Chapter XVII. The Dreams of the Gods
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Terms you must own
- Dual mirror — say what lies on each face and what he says stands on the surface.
- Realized and unrealized sector — define both and say which one the eyes show.
- Direct vision — say what it is, and what he says the brain tunes to.
- Worldview template — define it and say what you can and cannot do to it.
- Waking dream — define it and say what it lacks that a lucid dream has.
- Reference point — say what it is and what it lets a dreamer do.
- Assemblage point — say what its position fixes and what a shift does.
- Half-rung of awareness — say how much awareness he asks for, and why that is enough.
- Ego — say what produces it, and what he says it wants.
- Co-creation — define it and say what it replaces.
Carried forward
Alternatives space · sector · script and scenery · material realization · thought energy · pendulum and its two laws · inner importance · dependent relationship · inner and outer intention · unity of heart and mind · lucid dreaming · participating spectator · rent yourself out · asleep in waking · alternatives flow · layer of your world · box of conditioning
Objectives
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explain Evidence: write three sentences using wave and particle, then say what he offers as proof (his claim, not a test). [0:01:37] [0:03:30] [0:19:00]
recall Evidence: write the definition; note that he later calls the alternative space an "information field" himself. [0:04:32] [0:05:21] [0:08:56]
explain Evidence: answer review question 2; state whether he says "soul" or "heart" does the reaching, and that he uses both. [0:06:01] [0:07:14] [0:08:05]
explain Evidence: answer review question 3; say what this implies about whether the future is fixed. [0:12:51] [0:14:15] [0:14:55]
explain Evidence: write two lines contrasting them, then one on image versus reflection; mark the pyramid claim as unsupported. [0:15:33] [0:17:13] [0:17:54]
explain Evidence: answer review question 4; say what the usual reading of a child under four contradicts. [0:27:19] [0:29:15] [0:32:42]
analyse Evidence: answer review question 5; say how far back he pushes the reference point, and why he stops. [0:30:44] [0:34:39] [0:36:30] [0:48:58]
analyse Evidence: draw a point sliding from a realized sector to a near one, with intoxication as the case; mark Toltec and Atlantis as unsupported. [0:37:23] [0:38:37] [0:43:16] [0:44:26]
apply Evidence: do Desk work 1; also say why results come slower than in a dream. [0:45:32] [0:46:25] [0:47:38]
analyse Evidence: write three sentences; list two claims he flags as his own view. [0:52:38] [0:55:51] [0:56:58] [0:59:11]
explain Evidence: answer review question 7; do Desk work 3. [1:02:44] [1:04:33] [1:09:02]
analyse Evidence: do Desk work 2; name the tension with pendulums as the source of evil, which he leaves open. [1:12:29] [1:13:43] [1:16:06] [1:29:52]
explain Evidence: answer review question 8; give the bird-wing example, then the role of pendulums in his account. [1:24:08] [1:25:57] [1:28:42]
apply Evidence: write the intention and the three steps; answer review question 9; note that the technique is deferred. [1:33:20] [1:34:21] [1:36:17]
Readiness check
Answer these without looking anything up.
- What is on each face of the dual mirror, and why does the world seem to agree with every theory?
- Where does he say memory is kept, and where do insights come from?
- Why can a clairvoyant see something that never happens?
- What does he say turns a child's awareness into a waking dream?
- What is a reference point, and what does it let a lucid dreamer do?
- What are the steps of the wake-up routine, and what does it let you apply?
- How does he define serving God, and what does he say it replaces?
- What does he say Darwin leaves out of evolution?
The next chapter assumes you hold one idea: reality has a physical face and an alternatives face, and what you change is the image (the focus and nature of your thoughts), not the reflection.