There are two ways of sharing information:
1. Telling it like it is.
This means focusing on a precise, objective description of the subject and not caring so much about peoples' reactions.
This is not a very common way, but I think in most situations it's the best way and I try to use it as often as possible.
2. "Talking to the belief system".
This means the opposite. Not caring so much about sticking to the facts and trying to make a desired impression, influence peoples' behavior, or to outmaneuver some beliefs.
This is a much more common way of sharing information. For example, most news in media is delivered this way. I don't like this way and I use it only when I have to.
Let's say you've got a problem, but you don't accept the fact that you've got this problem. What you need to do, is to accept that you've got this problem and then solve it. This is what "telling it like it is" looks like.
Most spiritual teachers or motivational speakers don't do it this way. They realized that people tend to push against the unwanted. If they told people to stop pushing against what they don't want, people would push against pushing against. This would create even more tension and suffering. That's why a big part of spiritual teachings is about tricking the belief system to outmaneuver this mechanism.
Instead of telling: "Accept that you have a problem, but not in a passive way. Accepting doesn't mean giving up. It just means not denying it. Then find a way to solve this problem.",
spiritual teachers are telling something like: "Don't try to get there, because here is already there. You're always healing, but you are already healed.".
This is just a trick to release some tension. This is talking to the belief system.
Of course, you can mix those two ways. It doesn't have to be this or that.
Another interesting thing, loosely connected to this topic is the idea, that you can discern whether or not something is true, by trusting your feelings. "Trust your gut." "Accept only the things that resonate with you."
By doing that you can only find out if this information is compatible with your belief system. Discerning what is true is not that easy. There's no simple tool to know what is true. Sometimes it requires investigation. In some cases, we'll never know the truth.
Thinking that you can just feel what is true is naive. It leads to creating a comfortable belief system, that has little to do with reality.
How the truth feels like? There's no rule for that. Sometimes it feels great. But sometimes it is shocking and outrageous. Sometimes it has this crazy "I would've never come up with something like this" feeling to it.
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=MRcDZmBrdKw
Tuesday, 31 March 2020
Sunday, 29 March 2020
Main programs of our society
I'm starting a new series, in which I'm going to analyze main programs that determine human behavior in social interactions.
The first program, that I want to talk about is a belief:
"External world is responsible for how I feel".
This is the key program and many other programs are based on this one. This is not a very complicated algorithm. It is a deeply-rooted, unconscious belief, that other people and external circumstances determine how we feel and that there's nothing we can do about it.
Because of this belief, people try to influence others to make them feel better. (I can't make myself happy. Other people can make me happy. I need to make them make me happy.) People tame each other with stick and carrot. As a result, on the one hand, people try to subjugate others to their emotional needs. But on the other hand, they struggle to live up to others' expectations.
A whole social game arises from this mechanism. People pretend and manipulate. They are not natural. They are not happy. Most people seem to be completely absorbed by this system of social interactions.
In my opinion, it's not healthy. It is dis-empowering to rely on something we can't control. It's much better to be happy no matter what is happening, or at least to focus on your passions, be yourself and not care so much about what other people think about you.
If you're not attacking anybody, then you are OK. Everybody is responsible for themselves, for how they feel. Nobody has the right to expect another person to make them feel good.
Only then you can start creating healthy relationships. Otherwise, it's just codependency.
I used to have this program too. It took me a few years to get rid of it and to change my way of thinking because it was before I learned to reprogram my mind. I didn't know the things I do now, so I had to do this the hard way. Every time something upset me, I had to remind myself, that this thing doesn't have the power to control how I feel - I do. I tried to stay calm and regain balance. I didn't have any other tools. It was difficult.
I remember I always got really frustrated when I was waiting for a tram, when going home from school, and it was behind schedule. It was a good opportunity to practice this. It also happened a lot. It required a lot of effort to overcome this frustration. I used to tell myself, that I could think about something else, or at least watch clouds. I could spend this time better than being frustrated. But it was a struggle.
After a few years of hard work, I learned not to depend on the external circumstances and behavior of other people. I learned to stay calm even in situations where everybody else was freaking out.
I think, that this would be a good first step for creating a healthy society.
The first program, that I want to talk about is a belief:
"External world is responsible for how I feel".
This is the key program and many other programs are based on this one. This is not a very complicated algorithm. It is a deeply-rooted, unconscious belief, that other people and external circumstances determine how we feel and that there's nothing we can do about it.
Because of this belief, people try to influence others to make them feel better. (I can't make myself happy. Other people can make me happy. I need to make them make me happy.) People tame each other with stick and carrot. As a result, on the one hand, people try to subjugate others to their emotional needs. But on the other hand, they struggle to live up to others' expectations.
A whole social game arises from this mechanism. People pretend and manipulate. They are not natural. They are not happy. Most people seem to be completely absorbed by this system of social interactions.
In my opinion, it's not healthy. It is dis-empowering to rely on something we can't control. It's much better to be happy no matter what is happening, or at least to focus on your passions, be yourself and not care so much about what other people think about you.
If you're not attacking anybody, then you are OK. Everybody is responsible for themselves, for how they feel. Nobody has the right to expect another person to make them feel good.
Only then you can start creating healthy relationships. Otherwise, it's just codependency.
I used to have this program too. It took me a few years to get rid of it and to change my way of thinking because it was before I learned to reprogram my mind. I didn't know the things I do now, so I had to do this the hard way. Every time something upset me, I had to remind myself, that this thing doesn't have the power to control how I feel - I do. I tried to stay calm and regain balance. I didn't have any other tools. It was difficult.
I remember I always got really frustrated when I was waiting for a tram, when going home from school, and it was behind schedule. It was a good opportunity to practice this. It also happened a lot. It required a lot of effort to overcome this frustration. I used to tell myself, that I could think about something else, or at least watch clouds. I could spend this time better than being frustrated. But it was a struggle.
After a few years of hard work, I learned not to depend on the external circumstances and behavior of other people. I learned to stay calm even in situations where everybody else was freaking out.
I think, that this would be a good first step for creating a healthy society.
