Intention, importance, flow — part 2

⚠️ MARKUP AND HONESTY. This is a summary of practice claims. Everything below is an exposition of the doctrine (practice-instruction / revival-claim), not a confirmation that the described entities exist. This is late-20th / early-21st-c. eclecticism (pop-esoterica + pop-psychology + quantum-sounding metaphor), revival-claim; not an ancient tradition and not proven science.

Literal “external causality / steering reality / energy” (the space of variations, pendulums, balancing forces, the dual mirror, external intention as a force, the materialization of sectors, the energy of intention from the Cosmos, an induced transition, “direct vision,” “the phantom radiation of DNA”) = [unverified] EVERYWHERE.

Part 2 mostly develops and repackages the apparatus of part 1. Concepts identical to part 1 (the space of variations, lifelines, pendulums, importance, excess potentials, balancing forces, inner/outer intention, the unity of soul and mind, the target slide, drifting along the current of variations, the coordination of intention/importance, energy gymnastics, frailing as the “intention to give”) are not re-described here — see part 1. Below the accent is on what is new: the “dual mirror” and the mirror principles, the “layer of the world” and the “amalgam,” the “Determinator” and the “verdict,” the expanded mythology of the pendulum (laws, structures, “the order”), the “energy of intention” as a resource, the “frame / blast wave / sphere.”

Summary

Part 2 adds a central metaphor to the model of part 1 — “the dual mirror of the world” revival-claim [unverified]: reality has two “sides” (the physical one and the metaphysical space of variations), and the observed world is a reflection of a person's attitude toward it. From this are derived the “mirror principles” (the world reflects your attitude; the reflection forms in the unity of soul and mind; the mirror responds with a delay; the mirror registers the content, ignoring its “direction” — whether it is a longing or a rejection; and so on) and a running prescription: stop “chasing the reflection,” switch attention from reality-as-it-is to the target image and hold it.

The pendulums introduced in book 1 grow here into a developed social mythology: the laws of the pendulum (the 1st — the amplification of the energy of conflict; the 2nd — the stabilization of the structure), the pendulum as an organizing force of civilization, “the order,” “the capture loop,” “the rule of the pendulum” (“Do as I do!”). In parallel, an applied block introduces ”the energy of intention” (free energy as a trainable resource, “weights/loads,” energy gymnastics) and a block on forming a “layer of one's own world” via the ”amalgam” (a formula-affirmation such as “My world takes care of me”), along with work with the target/process slide, the “frame,” the “sphere,” and the “blast wave.” Crowning it all is the ”Determinator” — a person who delivers a “verdict” (“I have so decreed”) and creates, rather than asks, demands, or strives. All of this is [unverified] as cosmology; it is documented as a set of prescriptions and psychotechniques.

Key concepts

Accent on what is new relative to book 1; overlaps are merely flagged with a link to part 1. The tag on each: revival-claim (a postulate of the world-picture) and/or practice-instruction (an operational prescription). Literal causality — [unverified].

The dual mirror and the mirror principles (the main new thing in book 2)

• The dual mirror of the world — revival-claim [unverified]. Reality as a “mirror” with two sides: the physical one (tangible) and the metaphysical one (the space of variations). The observed world is a reflection of a person's attitude toward it; “a genie that grants wishes.” The central metaphor of the whole book..
• The mirror principles — practice-instruction / revival-claim. A set of rules for handling the mirror; in essence: (1) the world reflects your attitude toward it; (2) the reflection forms in the unity of soul and mind; (3) the mirror responds with a delay (a “pause” is needed for the image to be embodied); the mirror registers the content of the thought, ignoring its direction (whether it is a desire or a rejection — the object itself will be reflected); (6th) “release your grip and let the world drift along the current of variations”; (7th) to perceive any reflection as positive. The last three principles are declared to be the “working” ones for the Determinator..
• “Chasing the reflection” / stopping the chase — practice-instruction [unverified]. The key image: a person is “tied to the mirror by threads of importance,” tries to correct the reflection — and thereby fixes it in place. The prescription: tear your gaze away from the mirror, give up the inner intention to “turn the world,” and then “the world will move toward you of its own accord.” (Operationally close to switching attention from the problem to the goal.)
• The mirror circle (in reverse order) — revival-claim [unverified]. “We express an attitude → the mirror fixes the content in reality → we observe reality”; to start it moving “in the right direction,” shift the system with intention and “peek,” seeking out the first buds of what is desired.
• The feedback loop / “the mirror as a boomerang” — revival-claim [unverified]. Reality reflects the cast of one's thoughts, and that cast is in large part determined by the reflection itself; hatred/condemnation “come back.” So primacy in the chain goes to the “reflection,” and you break the circle by changing your attitude.

