When it comes to most things pertaining to this sensory data confusion like I said there's rarely any discomfort involved. I don't know if it's because I'm adjusted to it or something else but I can enjoy it most of the time. When I was younger I did a lot of experimenting with it. These days I just let it happen and try not to influence it.
I daydream a lot. I have been like this since forever. Imagination allows me to build entire cities and dimensions but I try to restrain that as well so as not to get too intoxicated on it. There has been no talk on my part about aspects as of yet, and I guess it's a bit early at this point but I feel the description of the Red calling me.
The Red Aspect wrote:The Red brother or sister finds their place in the threshold between the astral and physical worlds; observing both but never carelessly falling into either of them.
Funny enough, red is even probably my favorite color. It's very soothing. I love it to death especially when mixed with blue to achieve rose-magenta-purple. It's in most things I love like the fuchsia ("verenpisara") flowers.
Benemal wrote: ↑Wed Nov 10, 2021 2:33 amhypersensitivity
Hypersensitivity sounds familiar. I often get sensory overload in crowded places with a lot of (uncomfortable) external stimuli. It causes me to zone out to the neutral. I have learned to adjust to it pretty well though since this is quite common for me. Symptoms in my case have also lessened with age. I have nervous system related photophobia (for those wondering it's not an actual
phobia but the medical term for the experience of discomfort to the eyes due to light exposure, or by presence of actual physical sensitivity of the eyes.) Speaking of which, I have to say that this forum is absolutely great for my eyes due to black background and color scheme. Never change it please.
I use a lot of smart bulbs and controllable LEDs around my apartment that can be dimmed. The idea of such bright light sources may seem a bit counterproductive at first but it's all about experimentation: where you put them, shading, diffusing and color. I install them to places where they don't shine on me directly like under furniture, et cetera and rarely if ever use ceiling lights. Colors with long low temperature/wavelength such as reds seem to help coupled with other non-direct light sources.
Once again as a testament to my dual sided nature I used to go to underground techno parties when I was younger. My symptoms worsened there due to lots of high intensity flickering, flashing and strobing of lights so I started to wear sunglasses to those events. Drawback to this was that people then started assuming I must either be a gangster or an undercover cop so I started wearing big red heart shaped glasses instead of the regular old black ray bans to signal that I'm all about peace, love and cooperation.
Ceremonial magic to me is one way to help battle sensory overload and sloth. Even if it heightens my senses in sometimes uncomfortable ways it also works to counteract this. I adapt a lot of Star of Azazel formulas in the same way, for example
Lesser Banishing Ritual of The Pentagram Works. No doubt i don't need to explain this to most people here but it's not about cruelly or violently exorcising spirits but a constant calibration and attunement of the instruments.
Circling back to the picturesque, I try to avoid TV & Films today. It's hard though since I love them but it's also one thing I seem to have a tendency to overdo. Very colorful surreal movies and shows are one of my greatest pleasures especially when shot to film. There is something about the grains and colors in the analog format that seems yet missing from the digital medium. Hipsterish I know but I'm being honest here.
I'm fascinated by Sak Yant. If anyone happens to know any good books on the subject, please let me know. I'm not planning on getting one though, just curious. I have some small tattoos done in ritual with just a bone needle, no machine, and ink mixed with various ingredients of magical potency in hidden areas of body to serve magical purposes. (Serious warning to readers:
do not mix anything with your tattoo inks and or use DIY tattoo kits in case you are not 100% sure what you are doing. This can be potentially
very dangerous to your health.)