Self initiation / mind training exercises?

[ElectricEgregore]

When I say self initiation exercises or techniques I mean things that may resemble things to
exercise the will and are little challenges that one can do in nature or with other tools elsewhere -
like those I found in the fringe and cringe ONA pdf's that fly around on download pages:

At least I memorize two still, with one you find a proper spot in nature where you can lie undisturbed on a day with clear sky,
you lie down when it gets dark and look into the sky, not being allowed to move until the sky has turned blue again,
getting lost in the stars until there is no sense of body or separation left.

The second one was related to getting naked and lying down in a stream that allows for it in a form of ritual i forgot the specifics about.

These kind of remind me of Wim Hof's cold plunge and naked winter hiking challenges as much as it reminds me of the mind fucks Marina Abramovic
used in her performance art and later her method she teaches in workshops and so on.

I thought of exercises that may be comparable to those mentioned, for connecting with nature and out body deeply,
or to get deep inside ones mind, be as radical as you like, I'm that kind of person that thought of trying body suspension on psychedelics.


Thank you for sharing your knowledge!

 

[beardedeldridge]

Only say things you mean and follow thru. If you say something treat it as fact - if you say it do it. Then accomplish the same thing with your thoughts.

Learn to fast.

Sit somewhere and do nothing. When your mind screams for stimulation continue to do nothing. Sit there until you can sit there and contently do nothing all by yourself. And I mean nothing, don’t let your mind wonder, don’t let it do anything. It will fight you every step of the way and sometimes even after you think you’ve wiped it it will again try to assert its “needs”. Out last it. Do nothing. Master yourself. Then pick up some simple exercises (tower, path, stairs leading downward, control center dial, whatever) and go exploring.

Then start working a magical system.

- Eld