The “layer of the world” and the amalgam

• The layer of one's own world — revival-claim [unverified]. An individual “sphere of existence” / reality, formed by a person's attitude, thoughts and actions; it overlays the “layers” of others and contributes to the shared reality. It has a “tint” / quality (cozy ↔ a “murky haze”).
• The amalgam (of reality) — practice-instruction / revival-claim. The “composition of the reflecting surface” of the mirror, which can be “improved.” In practice, it is a formula-affirmation (a “dominant”), e.g. “My world takes care of me,” “My world chooses all the very best for me,” which is constantly stated in order to tune the “layer of the world.” (The working core — auto-suggestion / re-attribution.).
• The dominant / the dominant formula — practice-instruction. The main line, setting the prevailing background of the layer of the world; formulated in a single phrase.
• “Let the world take care” / trust in the world — practice-instruction [unverified]. The disposition to hand the solving of problems over to “the world” instead of head-on control (“everything will sort itself out, without my knowing”). Presented as a way of removing an “excess potential.”

The energy of intention as a resource (the applied block)

• The energy of intention / free energy — revival-claim [unverified]. “Free energy from the Cosmos,” manifesting as vigor / vital tone; needed for active action and for “illuminating” a sector of the space of variations. The strength of external intention is supposedly proportional to one's level of energetics (as in book 1).
• Energy channels / clogging — revival-claim [unverified]. The channels along which free energy flows; their “narrowing” (including a “clogging of the organism”) yields an energy deficit.
• Loads / “weights” — practice-instruction / revival-claim. Obligations, conditions, promises, unrealized intentions, excess potentials — they “take away” part of the energy of intention; the prescription is to “shed” them. (The rational core — unloading commitments / unclosed gestalts.)
• The goal as an “activator” of the energy of intention — revival-claim. A goal “hooks” and activates energy — but only if it is being realized, not “hanging in the planning stage.”
• Euphoria / a surge of energy; the materialization of thought — revival-claim [unverified]. A sharp rise in energetics → a state in which thought, “modulating” the energy, “illuminates” a sector of the space of variations.

The expanded mythology of the pendulum (a superstructure over book 1)

The entity “pendulum” itself is already in book 1 — see part 1. Book 2 adds “laws,” “structures,” “the order” and socio-historical illustrations. All [unverified].