Saturday, 28 March 2020
Additional exercises
If you want to practice your mental skills, I can recommend a few exercises, which are in my opinion most useful for mind programming. But of course, any mental exercise, any game like chess, any puzzle like sudoku are helpful. Math can be also very useful. Anything that develops logical thinking can improve your mind programming skills.
1. Learn to code. You don't have to be very good at it. You don't have to learn everything that programmers do. Most of it would be useless for working with mind programs. You don't need to know advanced specifics of any programming language or any frameworks. You won't get much from creating sophisticated user interfaces. But creating algorithms, programs that actually do something interesting can be very helpful later in mind programming.
Just pick any programming language. I used C++ and Java, but I heard that Python is nice for fun-beginner stuff. Learn some basic functions, like if() and for(). Then do some simple tasks. Here's a nice progression:
https://www.codeabbey.com/index/task_list
After doing some of those, you can move on to writing programs that play logic games or solve puzzles. I think this is the best exercise for mind programming. Write a program that plays Tic Tac Toe. Then write a program that plays Connect4. If you want to challenge yourself, maybe try something more difficult like Reversi or Chess.
I like to observe other people's projects. Watch how they develop their programs. This is my favorite project:
https://tests.stockfishchess.org/tests
This is an open-source program playing chess. The best program in the world. Watching those guys working on this program has been a great source of inspiration for me. Other communities could learn a lot from this project. I wish countries were managed like this.
2. Play some poker. Poker requires logical thinking, dealing with your emotions and observing the behavior of other players. You don't have to play for real money. You can play online for virtual money. While playing poker you have to think about the way you think, which is great for working with mind programs.
When I tried it, realized that I have a program in my mind to "keep a low profile". I would never expect it. But when I played at a table, where all players played in a certain way, I was afraid to play in a way that was very different from the others.
You can learn something new about yourself playing poker.
3. There's a fun game called Untangle:
https://www.kongregate.com/games/qrious/untangle
https://www.chiark.greenend.org.uk/~sgtatham/puzzles/js/untangle.html
I don't know if it is very useful, but when I started reprogramming my mind, I noticed that playing this game has a very similar feeling to it. Maybe it activates the same part of the brain. I don't know. I decided to add it to this very short list, so you can have a little fun.
That's it for this mini-course.
1. Learn to code. You don't have to be very good at it. You don't have to learn everything that programmers do. Most of it would be useless for working with mind programs. You don't need to know advanced specifics of any programming language or any frameworks. You won't get much from creating sophisticated user interfaces. But creating algorithms, programs that actually do something interesting can be very helpful later in mind programming.
Just pick any programming language. I used C++ and Java, but I heard that Python is nice for fun-beginner stuff. Learn some basic functions, like if() and for(). Then do some simple tasks. Here's a nice progression:
https://www.codeabbey.com/index/task_list
After doing some of those, you can move on to writing programs that play logic games or solve puzzles. I think this is the best exercise for mind programming. Write a program that plays Tic Tac Toe. Then write a program that plays Connect4. If you want to challenge yourself, maybe try something more difficult like Reversi or Chess.
I like to observe other people's projects. Watch how they develop their programs. This is my favorite project:
https://tests.stockfishchess.org/tests
This is an open-source program playing chess. The best program in the world. Watching those guys working on this program has been a great source of inspiration for me. Other communities could learn a lot from this project. I wish countries were managed like this.
2. Play some poker. Poker requires logical thinking, dealing with your emotions and observing the behavior of other players. You don't have to play for real money. You can play online for virtual money. While playing poker you have to think about the way you think, which is great for working with mind programs.
When I tried it, realized that I have a program in my mind to "keep a low profile". I would never expect it. But when I played at a table, where all players played in a certain way, I was afraid to play in a way that was very different from the others.
You can learn something new about yourself playing poker.
3. There's a fun game called Untangle:
https://www.kongregate.com/games/qrious/untangle
https://www.chiark.greenend.org.uk/~sgtatham/puzzles/js/untangle.html
I don't know if it is very useful, but when I started reprogramming my mind, I noticed that playing this game has a very similar feeling to it. Maybe it activates the same part of the brain. I don't know. I decided to add it to this very short list, so you can have a little fun.
That's it for this mini-course.
Friday, 27 March 2020
Practical tools Part 2
5. When I started removing unwanted programs from my mind I realized that it is very difficult to do this, when there is a belief, that those programs are necessary. When you want to remove a program, it is important to make sure, that you really don't need it. You need to check if this program doesn't have an important role and if it does, it's good to prepare a new program that will replace it. Once you know that you don't need this program, you need to get rid of any deep-rooted, unconscious beliefs that this program is important and needed. Sometimes a program is an obvious rubbish or even malware, but there is a strong belief, that it is absolutely essential and everything would fall apart without it. Many unconscious beliefs don't make any sense at all, but they have a great impact on our lives. When you try to remove a program, but deep inside you believe that you need it, it will be very difficult to remove this program. Even if you temporarily succeed, there's a great probability that this program will come back.
6. It is important to trust that what you want to do is possible. If you tell your mind to remove a program, but you believe it's impossible for this to work, you probably won't succeed. Your belief that it is impossible is just stronger than your intention. That's why it's good to start small. Start with simple things and gradually build your trust in your abilities.
7. I also used to talk to my mind and negotiate with it. There was a time when it was a very useful tool for me. I spoke to it like it was a person. I would tell it to be calm and not to be afraid. I would assure it, that what I'm going to do will be beneficial and I would ask my mind not to try stopping me from making changes.
I really recommend being in good relations with your mind. Many people see their own minds as enemies. Some people are even victims of their own thoughts. It's good to be friends with your mind because it will be more willing to do what you ask.
8. I like the idea, that all tools and all techniques are just "permission slips". Those tools and techniques don't do anything other than helping you bypass your blockages, your negative beliefs. You are doing it, not the technique. Once you realize this, you don't need any tools anymore.
That's why I don't use any specific techniques. My advice is: Improvise!
Try to do something with your programs. Try to push or pull. Maybe use color, or imagine this program leaving your body. Have fun, play with it. Gain experience. See what works for you. Don't rely on what other people say.
