@claudiu Okay that makes sense. Rapid method was something quite specific that none of us attempted. Got it. Direct route without VF, is the way to think of it then - and it was my way of thinking about it anyway. Yes, I will ask Vineeto and Richard about this, and potentially changing the homepage. I’ll also need to change the language about this on Simple Actualism. As @solvann says the wording on the AFT makes VF sound compulsory.
Re: the wall, it’s there until it isn’t. Essentially what happened for me there was a figure-ground reversal, where ‘me’ suddenly seemed far less substantial than actuality - one is then on the other side of the wall to redeploy a phrase from Vineeto. What seems so solid - ‘me’, feels very gappy and incomplete, virtually hanging on by a thread.
@Kub933 Yes, you got it. That would be my advice to anyone who wants to become actually free.
But that route is also tricky, precisely because I already know how to keep myself in THIS [good enough, in general] state which, let’s be honest, is seductive when you don’t manage to be in EEs or PCEs.
@Miguel well this is an incredible achievement in itself. I was first drawn to actualism because with it, I was able to feel pretty good, in difficult circumstances. I would say to forget about altruism and focus on gradually getting up your baseline to great and excellent levels - even if for short periods of time. What might help is to slooooooow right down and get very detailed e.g. say allocate an hour where moment to moment you appraise your mood and get back to feeling good, once you find the reason why you felt bad. Then you can slowly lengthen the amount of time spent doing that. Even if you are quite experienced, I think its always good to regress and go back to basics from time to time.