The RAS and RAW (Robert Anton Wilson)
I’m curious if anyone here is familiar with Robert Anton Wilson. His book, Prometheus Rising, was one of my first introductions to Reality Hacking and the conscious programming of the nervous system. There are parts of the book that are not unlike what Joe is teaching. In particular, he talks about two parts of the brain, the thinker and the prover. What the thinker thinks, the prover proves, he says. He gives us exercises similar to the flamingo. There is one where we’re asked to look for quarters, and see how fast they show up based on our mindset. He describes the RAS very well, but never uses the term. And it gets weirder from there! I thought that perhaps the term wasn’t invented when he wrote the book, 1979-1983, but from a quick look, it’s seems it’s been around for a while. He just decided to use more metaphysical, non-clinical terms. Anyhow, has anyone worked with this book?