Three Techniques for Expanding Perception

Don Juan "explained that disrupting routines, the gait of power, and not-doing were avenues for learning new ways fo perceiving the world, and that they gave a warrior an inkling of incredible possibilities of action." Tales of Power by Carlos Castaneda

Not-doing consists of a perceptual game of focusing attention on features of the world that are ordinarily overlooked, such as the shadows of things.

I came to the UK because I had a very strong feeling of being stuck. I needed to change the way I perceived things by disrupting my routines. This has a powerful effect on many different levels. For those people who prefer to have things explained in terms of the rational/material world, think of the effect it has on the brain when you stop following the same patterns and are forced to confront the unknown. Many established neural pathways will begin to disentegrate and new pathways will begin to form. By forcing the brain to grow new neural networks, it keeps the brain pliable and reinforces the ability to adapt and think creatively.