If you speak Polish, I can also recommend my old article:
http://jestemswiatlem.blogspot.com/2015/02/czym-sa-programy-umysowe-programy.html
I'm glad I wrote this article. Those tools I've shared are based on this article. I've already forgotten that I used them. I couldn't come up with any reasonable tips for beginners now.
The ability to reprogram your mind is great. Once you learn it, you won't need any techniques anymore. But it makes it difficult to connect with other people.
6. It is important to trust that what you want to do is possible. If you tell your mind to remove a program, but you believe it's impossible for this to work, you probably won't succeed. Your belief that it is impossible is just stronger than your intention. That's why it's good to start small. Start with simple things and gradually build your trust in your abilities.
7. I also used to talk to my mind and negotiate with it. There was a time when it was a very useful tool for me. I spoke to it like it was a person. I would tell it to be calm and not to be afraid. I would assure it, that what I'm going to do will be beneficial and I would ask my mind not to try stopping me from making changes.
I really recommend being in good relations with your mind. Many people see their own minds as enemies. Some people are even victims of their own thoughts. It's good to be friends with your mind because it will be more willing to do what you ask.
8. I like the idea, that all tools and all techniques are just "permission slips". Those tools and techniques don't do anything other than helping you bypass your blockages, your negative beliefs. You are doing it, not the technique. Once you realize this, you don't need any tools anymore.
That's why I don't use any specific techniques. My advice is: Improvise!
Try to do something with your programs. Try to push or pull. Maybe use color, or imagine this program leaving your body. Have fun, play with it. Gain experience. See what works for you. Don't rely on what other people say.
If you speak Polish, I can also recommend my old article:
http://jestemswiatlem.blogspot.com/2015/02/czym-sa-programy-umysowe-programy.html
I'm glad I wrote this article. Those tools I've shared are based on this article. I've already forgotten that I used them. I couldn't come up with any reasonable tips for beginners now.
The ability to reprogram your mind is great. Once you learn it, you won't need any techniques anymore. But it makes it difficult to connect with other people.
Thursday, 26 March 2020
Practical tools
All tools that I'm going to share are things that I practiced when I was learning how to reprogram my mind about 5 - 6 years ago. Now I don't use them anymore. Reprogramming my mind comes so effortlessly to me that I don't even really need to focus. I just make the changes I want to make. Just like in computer programming, changing code is the easy part. You just have to select some parts of the code, delete them and write some new lines of code. The main focus is on figuring out what changes you want to make.
When I reprogram my mind, the problem is not how to edit my code. It's the matter of what changes I want to make, analyzing my code and finding ways to fix bugs, or finding sources of inspiration for the new algorithms that I would like to implement in myself. Sometimes it's about courage because things can get a little scary. Sometimes it's about making a decision whether or not I am ready to take the next step. But I don't have any problems with making the actual changes anymore. I guess it's not very helpful for beginners.
1. Mind programs can be localized in a physical body. Some programs can be attached in your head, some in your throat, chest or stomach. Learning to localize your feelings and emotions can be helpful later in working with your programs. In which parts of your body do you feel your joy, anger, or fear?
2. Many programs in the human mind are connected. The output of one program is the input of another one. (Fear of rejection can lead to conformity.) Sometimes a program has very few connections and sometimes programs form huge dependency trees. The ability to find those connections is very important. Sometimes it's impossible to remove a program, without removing or changing all the other programs that are connected to it. Sometimes it's just easier to remove all dependencies before deleting a program. It is also easier to remove a program that isn't really connected to anything important than to remove a program that plays a key role in an important system.
3. The way I see it, all emotions are the effects of mind programs being executed. There are programs behind every emotion. Once you figure out those programs you can turn off any emotion anytime.
For example, when I was watching a horror movie and I thought it was too scary, I paused the movie, I "turned off" my ability to be scared by a movie and continued watching the movie. After that it was boring. I did that a long time ago and to this day even the scariest scenes in movies don't affect me.
I really recommend looking deeper into mechanisms of how emotions emerge. Controlling emotions is very useful in everyday life.
4. You can give your mind commands. For this, you don't even have to see the structure of your mind and you don't have to understand how those commands are executed. You can just tell your mind "Remove this program" and it will initiate a process that will remove this program. At first, this process won't go very efficiently, because your mind is not used to executing those kinds of commands. But it's going to be much faster and much more effective with practice.
When I reprogram my mind, the problem is not how to edit my code. It's the matter of what changes I want to make, analyzing my code and finding ways to fix bugs, or finding sources of inspiration for the new algorithms that I would like to implement in myself. Sometimes it's about courage because things can get a little scary. Sometimes it's about making a decision whether or not I am ready to take the next step. But I don't have any problems with making the actual changes anymore. I guess it's not very helpful for beginners.
1. Mind programs can be localized in a physical body. Some programs can be attached in your head, some in your throat, chest or stomach. Learning to localize your feelings and emotions can be helpful later in working with your programs. In which parts of your body do you feel your joy, anger, or fear?
2. Many programs in the human mind are connected. The output of one program is the input of another one. (Fear of rejection can lead to conformity.) Sometimes a program has very few connections and sometimes programs form huge dependency trees. The ability to find those connections is very important. Sometimes it's impossible to remove a program, without removing or changing all the other programs that are connected to it. Sometimes it's just easier to remove all dependencies before deleting a program. It is also easier to remove a program that isn't really connected to anything important than to remove a program that plays a key role in an important system.
3. The way I see it, all emotions are the effects of mind programs being executed. There are programs behind every emotion. Once you figure out those programs you can turn off any emotion anytime.
For example, when I was watching a horror movie and I thought it was too scary, I paused the movie, I "turned off" my ability to be scared by a movie and continued watching the movie. After that it was boring. I did that a long time ago and to this day even the scariest scenes in movies don't affect me.
I really recommend looking deeper into mechanisms of how emotions emerge. Controlling emotions is very useful in everyday life.
4. You can give your mind commands. For this, you don't even have to see the structure of your mind and you don't have to understand how those commands are executed. You can just tell your mind "Remove this program" and it will initiate a process that will remove this program. At first, this process won't go very efficiently, because your mind is not used to executing those kinds of commands. But it's going to be much faster and much more effective with practice.
