Chapter XVI. Dances with Shadows
Study guide section for this chapter →
Terms you must own
- Law of bad luck — state it and name the two causes he gives for unwanted events.
- Jester — say what it stands for and what makes it jump faster.
- First law of the pendulum — state it and name what a pendulum cannot do.
- Second law of the pendulum — state it and name his evidence.
- Flash pendulum — define it and say why it is harmless.
- Pendulum rule — state it.
- Transurfing rule — state it and say what it cancels.
- Structure — define it and say what holds it together.
- Indigo children — say what he claims they are and what they answer.
- Energy credit — define it with one example and say what is repaid.
- Arrow of intention and noose — say what the arrow is and what the noose does to it.
- Declaration of intention — define it and name its required tense.
- Charisma of an epoch — define it and say how it arrives.
Carried forward
Pendulum · adherent · favorite · puppet strings · importance · excess potential · balanced forces · dependent relationship · polarization · asleep in waking · participating spectator · frailing · script and scenery · inner intention · unity of heart and mind · target slide · induced transition · alternatives space · thought energy · free energy
Objectives
0 of 18 ticked
explain Evidence: restate boredom without the word, then give the pinecone example; note that "survival is a by-product" is his claim. [0:04:24] [0:06:00] [0:09:24]
recall Evidence: write two of each kind about people you know. [0:14:58] [0:16:32]
explain Evidence: answer review question 2; he gives two causes (heart and mind agreeing, and polarization), so name both. [0:13:18] [0:20:43] [0:25:10]
apply Evidence: do Desk work 1. [0:25:28] [0:27:25]
explain Evidence: write the case, then mark the part he admits is perception. [0:30:26] [0:31:25] [0:32:32] [0:33:49]
apply Evidence: write both in three steps; add where he admits the mechanism is unknown. [0:37:24] [0:40:21] [0:42:53]
apply Evidence: write the sentence from memory, then your switch for loud neighbors. [0:47:06] [0:47:52] [0:48:49]
explain Evidence: one sentence each, then the flash-mob umbrellas. [0:26:34] [0:54:59] [0:56:14] [1:51:58]
apply Evidence: do Desk work 2. [1:14:47] [1:16:36] [1:25:33]
analyse Evidence: answer review question 5; name two unsupported assertions. [1:03:26] [1:04:18] [1:11:46] [1:13:48]
analyse Evidence: write the argument in three steps, then what it leaves out. [1:28:14] [1:29:11] [1:31:49] [1:32:59]
apply Evidence: pick a group you belong to and write the four steps. [1:44:05] [1:51:28] [1:53:55] [1:58:18]
analyse Evidence: write two sentences, then say what the claim rests on. [2:03:56] [2:06:00] [1:59:04]
explain Evidence: write the loan, repayment and interest steps; mark his claims, not medical fact. [2:19:04] [2:19:54] [2:25:14]
apply Evidence: use the submarine smoker, then do Desk work 3 for a habit of yours. [2:27:40] [2:30:20] [2:30:35]
apply Evidence: answer review question 7, then write one toast of your own. [2:41:02] [2:41:49] [2:45:42]
analyse Evidence: answer review question 8, then one paragraph resolving the tension. [2:38:38] [2:51:30] [2:53:09] [2:49:18]
analyse Evidence: draw the wave in four stages and mark where the pendulum enters. [3:01:02] [3:03:02] [3:03:36]
Readiness check
Answer these without looking anything up.
- What does Zeland say living things need most, and how does that explain games?
- Which of "I love you" and "I love you if you love me" polarizes, and why?
- Why do you not annoy the neighbors who annoy you?
- State both pendulum laws.
- What is the pendulum rule, and why must you replace it, not only drop it?
- How does an energy credit trap you, and what frees you?
- Why is a toast said in the future tense wasted?
- Why can't you beat a pendulum, and what does he suggest instead?
The next chapter assumes you hold one idea: most people live asleep inside pendulum structures, and awareness plus your own intention, not struggle, is what lets you act as author of your reality.