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|    LowRider44M to slider    |
|    Re: confirmation/validation? absolutely!    |
|    16 Aug 21 21:16:36    |
      From: intraphase@gmail.com              On Monday, August 16, 2021 at 3:41:23 PM UTC-4, slider wrote:       > ### - damn, now am in 'real' trouble lol :)))       >       > i.e. have just been invited to do some kinda 'video-interview' for some       > dreaming site with robert waggoner re the WILDs method have written about       > and also about WILDing in general?       >       > have been assured, by him, that it'll all be done very professionally and       > edited accordingly to make it look professional etc etc, but damn i don't       > really wanna do it even though it would likely be good publicity for the       > book and for the method itself??       >       > i.e., as a very 'private' person there are currently no photos or images       > of me whatsoever in circulation, nada at all, not even on my facebook       > page, the website, back of the book cover or anywhere coz that's what am       > comfortable with, plus the method have written isn't about 'me' and only       > about the discovery itself, it being quite a large + conscious sacrifice       > on my part (coz i didn't wanna do it) to even having my real name       > associated with it and publicly bandied about, something that has indeed       > been difficult (because the world is full of assholes) but which i       > considered an inevitable price to be paid for going public with it...       >       > i mean, by all means buy the book and/or watch the videos and learn how to       > do it no problem, but leave 'me' out of it? coz am just the humble       > reporter here, someone who literally 'fell-over' WILDS and not part of       > some kinda 'personality' show (or cult heh) that the world typically tends       > to turn everything into?? fuck that!       >       > so i don't think am gonna do it? i guess if it was maybe for some big tv       > morning breakfast show or whatever (oprah lol) along those lines, i might       > have considered the 'cost' involved (to my private life) as being maybe       > worth it to bring it all to some kinda vastly new public audience (going       > mainstream with it would constitute a huge leap perhaps requiring the       > ultimate sacrifice) whereas this particular interview would more than       > likely only be shared amongst the current lucid dreaming community       > itself...       >       > which would still be good publicity... but which also makes me sweat at       > just the very idea of my ugly mug being plastered all over the place haha       > :)))       >       > i mean, i WANT people to know about WILDs because i honestly think it'd be       > good for 'em AND for the world too or i wouldn't have even bothered doin'       > it, but at what cost to myself???       >       > so, am sorry folks, but it's gots to be only written and, at best, radio       > interviews, ok? even though it bums me a bit to perhaps miss-out on some       > free publicity for the technique...       >       > it's only the work itself that's of any actual importance here, it's not       > about me and/or who i personally am??       >       > that said, and only for the record: i might then just leave some video       > interview to be discovered posthumously haha ;)                     Maybe, if you take the plunge, you could make enough money       for a first rate camera and mike. Get some backdrops and do videos.       At least you get to meet the guy and have a chat about techniques.       Much as you misunderstand me, I wouldn't leave you buried alive.       I might slap you silly, the moment your free, but that's beside the point.       A sad day.       https://citizenfreepress.com/wp-content/uploads/2021/08/afghan-flight-3.jpg              --- SoupGate-Win32 v1.05        * Origin: you cannot sedate... all the things you hate (1:229/2)    |
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