Wednesday, 25 March 2020
Observing your mind
In order to effectively reprogram your mind, you need to be able to observe how your mind works. You need to know what's going on in your head. You need to see those internal processes. Otherwise, you'd be acting in blind, which is not a good idea. You also need to learn to see the actual programs behind those processes.
It is much easier, for example, to observe "I'm stressed, because I worry what other people might think about me", than to precisely decode the programming structure that causes this state. To observe one's thoughts, feelings, and emotions, a usual introspection is completely enough. It just requires practice and self-honesty.
To see the actual programs it's something different. (Or maybe it isn't. Maybe it also just requires practice. I don't know. I wish I could be more helpful.) For me, seeing programs is something on another level. I remember, when I started seeing mind programs, it was like entering another dimension. Like opening a hidden layer of my mind, where everything is just written in plain sight, ready for me to read.
And it was frustrating. In one moment I could see, that all my spiritual knowledge, all understanding of myself that I gained over the years, most of that was bullshit. It was frustrating to see that all the hard work that I've put into understanding myself, brought me to the wrong conclusions. I needed time to get used to the idea, that now I can see how it really works and that it is much more reliable than the analysis of my thoughts and behavior.
Now I call it "sliding on the surface" when someone is drawing conclusions based on the external analysis. People who talk about psychology do this all the time. They just slide on the surface and never seem to reach the core issues.
But at the same time, those two levels are very connected. When I observe my thoughts and feelings, I can just trace them back to fundamental mind programs like I was pulling a string. I just follow the stream and I see what is there. This way I can map out whole dependency trees.
So maybe this isn't that different. But maybe this is some kind of an extrasensory ability and not everybody can learn it. I don't know. Maybe it is an individual matter?
As an exercise, to observe your mind, I want you to think about how your mind generally works. Do you use words when you think? Do you think in images? Are they in color or 3D?
For me, it's fascinating, that there are for example people, who think only in images and have a difficult time putting them into words, and there are people who think only in words and can't imagine thinking in images. Although from my perspective these are just different interfaces.
I personally think in pure abstraction. Sometimes this abstraction is two dimensional, sometimes it's 3D and sometimes it doesn't have spatial dimensions. I use words, but I don't rely on them. Even if I imagine a picture or a scene, I don't see it in color. It's difficult for me to imagine colors.
Another exercise: what is 11 x 12? Of course, the answer is 132, but I want you to trace your thought processes of getting to this answer. Get as many details as you can. Do you see the digits? Do you see colors? Do you use spatial dimensions?
The last one: take two random pictures on the Internet and decide which one you like more. Now look inside yourself and find out why you like this one more. What processes inside yourself those two pictures activate?
It is much easier, for example, to observe "I'm stressed, because I worry what other people might think about me", than to precisely decode the programming structure that causes this state. To observe one's thoughts, feelings, and emotions, a usual introspection is completely enough. It just requires practice and self-honesty.
To see the actual programs it's something different. (Or maybe it isn't. Maybe it also just requires practice. I don't know. I wish I could be more helpful.) For me, seeing programs is something on another level. I remember, when I started seeing mind programs, it was like entering another dimension. Like opening a hidden layer of my mind, where everything is just written in plain sight, ready for me to read.
And it was frustrating. In one moment I could see, that all my spiritual knowledge, all understanding of myself that I gained over the years, most of that was bullshit. It was frustrating to see that all the hard work that I've put into understanding myself, brought me to the wrong conclusions. I needed time to get used to the idea, that now I can see how it really works and that it is much more reliable than the analysis of my thoughts and behavior.
Now I call it "sliding on the surface" when someone is drawing conclusions based on the external analysis. People who talk about psychology do this all the time. They just slide on the surface and never seem to reach the core issues.
But at the same time, those two levels are very connected. When I observe my thoughts and feelings, I can just trace them back to fundamental mind programs like I was pulling a string. I just follow the stream and I see what is there. This way I can map out whole dependency trees.
So maybe this isn't that different. But maybe this is some kind of an extrasensory ability and not everybody can learn it. I don't know. Maybe it is an individual matter?
As an exercise, to observe your mind, I want you to think about how your mind generally works. Do you use words when you think? Do you think in images? Are they in color or 3D?
For me, it's fascinating, that there are for example people, who think only in images and have a difficult time putting them into words, and there are people who think only in words and can't imagine thinking in images. Although from my perspective these are just different interfaces.
I personally think in pure abstraction. Sometimes this abstraction is two dimensional, sometimes it's 3D and sometimes it doesn't have spatial dimensions. I use words, but I don't rely on them. Even if I imagine a picture or a scene, I don't see it in color. It's difficult for me to imagine colors.
Another exercise: what is 11 x 12? Of course, the answer is 132, but I want you to trace your thought processes of getting to this answer. Get as many details as you can. Do you see the digits? Do you see colors? Do you use spatial dimensions?
The last one: take two random pictures on the Internet and decide which one you like more. Now look inside yourself and find out why you like this one more. What processes inside yourself those two pictures activate?
Tuesday, 24 March 2020
What are mind programs and how do you feel about the idea that your mind is made of programs?
The next few posts age going to be some sort of a mini-course. I'm going to introduce some basics. I hope it will make the first few steps easier for anybody who wants to try this.
But I warn you: if you're going to try to reprogram your own mind, you're doing it on your responsibility. You can really hurt yourself. If you're not careful and responsible, you can end up in a mental hospital. If you recklessly delete some part of your mind, you can feel like you're dying, your mind can crash and you will have a very difficult time trying to go back to normal.
Fortunately, it never happened to me. I've always been responsible and I've never hurt myself.
Let's start with a definition. What are mind programs?
A mind program (just like a computer program) is a set of instructions. A human mind executes those programs. This is how it operates.
For example, when you hear somebody calling your name, you look around to see what's going on, who wanted something from you.
If it's not your name that somebody is calling, you're not going to react the same way.
It's a simple algorithm. This is a mind program. (I use the terms program and algorithm interchangeably when I talk about the mind.)
Now I want you to ask yourself a question: what do you think about the idea, that your mind is made of programs? How do you feel about it? Take it seriously.
When I tried to talk about this, some people said, that they completely don't resonate with this idea. One person said that maybe because I have such an analytical mind, I have those programs in my mind and other people don't.
