The reptilian agenda thread sounded like someone "asking" so I offered what I have.  That offer was taken.  Once I posted back to that thread, all sorts of things came back to me that I used to do.  So I decided to start a thread to put them all together.  This thread is my way of trying to help others.  It's hard finding ways to be STO in an STS world.

I do what you suggest but not in those words.  I ask for understanding, wisdom, and the words to convey to others what I've received.  I try to operate at all three density bodies whenever possible.  I admit that I don't know too much so I ask for that inner knowledge so that I can integrate the three bodies.  I'm trying to ground the higher spark.  Create a channel down to the lowest levels I know of here on Earth.  That means I want to know the purely negative beings.  I want to know how they think.  Why they enjoy chaos.  In other words, I want to know both polarities the best I can.  A saying comes back to me every so often.  "God neither blinks at the light nor the dark."  I wish to embody that.  I wish to understand and accept both.  I've made my choice.  So now I want to embody that choice.  I want to "Be Acceptance" of others no matter what they choose.  I want to ground the higher concepts while I'm still in the body.  But I also want to integrate all of The Source that I can see.  Negative, Positive, Higher, Lower, Left, and Right.

I guess what I'm saying is that I want to be everything without prejudice.  That's my mission.  It's also my mission to give, when asked, whatever has been given to me.

I have a quick suggestion, whenever you wish to find out the best exercises in Ascension for youself, you might want to ask your Higher-Self, you would be surprized at what shows up.

You could simply state, "I now intend for my HS to show me what exercises for Ascension would work best for me".

If you keep repeating this at least once a day, coincidences will finally lead you to the exact place you wish to be.

I hope you try this and good luck.

I understand what you are saying.  I understand the concept.  You Become the Silence.  You are the Silence.  In the same way that you don't just forgive someone but you Become Forgiveness.  Then there is never a reason to forgive any longer because once you embody forgiveness there is never anything to forgive.  No one can do anything against such a state.  It's the same as not just understanding someone but Becoming Them.  Walk in their shoes.  See through their eyes.  Think their thoughts.  Feel their feelings.  Then understanding is no longer a necessary concept because you automatically become someone when they reveal themselves to you.

I sense that this latter part is not something you do.  I sense this, in the way that you answer from a level that is far removed from the level I'm speaking at.  A gap is created.  I can fill the gap because I know the concept you speak of.  At the same time, however, I understand how it would feel to get that response from you if I was still at the level I'm speaking from in this post.  It would be frustrating because you offer no practicality to your words.  Your words aren't grounded.  You don't explain how your concept fits with the lower level concepts herein.

Everyone is at a different level of understanding.  No matter how close our studies or experiences we are all at different levels.  My experiences have brought me through many different levels.  I've had to work long and hard to get to where I'm at today.  But now, I can offer my insight from any level I was previously on.  It's external consideration.  I do my best to become someone so I can understand the level they are at.  Then I see if I have any experiences to offer that progressed me beyond that level.  If they ask then I give.

I took some time to think through my response.  I asked that I be given the correct words so that you understood why I kept adding to this post.  Risen stated that my tools helped him/her.  If my experiences can help someone then I will, without hesitation, explain those to the best of my ability.  It would be selfish of me to speak to someone at a level they might not be ready for.  I've had it done to me and it actually hinders the integration of any concepts given.

It may have been easy for you.  You may not have had a tramatic childhood.  Your parents may have never have continously tried to create negative emotions in you to feed off you.  And if you did you may have been able to brush it all off without creating any reactionary 'victim mentality' STS programs.  That's awesome.  I wish I could have been able to simply brush off the emotional abuse by those that were closest too me.  But I wasn't able to.  And a quick look around the world shows that many others don't find it so easy either.

That's the best I can explain as to where I'm coming from.  I hope you understand.

The answer is to just "BE quiet".

Most people will just read right over that and miss the whole thing.   But silence is a state of being.   Tolle goes into this, but the real insight most are looking for is that a state of being, is the true way to embrace silence.

Replacement.

I went about replacing the old programming with my own programming.  For me this step was just natural so I guess I can say it was necessary in my case.  Obviously, I've gotten rid of the new programming (for the most part) at this stage.  It's been a lot easier to get rid of the ones I consciously created than the ones that were reactionary programs to my environment.

At that point, I found 3 levels of programs.
1.  Original Self (OS)(who I was before I reactively added all the crap from the world)
2.  Old Programming (OP)(the crap from the world)
3.  New Programming (NP)(bits and pieces from things I read from other people - tied together to counteract the Old Programming)

The original self was never lost.  No matter how much I added I always felt it there.  I guess some call it conscience.  It's just who I was.  It wasn't acceptable as a child so I added on societal programs that covered it up.  Then I started using all the tools mentioned in this thread to create new programming.