• The laws of the pendulum — revival-claim [unverified]. The 1st law — the pendulum amplifies the energy of conflict; the 2nd law — the pendulum stabilizes the structure in which it exists (it strives for self-preservation).
• Structure / “the order” / synchronization — revival-claim [unverified]. The pendulum as an “external program” that organizes a group of living beings into a self-organizing structure (from a flock/anthill to a city and a civilization); “synchronization” is concerted action “on the same wavelength.” “The order” is an illusion into which people are “squeezed.”
• The rule of the pendulum (“Do as I do!”) — revival-claim / practice-instruction. A pattern of behavior/thinking that gives rise to a pendulum; it imposes “normalcy,” an “ersatz of success,” stereotypes (including in the intimate sphere and in mass culture). Set against “the rule of practice” (= part 1: “allow yourself to be yourself…”).
• The capture loop / “the arrow of attention” / “waking dream” — revival-claim [unverified]. A state in which attention is “looped” onto a pendulum-object (“the weathervane is jammed”); the person acts unconsciously, “as if in a dream.” Environments of maximal openness of the subconscious are “capture loops” (the army, sects, and the like).
• The flash-pendulum / resonant energy — revival-claim [unverified]. A temporary pendulum from the uniform “radiation” of a group (a flash mob, a concert, sex); it “feeds” on resonant energy. (cultural images such as “Satan rejoices”).
• An “energy credit” from pendulums / the reckoning — revival-claim [unverified]. Pleasures (alcohol and so on) are presented as “energy on credit at interest”: a high → a hangover / a “reckoning”; the larger the “credit,” the harsher the payback. (A metaphor of addiction; the causality is [unverified].)
• A favorite of the pendulum — revival-claim. The one who “starts their own game” and becomes the leader, rather than chasing the pendulum; a “trendsetter.”
• Egregore vs. pendulum — revival-claim [unverified]. The author insists that “pendulum” is a more precise/fuller term than “egregore.”.

The “Determinator,” the verdict, “to create”

• The Determinator of reality — revival-claim / practice-instruction. A person who forms the layer of their own world themselves, following the mirror principles; a “son of God” possessed of the will to create. The culminating figure of book 2.
• The verdict — practice-instruction [unverified]. A self-proclamation: “I have so decreed, because I am the Determinator of my reality,” “I can and I am worthy, because I have so decided; I do not wish and do not hope — I intend.” Presented as a “pass into Eternity”; the condition is “the audacity to use one's right” + the “amalgam” (the unity of soul and mind)..
• “To create, not to ask / demand / strive” — practice-instruction [unverified]. A change in the direction of intention: “not to obtain — but to create”; “it is not I who go to the mountain…” in new packaging. The “right to Knowledge” also belongs here — ideas and solutions “arrive” from the space of variations if you “step out of the order” and create.
• “Move your feet toward the goal” — practice-instruction. A direct demand for action (as in book 1): you form an image of the goal — and physically move in its direction, not substituting waiting for action. ⚠ the key counterweight to the “slide” — see the links section.

Other new / clarified items

• The slide: target vs. process — practice-instruction / revival-claim. The target slide is an image of the already-attained goal (as in book 1); the process slides are the “stages of forming the image.” Book 2's refinements: “run” it from the inside (be inside the slide, not outside), systematically and at length; the “frame” is the key characteristic fragment of the slide that gives an “integral impression.”
• The frame — practice-instruction. A compressed “shot”-anchor of the target slide, which one “switches on in memory for an instant” to connect with the “target sector.”
• The sphere (an outer shell) / “intention turned around” — revival-claim [unverified]. An imagined “sphere” around oneself as an “antenna” that amplifies the action of the slide; the “active principle” is transferred outward.
• The blast wave — practice-instruction [unverified]. An image of the sphere “scattering” from the person in all directions, for the “spreading of the mental image into the world.”
• Transit zones — revival-claim [unverified]. “Transitional” regions of the space of variations, where “not everything is optimal.”.
• The coordination of intention (as a mirror technique) — practice-instruction. Already present in book 1; in book 2 it is reformulated through the mirror: in any circumstances to repeat “everything is going as it should,” to declare a problem “simple.” See part 1.
• Religion/atheism as pendulums; “God within” — revival-claim [unverified]. A doctrinal block: the soul is a “particle of God,” worship is an “illusion/substitution,” serving God = co-creation; there is no justice/retribution, for “God is not a judge but a Creator.” Esoteric-theological claims, outside the empirical.
• “Direct vision” (the Bronnikov exercises), reincarnation, consciousness in plants/DNA, “the phantom radiation of DNA” — revival-claim [unverified]. Offered as “illustrations” of access to the space of variations. Pseudo-scientific claims; keep at [unverified]..
• Indigo Children — revival-claim [unverified]. “Children with an innate independence” who counterbalance the “dominance of pendulums”; a pedagogical block (see the techniques). A pop-esoteric concept of the 1980s–90s, [unverified].