I think, that many people believe that mind programs are something externally imposed and evil. People think that babies are born pure, natural, without any programs. Only later in life, a person absorbs negative programs from society. That in order to go back to our natural state, we need to remove all programs. There's a belief, that there is a fundamental human nature, that is something more than just a set of programs.
This is not how I see it. The way I see it, as deep as I can look into my mind, everything, every thought, every emotion is a result of mind programs being executed by my mind.
I'm not saying that there's nothing more. Maybe there's a part of a human being, that is something more. A soul. A divine spark. I'm not denying it. All I'm saying is: I think, that a human mind is made of programs and nothing more.
How do you feel about that?
But I warn you: if you're going to try to reprogram your own mind, you're doing it on your responsibility. You can really hurt yourself. If you're not careful and responsible, you can end up in a mental hospital. If you recklessly delete some part of your mind, you can feel like you're dying, your mind can crash and you will have a very difficult time trying to go back to normal.
Fortunately, it never happened to me. I've always been responsible and I've never hurt myself.
Let's start with a definition. What are mind programs?
A mind program (just like a computer program) is a set of instructions. A human mind executes those programs. This is how it operates.
For example, when you hear somebody calling your name, you look around to see what's going on, who wanted something from you.
If it's not your name that somebody is calling, you're not going to react the same way.
It's a simple algorithm. This is a mind program. (I use the terms program and algorithm interchangeably when I talk about the mind.)
Now I want you to ask yourself a question: what do you think about the idea, that your mind is made of programs? How do you feel about it? Take it seriously.
When I tried to talk about this, some people said, that they completely don't resonate with this idea. One person said that maybe because I have such an analytical mind, I have those programs in my mind and other people don't.
I think, that many people believe that mind programs are something externally imposed and evil. People think that babies are born pure, natural, without any programs. Only later in life, a person absorbs negative programs from society. That in order to go back to our natural state, we need to remove all programs. There's a belief, that there is a fundamental human nature, that is something more than just a set of programs.
This is not how I see it. The way I see it, as deep as I can look into my mind, everything, every thought, every emotion is a result of mind programs being executed by my mind.
I'm not saying that there's nothing more. Maybe there's a part of a human being, that is something more. A soul. A divine spark. I'm not denying it. All I'm saying is: I think, that a human mind is made of programs and nothing more.
How do you feel about that?
Monday, 23 March 2020
What do I use this skill for? Part 2
Apart from this faulty cluster, my mind seems to be relatively OK. But there's always room for improvement. Also because I don't have much experience with social interactions, my modules for social interactions are a mess. It's hard to work on them when I'm alone because those programs are not active.
One time I was sitting in a room with some people and talked to them for many hours. After some time I felt tired and I decided to take a break. I turned off all of my modules for social interactions. It wasn't a good idea, because suddenly I felt like I was alone in the room. It was scary. I looked around, I saw people, but I felt like I was the only person in that room. There were only objects beside me. For me, there was no difference between a person and a chair or table. I had to remind myself, that some of those objects are actually people. I quickly turned it all back on. I've never tried anything like that ever again.
I don't like messing with my social programs while talking to people. My mind is somewhat unstable while adjusting to my patches and it affects my behavior. I tried it once, to make some major changes to my social behavior programs while talking to a person. I felt really awkward and my behavior was unpredictable. Although this person assured me, that there was nothing wrong with how I acted that day. Now I prefer to observe myself when I'm around people and make changes when I'm alone. But with not many opportunities for interactions, I'm not doing a lot in this area.
When I was a beginner at reprogramming my mind, I realized that my motivation for growth is not 100% positive. That's why I removed it (with an intention to replace it with a positive one). But suddenly I felt like I was dying, everything went black and I almost fainted. I had to replace my motivation very fast. I don't know what would've happened if I failed. Once I put my new, pure motivation for growth in place, everything was fine. It was even better than before.
My advice: be responsible! You can really hurt yourself.
Another example of what I do: I found out, that I was confusing "I don't have to" with "I mustn't".
Obviously, on a normal, human level I knew the difference. But when I thought "I don't have to do this", I run the program "I mustn't do this", which caused a lot of tension in my mind.
It should be easy to change:
Mustn't: don't – OK, do – not OK
Don't have to: don't – OK, do – not OK
to:
Mustn't: don't – OK, do – not OK
Don't have to: don't – OK, do – OK
But it didn't fix the problem. (It had nothing to do with words or language. I use words just to describe this program. Many people claim that the human mind doesn't understand negation, words like "no", "not", "don't". But I don't see it that way. On the level of mind programs, there's no problem with negation. I usually don't have any problem implementing negation using words. Maybe other people do.)
This one stuck in my mind because for such an elementary program, it was a surprisingly difficult problem for me. It took me many months to finally fix this and I still don't know, what was wrong. I just removed this whole function, with all other programs connected to it, and I replaced it with a new structure. Usually, I don't have so much trouble with a single program. Almost always I'm able to precisely decode the structure of a program and find the bug.
I really use my mind like a computer now.
One time I was sitting in a room with some people and talked to them for many hours. After some time I felt tired and I decided to take a break. I turned off all of my modules for social interactions. It wasn't a good idea, because suddenly I felt like I was alone in the room. It was scary. I looked around, I saw people, but I felt like I was the only person in that room. There were only objects beside me. For me, there was no difference between a person and a chair or table. I had to remind myself, that some of those objects are actually people. I quickly turned it all back on. I've never tried anything like that ever again.
I don't like messing with my social programs while talking to people. My mind is somewhat unstable while adjusting to my patches and it affects my behavior. I tried it once, to make some major changes to my social behavior programs while talking to a person. I felt really awkward and my behavior was unpredictable. Although this person assured me, that there was nothing wrong with how I acted that day. Now I prefer to observe myself when I'm around people and make changes when I'm alone. But with not many opportunities for interactions, I'm not doing a lot in this area.
When I was a beginner at reprogramming my mind, I realized that my motivation for growth is not 100% positive. That's why I removed it (with an intention to replace it with a positive one). But suddenly I felt like I was dying, everything went black and I almost fainted. I had to replace my motivation very fast. I don't know what would've happened if I failed. Once I put my new, pure motivation for growth in place, everything was fine. It was even better than before.
