{"id":243,"date":"2021-10-01T18:12:12","date_gmt":"2021-10-01T18:12:12","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/spikevision.org\/?p=243"},"modified":"2022-02-10T05:13:28","modified_gmt":"2022-02-10T05:13:28","slug":"sidestepping-undesired-realities","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/spikevision.org\/?p=243","title":{"rendered":"Sidestepping Undesired Realities"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<p><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><\/p>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-large\"><a href=\"https:\/\/spikevision.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/10\/Red-King-Border-Black.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"994\" height=\"1024\" src=\"https:\/\/spikevision.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/10\/Red-King-Border-Black-994x1024.jpg\" alt=\"The Sigil of the Red King\" class=\"wp-image-244\" srcset=\"https:\/\/spikevision.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/10\/Red-King-Border-Black-994x1024.jpg 994w, https:\/\/spikevision.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/10\/Red-King-Border-Black-291x300.jpg 291w, https:\/\/spikevision.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/10\/Red-King-Border-Black-768x792.jpg 768w, https:\/\/spikevision.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/10\/Red-King-Border-Black-1490x1536.jpg 1490w, https:\/\/spikevision.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/10\/Red-King-Border-Black.jpg 1960w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 994px) 100vw, 994px\" \/><\/a><figcaption>The Sigil of the Red King<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<p> There was recently a situation that was going to &#8220;collapse a superposition&#8221; of states that I was in. I was coming up to a fork in the road, very much wanting a certain outcome. As I entered into a liminal state, wherein the resolution was imminent, I found myself performing <em>Shamatha <\/em>meditation, focusing on the breath, and putting all thoughts out of mind. In that last moment, rather than dropping all the Woo I could muster in an attempt to tip the scales, I instead withdrew to a position of non-engagement. At a certain moment, a vision flashed into my mind. It was like a window view into the reality that I did not want to end up in. It was hazy, but increasing in resolution as it approached. I did not want it. As it was nearly upon me, I visualized fading back and stepping left. I rolled my right shoulder away from it, just as I was taught all of those years ago during push hands play. <\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>That reality flew past me, and dissolved not long afterwards. I&#8217;ve never had a visualization quite like this before. Hail to the <em>Red King<\/em>, who I have been honoring daily, for teaching me some tech based on skills that I already possess.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>There was recently a situation that was going to &#8220;collapse a superposition&#8221; of states that I was in. I was coming up to a fork in the road, very much wanting a certain outcome. As I entered into a liminal state, wherein the resolution was imminent, I found myself performing Shamatha meditation, focusing on the &hellip; <a href=\"https:\/\/spikevision.org\/?p=243\" class=\"more-link\">Continue reading <span class=\"screen-reader-text\">Sidestepping Undesired Realities<\/span><\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[1],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-243","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-uncategorized"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/spikevision.org\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/243","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/spikevision.org\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/spikevision.org\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/spikevision.org\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/spikevision.org\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcomments&post=243"}],"version-history":[{"count":2,"href":"https:\/\/spikevision.org\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/243\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":249,"href":"https:\/\/spikevision.org\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/243\/revisions\/249"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/spikevision.org\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=243"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/spikevision.org\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcategories&post=243"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/spikevision.org\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Ftags&post=243"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}