After I got rid of most of the OP with the NP, I set about reintegrating with my OS.  Once reintegrated, I then set out to grow it with all the lessons I've learned from the experiences with the OP and NP.  This was the solidification of my center.  Which I'm still working on, of course.  Still have remnants of the OP.  Not much though.  Mostly just reflections to use for further learning.  Have some of the NP left as well.  Still useful stuff as I grow the OS.

What I've found for myself is that anything that can stop the normal "movie projector" inner dialogue will assist in clearing the mind and making way for the subconscious awareness to seep through.  Here's the technique.

Counting.  Have you ever heard of the calming technique of counting to 10 when you're angry?  Pretty much the same thing with an added dimension or two.  Counting is the main component.  But since counting can quickly become automatic something else needs to be added.  So, visualize the numbers as you count.  And make each visualization a different color.  Don't want to be concentrating on thinking of a color necessarily although I guess that could work, so use the rainbow.  Red 1.  Orange 2.  Yellow 3.  Green 4.  Blue 5.  Indigo 6.  Violet 7.  Red 8.  Orange 9.  And so on.  Whenever it becomes too automatic add something.  Make the number 3D.  Turn them upside-down.  Not only will this keep your mind too busy to keep running the STS thought loops but it will also add to your visualization skills.  That is if you aren't already a pro which some people on here are.

Just had another thought.  Whenever a thought interupts your counting, start over.  That way you can guage how long you go without your normal thought process.  Also, keep aware of any difference in feeling when you go without your normal thought process.  If you do feel something different, memorize the feeling.  Then you can recall that feeling later.

Here's something you might want to try.  It's a bit different than most methods I think.

Turn on some music.  I usually put on something without words or very few words.  Techno, ambient, stuff like that.  Music soothes the savage beast.  In this case, the mind is the beast needing to be tamed.  Next, do some light exercise.  Concentrate on feeling each movement of the exercise.  These two things will keep the mind and body somewhat occupied making it easier to control thought.

Another thing I did was post a "mind guard".  That would be an awareness point looking for runaway thoughts.  The thing that happens is that a thought comes and we animate the thought.  Animate, in as such, as the mind goes through all the files and adds thoughts that relate to that thought.  Then those thoughts bring their own related thoughts.  In short order, our mind is filled with thoughts.  The "mind guard" is tough but it was one of my starting points.  Basically, when a thought comes gently say "no thoughts right now".  It takes awhile and some practice.  Be gentle though.  Tell your mind that there's plenty of time to think all it wants but right now you don't want any thoughts.  If a thought comes, watch it come and go.  Wave it on and be very aware of our tendency to animate them.  Just think of a guard at the gates of your inner sanctum.  If a thought comes and you allow it then soon you'll have the whole outer courtyard filled with that thought's friends wanting to get in.  It's easier to wave the first thought on.  But don't get me wrong.  This wasn't easy for me when I was starting out.  It took lots of practice.  Lots of gently saying "no thoughts right now".

When you can stop thoughts completely for a few seconds something extraordinary happens.  A space within is formed.  You may not notice it for awhile.  Each time you can stop thoughts completely for a few seconds, more space is added to this inner space.  Nothing is ever taken away so you don't have to worry about stopping thoughts for long periods when you start out.  Each person has their own levels with this.  Some can create a space very quickly.  For others, it takes longer.  But when that space is big enough you consciousness will notice it.  It's like an inner ball of peace.  When you become aware of it then you can go there quickly, instantly even.

Another thing is that there is a specific feeling when you completely rid the mind of thoughts.  For me it was quite profound.  So I memorized that feeling.  After awhile I would simply recall that feeling first.  Then it was easier to keep thoughts away.  I think that feeling was the subconscious.  Memorizing feelings has helped me in other areas of self-work as well.  We often get caught up in only remembering thoughts (events and such) and let the feelings have free reign whenever they come around.  I learned to tame them both.

Here's something else to remember.  I'll quote Montalk from another thread...

The trick is to concentrate without thinking.  Once you can do it, it will become easy.  You'll be able to enter meditative states in the New York subway during rush hour.  It's powerful stuff.

I too think it's an important part in evolving beyond the physical.  Simply because you are tapping into subconscious awareness.  The subconscious being the awareness of the energy body.  It's a spatial awareness instead of the linear awareness we are used to in the 3d physical sense.

Hope it helps.

I'm not sure why, but for some reason I think this is an important part in evolving beyond the physical.  To free the mind from the brain, etc.

I too end up just falling asleep many times when I try to meditate, so unfortunately I've never been too successful with things like meditation, AP, RV, etc.

Reducing noise in the environment.  *thumbs up*

Including things like completely unplugging any computers, TVs and such that leave electronic residue.  The sound of silence is loud.  I suppose that sound of silence could also be used as a focus point of awareness for further quieting of the mind.  I like it.  Thanks for sharing.

