Tome of Dayside Mastery

Tome of Dayside Mastery  Within lies fact and fancy, truth and metaphor. Discriminate with care. Contents READ THIS FIRST!.........................................................................viii Intrapersonal Secrets ........................................................................... 1 The Vampiric Will ........................................................................... 3 Challenging your Willpower ........................................................ 19 Developing your desires .............................................................. 22 Commanding Your Mind .............................................................. 27 Habitual mental state ................................................................... 30 Effective meditations .................................................................... 32 Developing reason ........................................................................... 36 The Vampire God ...................................................................... 38 The Vampiric Philosophy .......................................................... 62 The Use of Reason in Vampirism ............................................. 76 Immortality Secrets ........................................................................... 91 The coming future ............................................................................ 94 Cryonics ........................................................................................... 97 Creating a backup .......................................................................... 101 Interpersonal Secrets ....................................................................... 104 Developing Empathy .................................................................... 106 Active listening ........................................................................... 108 Encouraging Connectedness ....................................................... 111 Starting a conversation .............................................................. 114 “Locking in” .............................................................................. 117 Touching .................................................................................... 127 Mimicking .................................................................................. 131 Communication Techniques........................................................ 133 “I” messages.............................................................................. 135 Conflicts of need ........................................................................ 138 Metaphor, gesture, and eye movement ....................................... 141 Body language ........................................................................... 145 Speaking to the subconscious mind ............................................ 148 Choosing a social context .......................................................... 151 Telling effective stories .............................................................. 153 Health Secrets ................................................................................... 155 Food and drink............................................................................... 156  Physical movement......................................................................... 158 Sleep ............................................................................................... 160 Circulation ..................................................................................... 162 Survival Secrets ................................................................................ 165 Surviving assault .......................................................................... 168 THE KISS METHOD .............................................................. 168 KISS: Why it works .................................................................... 169 KISS: Special circumstances ...................................................... 177 KISS: How to train ..................................................................... 185 Preparing for Economic Collapse ............................................... 187 Money Secrets .................................................................................. 189 Income and Expenses ................................................................... 191 Getting Rid of Debt ...................................................................... 193 An example ................................................................................. 195 A warning about credit cards..................................................... 196 Financial Independence ............................................................... 198 An example ................................................................................. 199 FAQ for financial independence ................................................ 200 Why the “Magic Formula”? ...................................................... 201 Protecting Your Wealth............................................................... 204 Appendix............................................................................................ 205 Dayside Secrets Checklists .......................................................... 206 Intrapersonal Checklist ........................................................... 207 Immortality Checklist .............................................................. 208 Interpersonal Checklist ........................................................... 209 Health Checklist ....................................................................... 210 Survival Checklist .................................................................... 211 Money Checklist ....................................................................... 212 Recommended Resources ............................................................ 213 Intrapersonal ............................................................................ 213 Immortality............................................................................... 214 Pragmatic cryonics resources .................................................... 214 Other immortality resources ...................................................... 219 Interpersonal ............................................................................ 220 Health ........................................................................................ 222 Survival ..................................................................................... 224 Money........................................................................................ 226  READ THIS FIRST! Read these instructions carefully. They will allow you to master your life. Vampirism involves working with two sides: the Dayside and the Nightside. The Dayside is the pragmatic aspect of the Vampire that everyone perceives and no one disbelieves. The Nightside encompasses the astral practices and powers outlined in The Vampire Bible. We provide many proven, powerful techniques for mastering the Dayside in this book. We refer to these techniques as Dayside Secrets. The Secrets are divided into six interrelated categories:       Intrapersonal Secrets provide you with the inner reserves and perceptiveness needed to succeed at any endeavor. Immortality Secrets tell you how to take advantage of the coming future to extend your life indefinitely. Interpersonal Secrets are ways of relating to and interacting with others to get the results you really want. Health Secrets tell you how to have good, strong health using today's knowledge and technology. Survival Secrets help you to survive threats to your life. Money Secrets tell you how to organize your finances so that you can have the resources to do as you wish. viii  Each of these areas has a chapter dedicated to it. You should begin by reading the first chapter on intrapersonal Secrets, as it provides you with essential tools needed for succeeding at applying the Secrets. Thereafter you‟re welcome to read the remaining chapters in any order you wish. Be aware that these six areas are all closely interconnected. Implementing any of these Secrets will probably help you, but your greatest success will come from eventually applying all of them. This is especially important if you choose to pursue Nightside Vampirism. The Nightside requires a strong Dayside in order to be effective and reliable. We provide checklists for each of the areas in an appendix. These checklists summarize the Secrets for their respective areas in a very condensed form. It is hoped that this will help you see at a glance how to improve whatever areas of your life you wish once you understand the Secrets involved. Begin with the intrapersonal Secrets in the first chapter. The rest will become clear to you thereafter. ix  Dayside Secrets   Intrapersonal Secrets Dayside Vampires are distinguished by their personal strength of character. They have the wisdom needed to choose endeavors of true value and the determination to achieve those goals in defiance of any difficulty. This development of self acts as a foundation for success in all areas of life:      Personal determination allows you to sweep aside ineffective habits of thought and act to prepare for the coming future. You will develop immunity to the fears and irrationalities that vex others. The clarity of mind you hone will calm your nerves and vitalize your health. You will become more mentally responsive and better able to shrug off pain, allowing you to act effectively in emergencies. You will develop the patience needed to see your financial independence manifest. There is nothing outside the reach of a developed Vampire. We indicate the two key areas for development of the self below. The sections that follow provide essential Secrets for developing these areas effectively, some of which are essays written by Founders of the Temple. Read through all the material in this chapter carefully and follow the instructions given. This is an essential beginning for implementing all other Dayside Secrets. 1   Strengthen your Willpower. This comes from understanding how Willpower works, developing an awareness of your desires, and intentionally setting up and confronting personal challenges. You should begin here, as achieving anything at all depends on personal discipline.  Learn to command your mind. This includes developing a love of life, a deep-felt patience, and healthy skepticism. This takes time to develop, so you should begin practicing these Secrets as soon as possible. 2