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For those interested the paper is here. Not yet peer-reviewed however but we are working on it: https://doi.org/10.5281/zenodo.20634096

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Updated 09/06/2026

The practice is described in **the Inland Empire Logbook** and I'll try to convey it here to the best of my abilities.

**Denitiation** is a synthesis of quite a few meditation forms I've come to realize. Mindfulness, concentration, breathwork. Maybe more.

The physical sitting itself is common practice: Sit still. Eyes closed. Back straight. Thumb and index finger pressed together.

But then it diverges somewhat. First of all it is **active**. Meaning you do not merely observe passively. You actively dismantle the layer that analyzes what is, a layer made of thoughts and companion feelings . Examples: **"this is boring"** - a thought that does not accept the current state. **"It works!"** - a thought reinforcing the current state as preferred. **"It doesn't work!"** - a thought vehemently opposing the current state.

Secondly it addresses both thought and companion feeling. Example: the thought **"It doesn't work!"** followed by the companion feeling of anger/irritation etc

It is as follows:

**1.** While sitting and a thought emerges, you immediately turn that emerged thought into clouds, ie the thought is turned into an image. As an example **"It works!"**. This **must** be done before a companion feeling is activated. In this example it would probably be **excitement, joy etc** as a reaction to the thought. If the emotional reaction to the thought has manifested itself you were too late in clouding the thought. This is not a problem. A thought will certainly emerge again for you to practise on.

**Has** the thought thusly been interrupted before affecting your nervous system it is time to bury it.

**2.** This is done by doing cycles repeatedly of the following: Start at one foot, travel up the body through the leg until the crown. Do so in rhythm with inhalation. **Pause 3 seconds** at the top of crown before exhaling and follow the body from the crown through the body till the other foot in rhythm with exhalation. Repeat this cycle until the specific thought has been completely forgotten.

Should a thought emerge go back to **1.**

All of the above is to be done repeatedly for 10 minutes. That should suffice. More time might be appropriate for beginners.

Denitiation is explained in the book as **de-niti-ation**. Where *niti* means to strive in Latin. So it's a practice of non striving. You end up not striving for any particular state. And thus you become present.

And that's it. Hope it made sense. There is a lot of theorizing in the book if you need to dig deeper. May your exploration into your Inland Empire be fruitful.