Introduction to Splitting

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Original post: Geryon

Since it seems there are those here interested in the "mind split", Ive decided to do a series of lessons that will lead up to the simplest form of mind splitting, the minor split.

During this remember one important point, though the mind may be capable of contemplating more than one line of thought simultaneously, the primate structure of the human body evolved to suit single thought course, and farther back, none at all, hence the mouth, tongue, and throat existed to perpetuate other activities, namely breathing and ingestion. Hence it is biologically impossible to speak in real time from both sides of the mental split. That being said to prevent rather humorous attempts, let us continue.

The first requisite for the basic mental split is the ability to form non cognified strings. Hence this first post will regard constructing non cognified strings, and experimentation with them. Those who have studied bardic arts, such as the epic poems likely know what I mean when I speak of non cognified strings. They are sets of information which are not conciously codified, but rather stored in memory as just a string of data. For this exercise, we will use Lewis Carrol's "Jabberwocky" as our starting point. The goal here is to elicit the ability to recite the entirety of the work without bringing the thought thereof to the forefront of the mind, to make it reflexive rather than thought based.

To perform basic non cognified string memorization, the first step is to read the piece outloud without attempting to think on the concept of any of the words. Hence why Jabberwocky was chosen as the subject of this. The process is fairly simple, read aloud the first verse until you can repeat it without looking at it, then do the same with the second, recite the entirety, and continue onward, repeating the pattern. Thinking about the meaning of the words will only interfere with this process as it isnt the poem that is the goal of this exercise, but rather the ordered memorization of the vocal patterns.

Once you have completed this, and can recite the entirety of the poem without thinking about the actual contents thereof, you are ready to progress on to the next exercise.

For this I would recommend use of a standard deck of playing cards. Shuffle them before beginning. Now one at a time, flop over each card, and begin the string memorization process, much like you did during the Jabberwocky exercise. Remember number, and suit, while reciting aloud. Once you have completed memorization, shuffle the deck. Spread the cards out face up and reconstruct the deck in the order which you memorized. Now comes what makes this exercise more difficult than the last. Do not speak out loud during the reconstruction process, rather just cue up the string in your auditory memory, and do not send it to the vocalization process. Once you have reached a proficiency so as to be able to memorize the deck in two runs through or less, you will have a basic grasp of string memory.

Experiment further with string memory by using sets of pictures, much like the card exercise, but without vocalizing the data, but rather directly committing it to string memory. Once you have reached this point you will have become able to memorize infinite strings of images without cognition, and are prepared for the start of the actual mental splitting exercises.

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Original post: Tyday

By mind-splitting, do you mean like eventually being able to do more than one thing at once, for example, drawing 2 pictures on the ground at the same time while concentrating on them both perfectly (like the classic triangle and square)?

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Original post: Geryon

Yes. Or studying 4 different subjects at once from eight different books (a personal experience)

The greatest utility of this tool is during conversation to allow analysis of multiple paths of conversation, while keeping one mind focused on the actual conversation.

Or even performing 6-12 pieces of mathematical computation simultaneously, even calculating entire data tables through a formula at once.

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Original post: Ceriel Nosforit

Hmm... Reminds me of this:
http://www.newscientist.com/channel/bei ... 625011.900

And here's a bit of aid:
http://mnemo.sourceforge.net/

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Original post: Geryon

Once you have basic string memorization down, here is your next challenge. Take your deck of cards and memorize it, shuffle it, and memorize the new set as well. Now, in your head, go through both sets of cards simultaneously. If you screw up, restart from the beginning. It will take a bit of effort to be able to review two sets of string memory at once without them overlapping. Also of use, would be the exercise of counting in your head, starting from two different numbers, like (1,5) (2,6) and so on. Once you can perform these basic splits, experiment with expanding the degree of thought freedom you have while splitting. Take it slowly, but keep working at it. In two to three weeks you should be able to pull off a basic split. Here's to hoping the training goes well for you.