dosing technique
Posted: Wed Jul 04, 2012 1:56 am
i know many new people are having trouble finding the best way to dose and im here to explain my way i dose to help out. i start my getting my dose ready which is the mp3 version i burned to a disk from the drg. file. get your chosen method ready so all you have to do is press play. i then get a nice spot to lay down ready with my pillows and i turn out the lights... ill sometimes then take a second to calm my mind if anything is running through it i think might interfere with my experience.
now i take my bandanna and fold it in half to make a triangle then ( i might not be explaining this right but if anyone can help ill be so thankful) i begin to roll it up folding it so that i get one nice long strip enough to cover my eyes. then i put on my headphones making sure the right phone is on my right ear and the left phone on my left ear. then ill take my blindfold and tie it not just around my eyes but all the way around the headphones and i tie them in the back... the reason i do this is it makes the headphones tight on my ears increasing the experience and making the bass better and everything else just much better sounding. i tie it tight then i lay down and get comfortable before i take a peek from my blindfold and start up my chosen dose clearing my mind once more as the beats build up.
i do recommend if you have time to start with condition or calm me as these will make your mind numb (in a good way) and ready to absorb all the sounds like the worlds greatest sponge. these beats are designed to increase your dosing experience and they do just that. it is recommended highly that you start with these if you are having trouble or are a beginner or even as a pro because they make the dose much more exciting and easier to take in.
now lets talk about during the dose. your mind may begin to wander or you may become bored as it progresses. this is normal and it doesn't mean the dose is bad or your doing something wrong. you need to remember that the dose is what you need to focus on and the beats are what are important. there are doses where they will make your mind wander off on purpose however the way to know if its the dose doing this or your mind and boredom is to try and make listening to the dose and thinking these thoughts come together. this is one way to help focus on the dose.
the other way i found that worked better for me that i use now is by making the beats and the sounds come together as an image. make them make a physical manifestation in your mind. let your mind focus on this object and also focus on the sounds this object makes. for example: when i was doing marijuana QH i found that it made me think of a flying saucer and orbs of light. i watched the saucer and the orbs circle around and above me making me feel great. the sounds were amazing like they were coming from what could be a god. it seemed real... incredibly real. i listened to the whole dose and as the end came near i heard the saucer leaving and saw it leave earth making me feel slightly upset but at the same time it was like they left me with powers. i listened to it twice and when i finished i felt higher than the saucer that the dose made.
after you dose you want to take off the headphones and start to slowly come back to reality and if you don't feel anything give it time and you will. and if you still don't then it doesn't mean the dose is faulty or you did it wrong. it just means you may need to try again. your now more experienced with what you may feel and by the end of your next try you may feel something. if after a few tries you feel nothing then this may be one of the doses that do not work for you. make sure your doing it right and if your sure you did then don't feel bad because it didn't work and DO NOT give up on I-dosing just because one little dose didn't work. keep at it and try another one with the same technique.
i hope this helps some of you new users or returning users or even maybe some older users who needed some pointers or a new way to try dosing. thanks for reading and i hope you have some happy dosing in your future!
~ with love, kerflap
now i take my bandanna and fold it in half to make a triangle then ( i might not be explaining this right but if anyone can help ill be so thankful) i begin to roll it up folding it so that i get one nice long strip enough to cover my eyes. then i put on my headphones making sure the right phone is on my right ear and the left phone on my left ear. then ill take my blindfold and tie it not just around my eyes but all the way around the headphones and i tie them in the back... the reason i do this is it makes the headphones tight on my ears increasing the experience and making the bass better and everything else just much better sounding. i tie it tight then i lay down and get comfortable before i take a peek from my blindfold and start up my chosen dose clearing my mind once more as the beats build up.
i do recommend if you have time to start with condition or calm me as these will make your mind numb (in a good way) and ready to absorb all the sounds like the worlds greatest sponge. these beats are designed to increase your dosing experience and they do just that. it is recommended highly that you start with these if you are having trouble or are a beginner or even as a pro because they make the dose much more exciting and easier to take in.
now lets talk about during the dose. your mind may begin to wander or you may become bored as it progresses. this is normal and it doesn't mean the dose is bad or your doing something wrong. you need to remember that the dose is what you need to focus on and the beats are what are important. there are doses where they will make your mind wander off on purpose however the way to know if its the dose doing this or your mind and boredom is to try and make listening to the dose and thinking these thoughts come together. this is one way to help focus on the dose.
the other way i found that worked better for me that i use now is by making the beats and the sounds come together as an image. make them make a physical manifestation in your mind. let your mind focus on this object and also focus on the sounds this object makes. for example: when i was doing marijuana QH i found that it made me think of a flying saucer and orbs of light. i watched the saucer and the orbs circle around and above me making me feel great. the sounds were amazing like they were coming from what could be a god. it seemed real... incredibly real. i listened to the whole dose and as the end came near i heard the saucer leaving and saw it leave earth making me feel slightly upset but at the same time it was like they left me with powers. i listened to it twice and when i finished i felt higher than the saucer that the dose made.
after you dose you want to take off the headphones and start to slowly come back to reality and if you don't feel anything give it time and you will. and if you still don't then it doesn't mean the dose is faulty or you did it wrong. it just means you may need to try again. your now more experienced with what you may feel and by the end of your next try you may feel something. if after a few tries you feel nothing then this may be one of the doses that do not work for you. make sure your doing it right and if your sure you did then don't feel bad because it didn't work and DO NOT give up on I-dosing just because one little dose didn't work. keep at it and try another one with the same technique.
i hope this helps some of you new users or returning users or even maybe some older users who needed some pointers or a new way to try dosing. thanks for reading and i hope you have some happy dosing in your future!
~ with love, kerflap
I appreciate your work on this topic and hope this will help some new users... I have an idea of making one big topic about preparing to dose, few techniques to dose and things like that to help all new users. Admin could even make that topic visible on top of the section (like "The Official 'Does It Work?' Poll" on top of Experiences section). Every who have, may post his technique and contribute to make that. What you guys think about it?