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Originally posted by buddhatrance
reply to post by OneisOne
Can I come over for dinner?
Originally posted by sheba2011
Originally posted by buddhatrance
reply to post by sheba2011
Thank you for taking the time to share that, sheba. A very interesting read.
The question I have, is how do you lock them? How long do you manage to gaze before they look away?
What I mean is, I have always been a direct eye contact person, and yet you can't control how long the other person looks back at you (usually milliseconds). The manual requires a certain amount of time. 3 minutes. So I am assuming that to bring forth such powerful effects on people, the gazing has to last more than a brief amount of time.
Unfortunately, at the moment I haven't found anyone to do the exercise with, and I don't believe that the solo version in the mirror works. I am not questioning manual 1, as that practice has been known before. Tried it once several years ago.
Right, that is why my daughter is the best person to practice with, because she loves staring contests -- she could go on for 30 minutes, an hour... she thinks it's fun!
The how: I focus on the person's right eye, just as suggested in the manual.
As for the angry woman, the eye contact was not held for 3 minutes. She broke the contact first. With hubby's friend, we were at dinner and sitting across from each other. She was talking about weather -- small talk -- so I just looked her in the right eye as she talked .... and she did not break contact.
That said, I find it's actually easiest with men, because what man doesn't like an attractive woman locking eyes on his? LOL.
Three minutes definitely brings on some very interesting effects, but I'm getting effects with people within less time than that.
I've done this a lot with homeless people --- you will find they are thrilled to *be seen* and not invisible!! The majority of people walk on by and avoid eye contact with them. I've also used it at Occupy protest marches -- not three minutes but simply making direct eye contact, even if only 15 seconds, with people on the sidelines. You get this jolt from them... I don't know how to describe it. My goal at the marches is simply to have those not participating "see" me, a protester, as a real human, just like them.
I recall reading somewhere that normally when we talk to people, our eyes flit all around... from one eye to the other eye, and to the mouth -- a movement in a triangle. I know when I'm feeling shy meeting new people I tend to focus more on their mouth, than their eyes. So this skill does take some getting used to, because you have to re-train yourself to keep your gaze steady and focused on their right eye. (Something we tend to do naturally and easily with lovers).
Originally posted by TNTarheel
reply to post by ElGuapo1
LOL...stalking Open
Druid's most excellent recap
Peace.
EDIT: Could someone link Mara's report and Buddha's recaps? I have lost themedit on 10/31/2011 by TNTarheel because: (no reason given)
Originally posted by TNTarheel
EDIT: Could someone link Mara's report and Buddha's recaps? I have lost themedit on 10/31/2011 by TNTarheel because: (no reason given)
Originally posted by Mara5683
Breaking News - This report just in: Nothing at all happened on October 28th!
In a very bizarre turn of events at 12:01 am on October 28th 2011 nothing happened at all. People all over the world went to bed , got up and life went on as normal.
According to one lady in Portland: "It was uncanny. I went to bed without doing the dishes and when I woke up this morning they were still there EXACTLY AS I HAD LEFT THEM! It's just plain weird."
Event expert Open MacOpen commented: "It's not at all unusual for something like this to happen as I painstakingly pointed out that something as significant as this just cannot be described in words. I expressly told people to focus on a particular date so as not to focus on it. I created complex mathematical puzzles and listed pages of in depth material which were emphatically not to be focused on and never made it about what I saw two years ago that should not have been seen. It's all very clear really and well explained in the explanation I made which is posted on a website in a parallel world."
Meanwhile nobody at all the camp in Occupy ATS was available to comment as they had earlier lit a campfire and consumed rather a lot of psychedelic cake and hot chocolate. All that could be heard through the din of rock music and indie bands was a preoccupation with pink unicorns and butterfly poo. As we left the camp the Occupiers were very intent on how to eat the rainbow which they claimed was hovering over the campfire as they could all see it very clearly.
So all in all we are shocked to report on the strangeness of a very normal day.
Stay tuned for further reports on what is sure not to happen next...
Originally posted by Druid42
Here is the requested 1 sentence summary:
Open made a website, with a date two days bygone, and in the process we rattled our brains, to find a solution that didn't exist, however, we met a lot of people, found friends, and it doesn't really bother us that it was a hoax, because we are ATS members, and hoaxers come, and hoaxers go.
That's the summary. In one complete sentence.
Originally posted by Mara5683
Ok guys before I go again the latest @sonion Report....
Originally posted by OneisOne
Here are the pumpkin bites if anyone would like some.....
(yes, those are the one I made)
OiO
Originally posted by onehuman
Droooollllll, oh ops pardon me, the pumpkin bites made me do it. Frig I got so lost in the Bites, I forgot what I wanted to say....
Ah yes..I LOVE THE STUNION!!! Mara? You Rock! ( Mara? I'm only calling it the Stunion in case you manage to get more laughs than the actual "oNION" and they cry about it!!!!
Didnt someone put the kettle on a while back? I need a cuppa, as I apprently drank TNTS Saturn awhile back!
Originally posted by onehuman
Originally posted by OneisOne
Here are the pumpkin bites if anyone would like some.....
(yes, those are the one I made)
OiO
Droooollllll, oh ops pardon me, the pumpkin bites made me do it. Frig I got so lost in the Bites, I forgot what I wanted to say....
Ah yes..I LOVE THE STUNION!!! Mara? You Rock! ( Mara? I'm only calling it the Stunion in case you manage to get more laughs than the actual "oNION" and they cry about it!!!!
Didnt someone put the kettle on a while back? I need a cuppa, as I apprently drank TNTS Saturn awhile back!
Originally posted by TNTarheel
Hadassah at Record is our own Ivanova
Record
Originally posted by buddhatrance
Did anyone also read Still waiting... ? the comments too