>>5393
>It was very cool at first
Right? My problem was if it's THIS EASY then why is everyone so dependent on painkillers and on other meds. Took me time to realize that how fucked things are around us and what needs to happen until things improve or at least "find their way" again.
>I'm starting to think there's a deeper, more powerful potential to it
All I can say is... DUH but yes it takes time to realize it. Even my guides urged me to get in touch with my own powers instead of "mimicking other spiritual practitioners". Not because their way is wrong but it will be just a detour to find what I "know" already.
>Isn't the entire external universe part of the subconscious?
The short answer is Yes (in a way)
The long answer is that there is the "Microcosm" and the "Macrocosm". The microcosm is "within us" while the macrocosm is "out there". The thing is that the microcosm and the macrocosm relates. They are the same thing in the end but there are barriers layers and "relaters"/transistors (veils of illusions) between them.
You will have to understand the hardest question on the path. What is conscious? Then realize how the sub and superconscious relates and connects. Then understand oneness and how the "world" "thinks". How everything is alive.

>similar to thaumaturgy even though it's technically just autohypnosis
"thaumaturgy" is literally "hypnotizing the world". Not just the "collective subconscious" but EVERYTHING. For that you will have to see how everything connects and what you can pull and what pulls you to make that thing pull. Understand what is will and when or how and which is "free" "to will". In the end it's just egomastery. You are on the good thinking process and sadly it is hard to explain in detail because for some it's obvious and for others it's inconceivable. This is why I am trying to write from the viewpoint of my "experiences" and not "theorycraft" how this works because
>technically just
Semantics... are hard. And as you progress on the path words either gain new meanings or lose them and realize why the masters of old were so persistent about personal tutelage because every word has an important meaning and via writing it is impossible to convey especially after the thinking processes of the readers change. Not to mention some things cannot be conveyed via words.
>more powerful potential
To "tap" into that you will have to develop/realize or open the "internal eye". The eye of the microcosm/subconscious. With that you will be able to "see" the many mysteries of the body... There are too many and all of them give power in a way once understood. There are layers and first it will be a case of "not seeing the forest for the trees" but once you get the hang of it it's the stuff of legends.