Instead of posting a new message each and every time, I noticed you guys start up practice threads. So here's mine.
Right now, I've been practicing for about four weeks. There is, to me, something mysterious about the method and the effect it has on the mind. Particularly it's effectiveness. I've tried stuff in the past, like mindfulness and meditation, which didn't do much for me. But this works remarkably well.
So far I feel better. Lighter. Live is easier.
I have the good fortune of being sick right now. Yes, I said that.

Because it's a difficult thing to be sick and feel good at the same time.
Which makes it a great learning opportunity to practice and start feeling better even when sick. I don't think I've ever been less bothered by it.
It's a simple flu anyway, it'll go away. But the ease with which I'm dealing with it is remarkable.
Now, when I walk outside, I tend to be very outward focused, just perceiving. Sometimes it seems to shift into direct perceiving for a moment, whether it's a sound or a sight. Those are the two senses that respond most to this so far. And tactile sensation this very moment, as I'm typing, it beginning to move in that direction as well.
The interesting part is that I seem to get closer to the instinctual self, the basic instincts. Sometimes. for no reason, I get startled very heavily by something that I wouldn't have noticed before. It's a sense of threat that feels very primal. Pure survival instinct.
Fortunately I can't be bothered by it and find it both fascinating and amusing and offcourse keep practicing.
I haven't gotten to the instinctual stuff much yet, and it certainly isn't clear for me how it works yet. Social identity was easy. There's still work for me there as well, but it's easy to see.
This instinctual thing is different.
I had one interesting experience where I was feeling a fear, while I contemplated this instinctual self, and, with the ongoing HAIETMOBA awareness that becomes more and more automatic, it suddenly shifted into a pleasant feeling. It felt more human.
Anyway, that's it so far. I plan to keep a journal here and welcome any and all feedback. I expect this to become a long ride, but I'm not stepping out.
And if I have any particular challenges, I will post them here as well.
One last point. I'm going to make this practical and experience based. I have found that "what if?", "but how does it work then, when...?", etc., type of questions really are not useful. And fear based most likely anyway. Better apply the method and see what happens.