I too have been working on not thinking. I've been reading Eckhart Tolle's books which have helped me to realize how important it is to quiet the mind. It helps tremendously in reducing one's ego which in turn increases one's awareness. One thing I like to do is not only quiet my mind but my environment as well, to avoid as much human-made and machine-made noise as possible. This helps you to tune into very subtle energies. I'm hoping to train my awareness in this way, to tune into the subtlest energy fields around me, and then try to achieve the same state in increasingly noisy environments.

I also used to spin a lot but gave it up because the energy influx was usually so intense that it left me (or my ego) feeling confused and off-balance.

I sense that it was easy for you relatively speaking.

I'll attempt to explain where I'm coming from.  I was emotionally and spiritually attacked by the people closest to me from the earliest of ages.  My defense was these ego based (victim) sts thought loops (STLs).  They were the predominant force in my youth.  These were a weakness that was picked up by others and were used against me for further feeding off that victim mentality that I created.  So the attacks grew stronger by all those around me which reinforced the STLs.  This feeding loop caused all sorts of issues that I didn't want.  Around the age of 20 I had enough and set out to undo these mental knots.  It wasn't easy nor quick to undo 20 years of damage and programming.  I am now 30.

Your example about the store is an application of quieting the mind.  It is not a method.  When I was running on programs I searched for a method.  Application would come only after I was successful.  I'm certainly not discouraging the sharing of applications, I'm simply keeping in mind those that may not be at that point yet.

It may not be as easy as that for other people.  Was it that easy for you when you first arrived at the concept?  If not, did you have any tricks to help with it?  I'm looking for gathering things that can help others that may not be at that point yet.

Easy is a relative term, I think the concept kind of grew on me.   You do ask good question's here, but as alway's we all have our own realization's, when we're ready for them, so the trick's that work for us, may not work for others.

But I do see your point here.    If I were to point out one thing a person would do well with practicing is getting into a silent mind-state when you're out in the world, shopping or whatever else is mundane to you.    I've noticed that the silent mind, while you're wide awake walking around, can be a very useful tool at times and can also serve to give you real life examples of how other part's of us can instantly take over and guide us through life.

I guess you could call this a good trick to know or practice, so that when you really need it, you have the past experience.

While out shopping for a shirt once, I walked into a store and as I got to the men's dept. I noticed how the shirt's piled up on the counter's were a total mess.   It was amazing to see how many shirt's were all over the place, I had never seen such a mess before, I thought to leave the store and come back later when the people who worked there had straightend it all out.   But rather than leave, something inside myself made me stop, and in the next instant my internal dialogue just went quiet.  I started to wander around in this silent state, going from counter to counter, without really looking at anything, it was as if some other part of me had taken over.    Needless to say, I wandered up to one counter and there right in front of me was the exact shirt I had planned to buy, the right color, size, everything I needed.   All I had to do was pick it up and pay for it.   I can't remember the last time I found a shirt in a store so quickly, or so easily and all because I had shut off my internal dialogue.

It's small things like this that make you go "holy smokes" when you learn to do such an easy thing as quiet the mind and let go.   It also bring's to mind how a quiet mind can be turned into a useful tool, something we can use on an everyday basis on practical things.

Having this happen to me made it easier to see how something like silence is so important, so I guess this is one way to get in on some "trick's".

So this was easy for me, but will it be easy for other's... I have no idea.

There are plenty of everyday thing's that you can do with a silent mind that will make you really start to tune into your "Higher-Self/Soul".  I think this "tuning-in" is what we really should be focusing on more for spiritual develpment.   And it's easier than most think it is, BUT you have to keep practicing it as much as possible.

It may not be as easy as that for other people.  Was it that easy for you when you first arrived at the concept?  If not, did you have any tricks to help with it?  I'm looking for gathering things that can help others that may not be at that point yet.

Soul Merge.  Sounds good to me.  I'll throw that in my arsenal.

Currently, I working on real-time full realization of my 3 body complex.  I'm trying to go a step beyond my mere visualization.  Attempting to feel and think from the conscious, subconscious and unconscious simultaneously.  This requires, of course, being able to think from the soul.  That is, thinking above the dual forces of physical existence.  A place of rest and quiet contemplation.  I figured hey, I got 3 bodies.  Let's see what I can do with them.  The short distance I've gotten so far has shown a synergy (or zenergy?).  My consciousness is loving it.

Edit:  Simultaneous thinking and feeling of...

Rest and quiet contemplation. (soul)
In service...to others. Giving energy to help sustain STO entities. (energy)
Exercising Free-Will in a restricted environment. (physical)

Just giving a brief summary.  Basically, I add the concepts learned for each level.  The concepts form thought units.  Then I can hold the thought units in place simultaneously while at the same time visualizing and feeling the 3 bodies.