Techniques

Format: Name — what to do (steps) / the claimed effect / the mechanism (if named by the author). All “claimed effects” about external reality are [unverified]. Techniques identical to book 1 (lowering importance, the target slide, energy gymnastics, frailing, coordination, drifting along the current) are not duplicated here — see part 1.

Mirror techniques (the core of book 2)

• Stop the “chase after the reflection” / “move yourself” — stop trying to correct observed reality (“the reflection”) with inner intention; “tear your gaze away from the mirror,” concentrate on the image of the goal, not on the current state of affairs; hold the pause, not reacting to the “lagging reflection.” Effect: “the world will move toward you of its own accord,” reality will begin to change. Mechanism (author): the mirror fixes whatever attention is directed at. ⚠ see the links — in effect “switching focus from the problem to the goal.”
• “Peek into the mirror of the world” — do not “stare” (fixate on the problem), but peek: seek out the good, ignore the bad, picture the desired image, regularly look for confirmations of emerging positive changes. Effect: reality “shifts” into the positive. (Operationally — selective attention to confirming signals + positive reappraisal.)
• Replacing a negative attitude with a positive one / “taking inventory of thoughts” — track your thoughts, remove the particle “not” (from “I don't want” → to “what I want,” from “I don't like” → “what I like,” from illness → to health); form wordings directed at what is desired. Effect: “the mirror will reflect” the positive content.
• Perceiving any reflection as positive (the 7th principle) / “declaring a problem simple” — deliberately treat any circumstance as fortunate; in troubles, repeat “everything is going as it should”; call a difficult problem “simple” as a postulate. Effect: “the world agrees,” circumstances “work in your favor.” (= the coordination of intention of book 1, see part 1.)
• Release the grip / follow the current (the 6th principle) — give up head-on control, “don't paddle against the current,” let the world drift along the current of variations. Effect: “genuine” control without struggle. (= drifting with the current of book 1.)

The amalgam / the “layer of the world”

• The amalgam formula / the dominant — choose a formula-affirmation (“My world takes care of me,” “My world chooses all the very best for me”), state it at every convenient opportunity (in good situations and in bad), recall real episodes of “the world's care,” until it becomes a habit. Effect: “a renewal of the layer of the world,” “the world begins to take care.” Mechanism (author): tuning the “reflecting surface” of the mirror. (The working core — affirmation + positive re-attribution; see the links.)
• “Let the world take care” / the target amalgam — hand the realization of the goal over to “the world”: the disposition “everything will sort itself out, without my knowing,” periodically “reminding the world” of what you expect, without forcing the visualization. Effect: “a lowering of the excess potential,” the goal is realized “by itself.” ⚠ see the links (surrender).
• “Cleaning the layer of the world” / self-care — when there is a “murky haze,” take a time-out, do something pleasant, “take yourself for a ride on the carousel,” “eat up, eat up, my good one” (caring self-care). Effect: a cleaning of the “layer,” a restoration of energetics. (In effect — rest / self-compassion; the usefulness is plausible, the causality to “reality” is [unverified].)
• Discarding the negative / “treating the junk” — resolutely “throw out” negative thoughts like rubbish; consciously identify and remove a sense of guilt (the “guilt microchip”), an inferiority complex, doubts, fears, worst-case expectations; stop justifying yourself before “manipulators.” Effect: a “cleanness of the layer,” liberation from manipulations.

The energy of intention

• ”Hook” energy with a goal + “do at least something” — set a goal requiring active action; if apathetic, start with the smallest possible action (“at least something”). Effect: “an activation of the energy of intention,” movement / vigor appears. (A direct prescription of action; cf. book 1's “intention in action.”)
• Shed the “loads / weights” — make a list of oppressive obligations, conditions, promises, unrealized intentions — and “shed them off your shoulders”; convert passive intention into active (instead of “memorizing” → “explaining to others”). Effect: a freeing of “reserves of the energy of intention.” (The rational core — unloading commitments / unfinished business.)
• Energy gymnastics + a daily affirmation — physical exercises with a focus on the “ascending/descending streams” + visualization of a “slide of energy growth” + the daily formula “my energy of intention grows greater with each passing day.” Effect: a growth of “energetics.” (The gymnastics are detailed in book 1 — see part 1; here a “growth affirmation” is added.) [unverified].