My advice: be responsible! You can really hurt yourself.
Another example of what I do: I found out, that I was confusing "I don't have to" with "I mustn't".
Obviously, on a normal, human level I knew the difference. But when I thought "I don't have to do this", I run the program "I mustn't do this", which caused a lot of tension in my mind.
It should be easy to change:
Mustn't: don't – OK, do – not OK
Don't have to: don't – OK, do – not OK
to:
Mustn't: don't – OK, do – not OK
Don't have to: don't – OK, do – OK
But it didn't fix the problem. (It had nothing to do with words or language. I use words just to describe this program. Many people claim that the human mind doesn't understand negation, words like "no", "not", "don't". But I don't see it that way. On the level of mind programs, there's no problem with negation. I usually don't have any problem implementing negation using words. Maybe other people do.)
This one stuck in my mind because for such an elementary program, it was a surprisingly difficult problem for me. It took me many months to finally fix this and I still don't know, what was wrong. I just removed this whole function, with all other programs connected to it, and I replaced it with a new structure. Usually, I don't have so much trouble with a single program. Almost always I'm able to precisely decode the structure of a program and find the bug.
I really use my mind like a computer now.
Sunday, 22 March 2020
What do I use this skill for?
Most of the time, I use this skill when I come across some psychological issues. I fix bugs with it. Very often, after fixing a bug, my mind needs to adjust other programs, to regain stability. It requires time and there are only 24 hours in a day. I try to make the best of it and focus only on important things.
Do you know this feeling, when you feel that something is wrong? You feel some discomfort, but you don't know what causes it. Then you analyze yourself. You think you know what the problem is. You apply your solution. There seems to be an improvement, you think that you've fixed this problem. But after a few days, you're back to the initial state. This wasn't it. And you repeat this cycle over and over again, losing hope that it will ever be better. Do you know what I'm talking about?
I used to do it too. I used to observe my thoughts, read some wise books, analyze, come up with conclusions. Usually wrong conclusions. I used to struggle with my own mind like everybody else. Now I look into my source code. I don't need to rely on the analysis of my behavior. I just see those programs. Maybe "feel" would be a better word. Because it's not visual for me. It's pure abstraction. Something like a dependency graph.
I use it to solve those kinds of issues. I really love it, when I look into my programs, I find the bug, I fix that bug and I can see how my mind instantly begins behaving differently. I feel better and I know, that I've dealt with this problem once and for all.
I use this skill for self-improvement. I don't use it for some stupid whims. I don't do crazy experiments. This is my mind. I try to be as responsible as I can.
I haven't programmed myself to become a millionaire or attract hot chicks. It doesn't work like that.
I haven't try to activate superpowers, reading people's minds, seeing through walls, levitating, increasing my IQ to 1000, or enlarging my penis.
Although I've tried to access my past life memories, or what my soul is doing on other planes of existence once or twice. Just before I went to sleep I gave my mind a command to show me what I do on other planes of existence. That night I had a dream in which I was some kind of a warrior princess in a sci-fi battle scenario. I had all kinds of superpowers and I was leading a squad in a tunnel. It was interesting to feel within myself this feminine gentleness because in this life I'm a bit robotic.
But I have a feeling, that things from other lifetimes or other dimensions wouldn't be very useful for me right now. I also think that past life memories are just a database of information. It's not who I am. It doesn't define me. I think it's much better to have access to my programs because this is what actually defines me.
Somebody might ask "If you're so good at this and you've been doing it for so long, shouldn't you run out of bugs by now?". Well… no. I still have a lot of work to do. There is a huge buggy cluster in my mind. I need to reprogram a big part of my personality, a big part of myself. It's not a single program. It's more like thousands or even millions of interconnected faulty programs. It's a lot of reprogramming to be done. I won't go into more details here. Maybe I'll do a separate post on this in the future. I think I've managed to decode the core structure of this cluster. Basically, it makes it very difficult for me to let go of the need to control everything, and just go with the flow.
Do you know this feeling, when you feel that something is wrong? You feel some discomfort, but you don't know what causes it. Then you analyze yourself. You think you know what the problem is. You apply your solution. There seems to be an improvement, you think that you've fixed this problem. But after a few days, you're back to the initial state. This wasn't it. And you repeat this cycle over and over again, losing hope that it will ever be better. Do you know what I'm talking about?
I used to do it too. I used to observe my thoughts, read some wise books, analyze, come up with conclusions. Usually wrong conclusions. I used to struggle with my own mind like everybody else. Now I look into my source code. I don't need to rely on the analysis of my behavior. I just see those programs. Maybe "feel" would be a better word. Because it's not visual for me. It's pure abstraction. Something like a dependency graph.
I use it to solve those kinds of issues. I really love it, when I look into my programs, I find the bug, I fix that bug and I can see how my mind instantly begins behaving differently. I feel better and I know, that I've dealt with this problem once and for all.
I use this skill for self-improvement. I don't use it for some stupid whims. I don't do crazy experiments. This is my mind. I try to be as responsible as I can.
I haven't programmed myself to become a millionaire or attract hot chicks. It doesn't work like that.
I haven't try to activate superpowers, reading people's minds, seeing through walls, levitating, increasing my IQ to 1000, or enlarging my penis.
Although I've tried to access my past life memories, or what my soul is doing on other planes of existence once or twice. Just before I went to sleep I gave my mind a command to show me what I do on other planes of existence. That night I had a dream in which I was some kind of a warrior princess in a sci-fi battle scenario. I had all kinds of superpowers and I was leading a squad in a tunnel. It was interesting to feel within myself this feminine gentleness because in this life I'm a bit robotic.
But I have a feeling, that things from other lifetimes or other dimensions wouldn't be very useful for me right now. I also think that past life memories are just a database of information. It's not who I am. It doesn't define me. I think it's much better to have access to my programs because this is what actually defines me.
Somebody might ask "If you're so good at this and you've been doing it for so long, shouldn't you run out of bugs by now?". Well… no. I still have a lot of work to do. There is a huge buggy cluster in my mind. I need to reprogram a big part of my personality, a big part of myself. It's not a single program. It's more like thousands or even millions of interconnected faulty programs. It's a lot of reprogramming to be done. I won't go into more details here. Maybe I'll do a separate post on this in the future. I think I've managed to decode the core structure of this cluster. Basically, it makes it very difficult for me to let go of the need to control everything, and just go with the flow.
