11-25-2017, 12:00 AM
This is a thread for me, (and others), to label, define, map out, and whatever else might help in order to get a better handle on what exactly intent and will are and how to deal with them intelligently.
Disclaimer - Facts written here are not necessarily facts, opinions cited here are not necessarily opinions, and words typed in here are not necessarily words. Also the people who post in this thread are not necessarily people. Expect this post to be dynamic (that is... it'll change over time), as I'll try to improve it based on the discussion which follows it.
Muggles - Most people. Those who will not explore the metaphysical except as a lark or out of desperation. Generally, they see belief in the non-physical as "superstitious" or "crazy" and when confronted with evidence of it will say "There must be a rational explanation!", (they are trying to use the word rational to mean 2 things when they do that, both "reasonable" and "physical". The statement conveys that non-physical explanations for events are not reasonable as if by definition). Also, there's a strong bias against investigating things beyond the physical plane as being "evil". In spite of this, many if not most muggles do explore the metaphysical from time to time, (often as a lark and not a real serious exploration), and when things don't work exactly as expected they tend to use it as evidence that they can dismiss the whole of non-physical reality as false. Of course, if they weren't so biased towards thinking that those who believe in magic are crazy in the first place, the idea that no one showed up when they said "bloody Mary" into the mirror 3 times wouldn't be enough for them to dismiss the supernatural as a whole.
Physical - Condensed energy vibrating with a certain range of frequencies.
Physical Reality - The sum total of all that can be perceived with a physical body, or other physical measuring implements. The only part of the multiverse muggles tend to think of as "real". Energies which vibrate in different frequencies to physical energies tend to pass right through the physical and are thus generally undetectable by it. Radio waves and X-rays are two examples of non-physical energies that muggles are aware can now be detected with the right instruments. The waves that create the IOB world are similar but if anyone's got scientific instruments to help detect them they certainly haven't made that publicly known.
Universal intent - Universal intent is the force which dictates what happens. Everything which occurs, no matter how big, small, pleasant, unpleasant, etc. is a result of universal intent. Universal intent is influenced by all individual's intents; be those individuals human, frog, tree, rock, or possibly even the part of consciousness that is experiencing being my stapler right now. Intent, like thought and imagination, does not require words to occur.
Individual intent - An individual's intent is their own power to dictate what occurs. Their are several factors which determine the power of one's individual intent such as belief, imagination, and clarity of aim. Without knowledge of how intent works, most people tend to be completely unaware of their own use of it and how it affects their life. It is important to note that since people tend to be so oblivious to what they are intending they end up intending things they don't want to happen. Intent does not mean something one wants or desires, and a person who makes themselves anxious about something they fear will happen is actually intending for that thing to happen, they just don't know enough about intent to realize that they are doing it.
Will - Will is one's deliberate use of personal intent. Being familiar with the rules which govern individual intent and how to align it with universal intent is helpful in applying will.
Willpower - I'm still not sure this is a real thing. Generally I hear this word used to describe a fictional attribute some people allegedly possess which explains why they can achieve some things that others have trouble accomplishing. Used primarily to stroke one's own ego for having "a lot of it", or to blame one's failures on not having enough. A better word for this sort of thing would be "desire". Do you desire to smoke more or to quit more? Whichever one you end up doing is what you desired more. So control your desires and they quitting smoking is an extremely easy thing to do that doesn't seem to require any of the fabled "willpower".
To be continued...
Disclaimer - Facts written here are not necessarily facts, opinions cited here are not necessarily opinions, and words typed in here are not necessarily words. Also the people who post in this thread are not necessarily people. Expect this post to be dynamic (that is... it'll change over time), as I'll try to improve it based on the discussion which follows it.
Muggles - Most people. Those who will not explore the metaphysical except as a lark or out of desperation. Generally, they see belief in the non-physical as "superstitious" or "crazy" and when confronted with evidence of it will say "There must be a rational explanation!", (they are trying to use the word rational to mean 2 things when they do that, both "reasonable" and "physical". The statement conveys that non-physical explanations for events are not reasonable as if by definition). Also, there's a strong bias against investigating things beyond the physical plane as being "evil". In spite of this, many if not most muggles do explore the metaphysical from time to time, (often as a lark and not a real serious exploration), and when things don't work exactly as expected they tend to use it as evidence that they can dismiss the whole of non-physical reality as false. Of course, if they weren't so biased towards thinking that those who believe in magic are crazy in the first place, the idea that no one showed up when they said "bloody Mary" into the mirror 3 times wouldn't be enough for them to dismiss the supernatural as a whole.
Physical - Condensed energy vibrating with a certain range of frequencies.
Physical Reality - The sum total of all that can be perceived with a physical body, or other physical measuring implements. The only part of the multiverse muggles tend to think of as "real". Energies which vibrate in different frequencies to physical energies tend to pass right through the physical and are thus generally undetectable by it. Radio waves and X-rays are two examples of non-physical energies that muggles are aware can now be detected with the right instruments. The waves that create the IOB world are similar but if anyone's got scientific instruments to help detect them they certainly haven't made that publicly known.
Universal intent - Universal intent is the force which dictates what happens. Everything which occurs, no matter how big, small, pleasant, unpleasant, etc. is a result of universal intent. Universal intent is influenced by all individual's intents; be those individuals human, frog, tree, rock, or possibly even the part of consciousness that is experiencing being my stapler right now. Intent, like thought and imagination, does not require words to occur.
Individual intent - An individual's intent is their own power to dictate what occurs. Their are several factors which determine the power of one's individual intent such as belief, imagination, and clarity of aim. Without knowledge of how intent works, most people tend to be completely unaware of their own use of it and how it affects their life. It is important to note that since people tend to be so oblivious to what they are intending they end up intending things they don't want to happen. Intent does not mean something one wants or desires, and a person who makes themselves anxious about something they fear will happen is actually intending for that thing to happen, they just don't know enough about intent to realize that they are doing it.
Will - Will is one's deliberate use of personal intent. Being familiar with the rules which govern individual intent and how to align it with universal intent is helpful in applying will.
Willpower - I'm still not sure this is a real thing. Generally I hear this word used to describe a fictional attribute some people allegedly possess which explains why they can achieve some things that others have trouble accomplishing. Used primarily to stroke one's own ego for having "a lot of it", or to blame one's failures on not having enough. A better word for this sort of thing would be "desire". Do you desire to smoke more or to quit more? Whichever one you end up doing is what you desired more. So control your desires and they quitting smoking is an extremely easy thing to do that doesn't seem to require any of the fabled "willpower".
To be continued...