The slide / frame / sphere

• The target slide “from the inside” + regularity — systematically and at length “run” the image of the already-attained goal, being inside the slide (not an observer from outside); lower importance / “craving.” Effect: “the materialization of the thought-form.” ⚠ see the links — a risk of indulging; the counterweight is “move your feet” and “visualizing the process.”
• The frame — choose a characteristic fragment of the target slide, run it, get an “integral impression,” title it and briefly “switch it on” in memory. Effect: “a connection with the target sector.” Mechanism (author): a compact anchor of the image.
• The sphere (antenna) + the blast wave — imagine a “sphere” around yourself (“it pulls you”), stretch / compress its “front”; then “send” the frame-image as a “blast wave” in all directions. Effect: an “amplification / spreading” of the image into the world. [unverified].
• Arranging the scenery — line your thoughts up in a logical sequence leading to the goal, “completing” the chain with a fragment of the target slide; perceive events in the context of the slide (the slide as a “background”). Effect: “the forming of the layer of the world.” (= the selective interpretation of events to fit the goal.)
• Fixing the intention / the “nail” / the talisman — concrete actions confirming the seriousness of the intention (“I have,” “I am going to have”; set an alarm clock, choose a “nail” / anchor-talisman). Effect: “an amplification of the slide.” (The working core — commitment / an implementation cue; cf. implementation intentions (if-then).)

The “Determinator” and action

• Deliver a verdict — “step out of the order,” lay down the basic knowledge in your field, change the intention from “to obtain → to create,” and proclaim: “I have so decreed, because I am the Determinator of my reality; I do not wish and do not hope — I intend.” Effect: a “calm confidence,” “access to Eternity,” the right to create your own reality. Mechanism (author): the “amalgam” (the unity of soul and mind) + “audacity.”.
• “To create, not to obtain” / put a question to the space of variations — stop looking for ready-made answers “in others' books,” begin to create; or clearly formulate a question, “forget” it — the answer “will come on its own” over days/months. Effect: “new knowledge from the space of variations.” [unverified]. (The rational core of the second technique — incubation / diffuse thinking; the external source is [unverified].)
• A declaration of intention “in the present tense” (a toast) — formulate what is desired as already accomplished (“We have excellent health!,” “We have won!”), rather than in the future. Effect: “the moving of what is desired into reality, not into the future.” [unverified]. (= a present-tense affirmation, cf. book 1.)

Pendulums (new in book 2)

• “Step out of the order without a struggle” — simply step out of “the order,” smile and do not fight the pendulums (fighting “feeds” the pendulum — as in book 1). Effect: the pendulum “will not be able to drive you back.”
• “Get off the needle” of the pendulum (switching attention + changing the scenario) — switch the “arrow of attention” onto something else, change the scenario and the scenery of the habitual setting; do not “recall” the object (the game, the problem). Effect: exit from the “capture loop,” stopping “paying interest.” (= the switching of attention of book 1, extended with a “change of scenery.”)
• Become a “favorite of the pendulum” / “allow yourself to be yourself” — stop, “look around” and begin independent movement, creating your own reality; do not chase fashion — then “it will be left to the pendulums to follow you.” Effect: “becoming the leader / a trendsetter.”
• The game / the “playing spectator” / lowering the importance of “life as a game” — remember that “life is a game,” act detachedly (“descend into the auditorium,” “rent yourself out” — the terminology of book 1). Effect: a high awareness, “liberation from the zombifying influence of the structure.”

