I was
busy the other evening, so I didn't get around to posting stuff, although I did write some of it down.
Have you ever considered using one of your former tuppers as body?
No. Tried it today. Didn't feel any different.
How realistic would you rate your sensations? Surely hard to describe, can it be compared to (lucid) dreaming?
If we pretend my imaginary body is the only thing I can feel, I'm currently able to hold either all or nearly all of my body within focus; as in, aware of my skin rubbing itself, clothes pressing against my skin, and so on. I don't know if that tells you anything. It's not tactile hallucinations, because the two bodies are separate.
Using my imaginary body, I touch my leg with my hand. It's as vivid as it needs to be, but that doesn't mean I'm feeling anything on the physical body's leg. I sit on a wide, open plain, and a fierce wind is blowing in my direction, but that doesn't mean I feel any pressure on the physical body. I stand in the middle of a giant ice sheet, but that doesn't mean I feel cold on the physical body. So how do I measure vividness?
And I'm not a lucid dreamer, so I'm not at liberty to compare.
11 November 2015Not much to say. Ate cake. I guess I can talk about how I'm currently doing this, as it's not exactly the same as when I began. It's these technical details I find to be the most useful when people write about their mental experiences. Something to look back on.
Right now, I'm focusing on my imaginary body both passively and actively. On my way to and from work, I spend perhaps 10-20 minutes in total immersing myself into feeling another body. Then I spend another half hour at home while watching Eye-Bo (Gamma). I'm more focused on making the feeling of being in another body strong first before trying to fully make this body numb. I figure if I can't focus well enough on "the other body" while trying to ignore this one, it would be difficult to ignore it in the first place when my presence in the "other body" wouldn't be as strong, or stronger. But I'm getting there. I'm also switching between different bodies for the sake of experimentation. I have one or two I stick to, and I identify with those to a degree whenever I inhabit them, but the whole "identification" thing isn't my primary focus as it is. I'll get back to that, because it's still my ulterior goal.
12 November 2015Tried entering the body of Louis. Not much different than feeling any other body. The whole thing with being "better at imagining tuppers" doesn't apply to me. I feel any body equally well, as the physical sensations are mostly the only things within my attention. There are some visuals and sounds, but they're supplementary.