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it's super hard to vibe with people on twitter right now, or to feel the local zeitgeist, bc the system is too unstable. rapid changes in ux, algos, new bugs, ppl leaving, new ppl showing up. extremely chaotic and a bit scary
@RichDecibels no, that u can interact w “tree-vibes”last week, I finally turned off the blanket skepticism that prevented me from testing out this idea w direct experiencejury’s out on whether the vibes mostly “come from” the tree or just my own mind, but it’s a cool experience either way
@TylerAlterman oh yes definitely. trees have character. many benevolent & discerning trees in England. NZ obviously has them everywhere. but I haven't yet met any trees in continental Europe that are awake slash receptive to me land & tree spirits are responsible for everything good in NZ
@RichDecibels https://t.co/HSXStiRWiC
I mistrust anyone that does the 5 finger tiktok pinch https://t.co/Xs8RIKpZ2z
unsubstantiated hunch: some people who currently show up as especially awkward/twitchy/overwhelmed/disembodied/ungraceful have the most potential as subtle energetic healers their present condition is symptomatic of special sensitivity
you can train your empathy & other weird magical powers by imagining credible histories presents and futures for strangers you pass on the street. I don't mean working to write out a story adding creative plot points I mean instantly inhabiting what it might be like to be them
NVC is wrong: there is a distinct embodied feeling of being ripped off, or left out, or misunderstood, or any other number of complex relational phenomena (but NVC is right: it can be helpful to decouple relational stories from first person individual experiences)
imagine a physical envelope around each small group you see in the street (include wheelchairs, dogs etc). watch the invisible springs between each member keeping them close together. feel the surface tension of the bubble. listen to the harmony of their unmerged voices.
our nervous systems are very good at communicating with each other at a subtextual level, language (inner dialogue as well as conversation) is frequently a inhibitor to understanding bc it creates flashy misdirection but is fundamentally toothless
"overthinking" is fear of not knowing the words/categories for an experience, anxiety of being underprepared. the over thinker lives in a perpetual rehearsal, bad feedback loop of not trusting oneself to improvise
here's a lovely description of the synced nervous system thing I keep pointing to in this thread https://t.co/qxQ6IRKKrL
one month later, platform seems more stable, and it feels like the vibe is back. I'm synchronising with my twitter friends again & exchanging positive feedback https://t.co/VuuwediVgS
blerwooogoodap https://t.co/1CNn2wZj3E
it's insane to me how much it DOES NOT matter what you say in conversation. all that matters is the emotion & vibe you're communicating. you can literally make gibberish sounds no matter how many times i read, see or hear this theoretically, i continue to be gobsmacked by it
each body is a radio transmitter broadcasting information about its present inner experience, also past experiences & future intents. the signals from many bodies in proximity add up, creating a field like weather. mammals are particularly attuned to that emergent field
the Genesis myth of the Fall from Grace recalls the moment in our evolutionary history where we acquired symbolic reasoning and fell out of the web of instinct, we gained humanity but lost some of the best aspects of animality
@RichDecibels [extremely mormon missionary voice] would you like to Read Preconquest Consciousness https://t.co/ewy1ZOuOW6
holy shit dissociation is a bid for belonging! if you learned as an infant that some affective experiences are forbidden, you learn to suppress them to stay in connection with your caregiver 🤯🤯🤯 https://t.co/G6l1vc2FZK
this vid is the perfect illustration of how your body is constantly reacting to the bodies around you often it's too subtle to notice, but these big fright reactions make it plainly visible (an amazing find by dear @LombardoNati 🙏) https://t.co/BjEuGhLqTM
observing the superorganism by noticing moments of synchronised impulse responses across multiple people. can be amplifying (joke is funnier when we all laugh at once) or dampening (you startle awake and I impulsively reach out with a soothing hand)
sometimes if I'm having an unsatisfactory social experience instead of getting anxious I call into my tissues the felt memory of happy relaxed engaged socialising, and that broadcasts a signal to other bodies, a reminder, oh yeah that's how we hang out
@RichDecibels Have you read His Dark Materials, Rich?entirely about the fall(/rise?) from grace, paradise lost, innocence and experience https://t.co/fKZc3DaY2V
@QiaochuYuan @RichDecibels id love to hear more what you mean by this!(btw book 2 of the follow-up series is my absolute absolute fav. Even MORE tpot-themed, battle of the brain hemispheres, cultivate ur garden before saving the world, heal relations w the inner child you pushed away…PLUS central asia)
@RichDecibels I was just thinking about this but wrt my new classmates!! Question: im worried i might immediately box them into something that's wrong, so how do i know what im picking up on is in the right direction, from my vibe sensors rather than from my thinky constructions / biases?
@RichDecibels ❤️ i love to see people growing their capacities + articulating what they find. it's a topic i'm interested in. the thoughts i've had along similar lines feel confirming, the ones i haven't feel novel + interesting for me to consider + investigate, + pushes me to grow too ❤️
@tasshinfogleman main thing on my mind these days is hosting. when your a host even can feel what's happening in your mind, even the stories you keep hidden from yourself are obvious, everything speaks, there's no avoiding it
@tasshinfogleman eg my sublimated desire for parental approval manifests as awkward preening or impatience or paranoia. people probably won't be able to put their finger on it exactly but they'll certainly feel there's a kink in the flow whenever I'm not fully in integrity