manifest successfully as
    simply the "desire for x." You may be projecting the manifestation of
    a *need* rather than its fulfillment. So the third discovery was the
    importance of invoking what you would *feel* like if you have what
    you intend; it is already accomplished, what do you feel? Not what do
    you desire. This can be a major shift. Exploring the many goals we
    have in life from the perspective of what specifically we expect to
    gain in terms of how it impacts our being has a side benefit; it can
    sort through a myriad of external priorities and refine them to a set
    of internal values. It can also teach quite a bit about "state
    control." This building block of impregnation had me experimenting
    with techniques that actors use to fabricate states and, in
    particular, to the work of Constantine Stanislavsky and his use of
    psycho-physical action and "atmospheres." Like discovering the inert
    activity of thought, this pointed out an inertia in my imaginative
    faculties; given a chance to experience any state you wanted, what
    state would you pick?

    The last relevant discovery, in order to wrap this up with some
    semblance of brevity, was the powerful metaphorical action that the
    physical step brings to the equation; impregnating something that is
    assimilated into one's being. (A reason why you may want to be
    careful about watching the news while you are eating.) We assimilate
    things on many levels and linking to this process creates a powerful,
    resonant ritual in ways other parts of our mind understand. Like many
    magical practices, we are doing this all the time; we project our
    beliefs, assumptions and values out into the world and with our
    perception we then reabsorb them as evidence which creates and
    sustains our realities. This process can lock us into a conditioned
    reality; the 4rth way schools, mentioned recently, believe there are
    three "octaves" that can serve as "shock points" for changing this;
    interestingly enough, they are the conscious use of food, air and
    impressions :-)

    I hope something here may assist in some small way in your practice.

    -emc

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