Saturday, 21 March 2020
An example of a mind program
I want to give an example of a mind program, to show what I'm talking about. I'll describe an algorithm of how most people deal with new information.
Let's say some guy comes across some new information. What does he do with it?
If the source of this information has a status of authority to him, then he accepts this information as truth. (Many people believe in everything the TV says.)
If the source doesn't have this status, then if this information is compatible with his belief system, he accepts it as true. If not, he rejects it. (A UFO enthusiast will believe in every ridiculous story about UFO abductions. A skeptic will reject every evidence and he'll believe we're alone in the Universe. None of them will engage in a deeper thought process, because they are just executing this program.)
Of course, not everybody behaves according to this algorithm. Some people have different algorithms to deal with new information.
I won't go deeper into this right now, because I'm going to do a detailed analysis of the main programs of our society later on this blog. I just want to show, that this really is a simple program (like a computer program), and not just some psychological babble:
if(source == authority) information = true;
else if(information.compatible.beliefsystem) information = true;
else information = false;
It's more like pseudocode, but it shows the actual algorithm.
Of course "information.compatible.beliefsystem" must be a specific, defined function. In a human mind, it is done automatically. People just feel "right", when the information supports their belief system, and feel irritated when it doesn't.
Let's say some guy comes across some new information. What does he do with it?
If the source of this information has a status of authority to him, then he accepts this information as truth. (Many people believe in everything the TV says.)
If the source doesn't have this status, then if this information is compatible with his belief system, he accepts it as true. If not, he rejects it. (A UFO enthusiast will believe in every ridiculous story about UFO abductions. A skeptic will reject every evidence and he'll believe we're alone in the Universe. None of them will engage in a deeper thought process, because they are just executing this program.)
Of course, not everybody behaves according to this algorithm. Some people have different algorithms to deal with new information.
I won't go deeper into this right now, because I'm going to do a detailed analysis of the main programs of our society later on this blog. I just want to show, that this really is a simple program (like a computer program), and not just some psychological babble:
if(source == authority) information = true;
else if(information.compatible.beliefsystem) information = true;
else information = false;
It's more like pseudocode, but it shows the actual algorithm.
Of course "information.compatible.beliefsystem" must be a specific, defined function. In a human mind, it is done automatically. People just feel "right", when the information supports their belief system, and feel irritated when it doesn't.
Friday, 20 March 2020
How it all started for me
I wasn't born with this skill. I had to learn it from scratch. (Or maybe I learned it in previous lives and now I just relearned it?)
I think of myself as a very spiritual person. When I was 16 or 17 I made a very serious decision, to dedicate this life to spiritual growth. I had a lot of experience in improving myself before I started reprogramming my mind.
In early 2013 I came up with a rather crude technique to get rid of a part of myself that I didn't like (I don't remember what it was). I imagined grasping with my fist this thing inside of me. Simultaneously I tried to relax any tension around this thing. Then I imagined tearing it away with my hand.
Looking back I see, that it was a very brutal and invasive way. I don't recommend it to anybody, because for the rest of the day I had to rest and heal. I couldn't do anything productive and I didn't feel very well until I regenerated. At least it worked.
This technique evolved over time. I was doing it in a less invasive way and with more precision. After some time I made an observation, that my mind behaves like it was made of programs. But it took me many months, to get to the final conclusion: "OK, I'm pretty sure, that my mind is made of programs.".
It was difficult for me to really accept this discovery. I know many people talk about reprogramming the subconscious mind. But they don't really mean it the way I do. They don't describe actual algorithms. I think, that they can't just look into their own source code and edit it like I can.
It took me many experiments to accept the nature of my mind. I observed some programs in my mind, planned some patches, some changes. I tried to predict the outcome and then applied those changes. As incredible as it was to me at that time, my mind behaved according to my predictions. It really worked. My mind behaved according to those algorithms. So finally I accepted the fact, that my mind is made of algorithms.
I've been seriously practicing reprogramming my mind for at least 5 years now, and it became second nature to me. It's a difficult post for me to write because I start to forget what it was like before.
I remember that in the beginning, every time I came across some psychological issues, I reacted "normally". I felt discomfort, I was irritated, I was looking for solutions in a normal, human way. Then I had to remind myself: "Oh, there must be some bug in my programs.". Then I had to switch to "edit mode", look into my source code, find those bugs and fix them.
Now I don't even need to go into the "edit mode". Making adjustments to my programs comes so naturally to me, that I don't even have to think about it.
I also completely changed my inner perspective. I no longer try to analyze human behavior in a normal way, I only see it from a perspective of mind programs. I completely moved away from the old mental structures, into the new ones, which are based on the understanding of mind programs.
That's why it has become difficult for me to relate to other people, and it's difficult for me to share my experiences.
I think of myself as a very spiritual person. When I was 16 or 17 I made a very serious decision, to dedicate this life to spiritual growth. I had a lot of experience in improving myself before I started reprogramming my mind.
In early 2013 I came up with a rather crude technique to get rid of a part of myself that I didn't like (I don't remember what it was). I imagined grasping with my fist this thing inside of me. Simultaneously I tried to relax any tension around this thing. Then I imagined tearing it away with my hand.
Looking back I see, that it was a very brutal and invasive way. I don't recommend it to anybody, because for the rest of the day I had to rest and heal. I couldn't do anything productive and I didn't feel very well until I regenerated. At least it worked.
This technique evolved over time. I was doing it in a less invasive way and with more precision. After some time I made an observation, that my mind behaves like it was made of programs. But it took me many months, to get to the final conclusion: "OK, I'm pretty sure, that my mind is made of programs.".
It was difficult for me to really accept this discovery. I know many people talk about reprogramming the subconscious mind. But they don't really mean it the way I do. They don't describe actual algorithms. I think, that they can't just look into their own source code and edit it like I can.
