May 12, 2001 • by Sergey Izrigi

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On the "Native Home"

What is considered the "native home," the one in the center, in the zone of transmutations – is it the childhood home? Or the one I live in now (for a long time already)? Or some other homes where I lived for extended periods and which appear in dreams?

Exactly. The "native home" at the center of the map is the totality of all homes you considered your own (it can even include elements of hotel rooms). It seems to me that "home" is the initial point of fixation for our attention in Dreaming. It is the core of a supernova which, having then exploded, began to spread in all directions – and, moreover, in each individual age, the boundaries of our Tonal shift.

On the Similarity of Maps

And further. To what extent are the maps of different people similar? What is common, and what differs? Is the commonality in transitions from one place to another? The surroundings? The atmosphere?

In reality, everyone's maps are different. However, there are elements common to all. And in principle, their arrangement is also the same. Let's take, for example, an engraving carved on a wooden board. Let this be the "real world of Dreaming." Then let's ink the surface of the board and press a sheet of paper against the engraving. We will get a "map," a kind of reflection of the "real world of Dreaming." Only the protruding parts of the engraving will be visible on the paper, that part of that reality which we wanted to register. Our maps are also part of a common reality, and the most prominent parts of the "dreamed world" are reflected in any model.