The pedagogical block (Indigo Children)

• “Sensible disorder” / humor / choice instead of coercion — with children: clown around (jump on the bed, whack each other with pillows), lower “importance” with humor; instead of an order, give a choice (“will you wash the dishes or go to the store?”), model “what will happen if…,” turn a duty into a raising of the child's significance. Effect (author): “a lowering of polarization,” the child is “more obedient,” less tension.
• Learning through practice and teaching — not to “learn by heart,” but to do; children teach one another (the roles of pupil/teacher). Effect: the brain “as a creator, not a storehouse,” “intention becomes active.” (This aligns with real active-learning approaches; the author's causal frame is a separate matter.)

Correction (a repetition of the tools of book 1)

• Correcting the mirror — determine what is causing the “polarization” / “warping of the mirror” (relations of dependence ↔ excess inner intention), and weaken the corresponding “potential,” “like over-tightened spokes of a wheel.” Effect: “a return of the freshness of the layer of the world.” (Relies on the importance / potentials / polarization of book 1.)

Connection to mechanisms and practice

⚠️ HYPOTHESIS, flagged as such. The thesis: a number of the prescriptions of part 2 may “work” not through the claimed external causality (“the mirror,” “the layer of the world,” “the materialization of sectors”), but through internal psychological mechanisms. Any claim that a practice technique causes “a change in external physical reality apart from changed behavior or perception” = [unverified].

• “Release the grip,” “let the world take care,” “everything will sort itself out,” the 6th mirror principle ↔ surrender / non-attachment / self-distancing. The dispositions to “not force,” to “hand the solution over to the world,” to act as a “playing spectator” / “rent yourself out” map structurally onto releasing attachment to the outcome and removing anxious self-monitoring — see letting go and self-distancing (ironic process, choking, non-attachment, self-distancing, relaxation response). Hypothesis: removing the anxious monitoring of “will it work out?” itself improves performance and well-being. The same file records the trap “to release = to do nothing” — in practice there is a counterweight (“move your feet,” “do at least something”), but “the target amalgam → the world will do it itself” can collapse into it..
• “Move yourself,” “don't chase the reflection,” “the image, not the reflection,” “intention is concentration, not diligence” ↔ an external focus of attention + effortlessness / wu wei. Switching from head-on control of observed reality to holding a target image is the vocabulary of an external focus and of effortless attention; see external focus and effortlessness (“conduit”). Hypothesis: “stop the chase after the reflection” acts as a linguistic trigger: it shifts attention from inner self-monitoring to the external effect, raising automaticity.
• “Running the target slide from the inside,” “living in the slide,” the “closed joyful circle” (thinking about the pleasant consequences of success as if attained) ↔ a risk of indulging. This is close to indulging (living through what is desired as if attained), which the data show lowers energization and effort; the working operation is mental contrasting + if-then (WOOP, with a step of action). See mental contrasting and WOOP. Hold the thesis: “the target slide ↔ indulging, but action is preserved.” In practice there is a built-in counterweight — “visualizing the process / process slides,” “move your feet toward the goal,” “do at least something,” the goal must be realized, not hang in the planning stage. The “working version” of the practice is not pure indulging. But the “closed joyful circle” and movement toward the goal “without effort, with pleasure” are phrasings that can collapse into a manifestation trap when action drops out..
• The “amalgam” / dominant formulas / “a declaration in the present tense” ↔ affirmations + positive re-attribution. The constant stating of “my world takes care of me” is an affirmation + a disposition toward selective attention to confirming signals (“peek into the mirror”). The effect on perception and behavior is plausible; the effect on external reality apart from this is [unverified].
• “Fixing the intention” / the “nail” / the talisman ↔ an implementation cue / commitment. A concrete reinforcing action as an intention-signal — cf. implementation intentions (if-then). (The connection is weaker than the others.)

Net. The connection is structural and hypothetical, not a proof. In book 2, as in the practice of the course, action is preserved: “move your feet toward the goal,” “do at least something,” “the goal must be realized.” This aligns with the requirement in neighboring notes to keep a step of action and not substitute waiting for it. The literal “materialization of sectors through the mirror” does not pertain to this and remains [unverified].