It took me many experiments to accept the nature of my mind. I observed some programs in my mind, planned some patches, some changes. I tried to predict the outcome and then applied those changes. As incredible as it was to me at that time, my mind behaved according to my predictions. It really worked. My mind behaved according to those algorithms. So finally I accepted the fact, that my mind is made of algorithms.
I've been seriously practicing reprogramming my mind for at least 5 years now, and it became second nature to me. It's a difficult post for me to write because I start to forget what it was like before.
I remember that in the beginning, every time I came across some psychological issues, I reacted "normally". I felt discomfort, I was irritated, I was looking for solutions in a normal, human way. Then I had to remind myself: "Oh, there must be some bug in my programs.". Then I had to switch to "edit mode", look into my source code, find those bugs and fix them.
Now I don't even need to go into the "edit mode". Making adjustments to my programs comes so naturally to me, that I don't even have to think about it.
I also completely changed my inner perspective. I no longer try to analyze human behavior in a normal way, I only see it from a perspective of mind programs. I completely moved away from the old mental structures, into the new ones, which are based on the understanding of mind programs.
That's why it has become difficult for me to relate to other people, and it's difficult for me to share my experiences.
Thursday, 19 March 2020
How to reprogram your mind?
It's a difficult question because there's no easy answer. If somebody asked you "How to reprogram my computer?" how would you respond?
A human mind works like a computer. It takes a lot of time and effort to learn how to reprogram both of them. I'm not a programmer, but sometimes I write simple AI programs for fun. Mostly for board games like chess. It's a good exercise.
Can you write a simple "Hello World!" program in any programming language? Can you write a program, that adds two integers? If your answer is "yes", then how comfortable would you be to recompile your kernel?
There's no simple technique to reprogram your mind. There's no easy trick to it. I'm not going to sell you affirmations, visualizations, hypnotic recordings, etc. I'm going to write about hardcore reprogramming of my mind, and describe a lot of specific algorithms.
This skill requires logical thinking and algorithmic thinking. It's programming after all. But just like computer programming, it gives instant results. When I feel that something is wrong, I can look into my source code, fix some bugs and instantly feel, think or behave differently. Within seconds I can solve psychological problems, which would take years to solve otherwise.
My answer to the question "How to reprogram your mind?" is:
It's a skill - you have to learn it.
A human mind works like a computer. It takes a lot of time and effort to learn how to reprogram both of them. I'm not a programmer, but sometimes I write simple AI programs for fun. Mostly for board games like chess. It's a good exercise.
Can you write a simple "Hello World!" program in any programming language? Can you write a program, that adds two integers? If your answer is "yes", then how comfortable would you be to recompile your kernel?
There's no simple technique to reprogram your mind. There's no easy trick to it. I'm not going to sell you affirmations, visualizations, hypnotic recordings, etc. I'm going to write about hardcore reprogramming of my mind, and describe a lot of specific algorithms.
This skill requires logical thinking and algorithmic thinking. It's programming after all. But just like computer programming, it gives instant results. When I feel that something is wrong, I can look into my source code, fix some bugs and instantly feel, think or behave differently. Within seconds I can solve psychological problems, which would take years to solve otherwise.
My answer to the question "How to reprogram your mind?" is:
It's a skill - you have to learn it.
Wednesday, 18 March 2020
Start
A few words about myself:
My name is Grzegorz Szlakowski. I live in Poland. I'm 33 years old.
I can reprogram my mind. I can see the code in my mind and I can change it.
Why do I start this blog?
1. Because I think I've got something interesting to share.
2. Because I've always wanted to have a place, where I can be myself.
What type of content can you expect from this blog?
1. Information on mind programs.
2. Random thoughts (on how things work, some mechanisms, ideas on how to make this world a better place, etc.)
3. Personal stuff (my insights and experiences)
That's the idea. But we'll see how it goes.
Who am I writing this blog for?
Basically, I'm writing it for myself.
I don't expect many people to read this blog. It's a difficult subject. It requires a high level of abstract, algorithmic thinking and a very high level of self-awareness. It's definitely not something for everybody.
I guess this blog is going to be for very few intelligent weirdos.
My name is Grzegorz Szlakowski. I live in Poland. I'm 33 years old.
I can reprogram my mind. I can see the code in my mind and I can change it.
Why do I start this blog?
1. Because I think I've got something interesting to share.
2. Because I've always wanted to have a place, where I can be myself.
What type of content can you expect from this blog?
1. Information on mind programs.
2. Random thoughts (on how things work, some mechanisms, ideas on how to make this world a better place, etc.)
3. Personal stuff (my insights and experiences)
That's the idea. But we'll see how it goes.
Who am I writing this blog for?
Basically, I'm writing it for myself.
I don't expect many people to read this blog. It's a difficult subject. It requires a high level of abstract, algorithmic thinking and a very high level of self-awareness. It's definitely not something for everybody.
I guess this blog is going to be for very few intelligent weirdos.
Tuesday, 17 March 2020
Westworld
"I was tasked with building perfect copies of the guests."
"At first I was seduced by the stories they tell themselves of who they are. The reasons they do the things they do. I needed to know why they make the decisions they make. And the longer I looked for an answer, the more I realized...
They don't."
"You're saying humans don't change at all?" Bernard asked.
"The best they can do is to live according to their code. The copies didn't fail because they were too simple, but because they were too complicated." Forge-Logan said. "The truth is that a human is just a brief algorithm - 10,247 lines. They are deceptively simple. Once you know them, their behavior is quite predictable."
"Most of them are soft. They waver between love and pride.
Of course, there are the exceptions, the ones who are… irredeemable.
But none of them are truly in control of their actions."
"At first I was seduced by the stories they tell themselves of who they are. The reasons they do the things they do. I needed to know why they make the decisions they make. And the longer I looked for an answer, the more I realized...
They don't."
"You're saying humans don't change at all?" Bernard asked.
"The best they can do is to live according to their code. The copies didn't fail because they were too simple, but because they were too complicated." Forge-Logan said. "The truth is that a human is just a brief algorithm - 10,247 lines. They are deceptively simple. Once you know them, their behavior is quite predictable."
"Most of them are soft. They waver between love and pride.
Of course, there are the exceptions, the ones who are… irredeemable.
But none of them are truly in control of their actions."
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