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Question 1

You know, what don't I understand? How to identify an event? For me, it all doesn't seem to divide up. And then, why strive to close every chain? For instance, I'm corresponding with an interesting person. Why would I end this correspondence after the very first letter if I hope they might teach me something?

In my view, an event is the world's response to a person's initial action. Let's consider a few examples: you are corresponding and do not intend to end it? Excellent. You have the intention to extend this chain for a long time. Suddenly, for some reason, the chain does not move – your friend doesn't write. To restore the chain's development, you take an intentional action – you write a new letter. Your friend apologizes for the delay, and the correspondence resumes. What do we have in this case? The suspension of correspondence was perceived as an unfinished Chain of Events; it was not left to chance and did not become another stone in the pile of unfinished business; it was intentionally resumed.

Another example: Olgerd took offense at Tambov and wants to punch him in the face. They are separated by distance, a lack of means by which Olgerd could fulfill his desire. That is, an unfinished Chain of Events remained, which began with communication, misunderstanding, offense, and an expressed intention... Then the chain breaks. There are the following options for continuing this chain:

A) Seeking Tambov across Russia and realizing the intention (regardless of the body's form, be it a dreaming body or a physical one); drawback: Tambov has his own intention not to make himself vulnerable to Olgerd; result: a massive waste of energy and power on utter nonsense.

B) The prolonged expression of his intention: a year or two passes, and Olgerd still threatens to punch Tambov in the face; we are already tired and accustomed to their altercation, and it just drags on and on; drawback of this continuation: a futile waste of their and our energy.

C) Optimal solution: the swiftest resolution of the conflict, acceptance of mutual opinions, agreement, and further cooperation (or, as the song goes, "forgive and forget").

Question 2

How then does one isolate all this into cards? If one looks deeper, everything turns out to be so inconceivably intertwined, as if everything depends on everything else. But even if one doesn't delve so deeply, and looks more superficially, it still proves very difficult to extract certain things into some event-units. Explain how to isolate them (I understand there must be some method, some rules, some degree of certainty for this).

Let's agree immediately that cards are neither a unique secret nor a panacea. It is a method, a system of interpretation, a decoder, with the help of which we understand a certain cross-section of the real world. You can use astrology – that is another and, perhaps, more developed decoder, and there you will also find transits and a description of the very same mechanism of reality. The Dream Hackers chose cards because this "decoder" has been used for countless centuries. It contains so many intricacies that one can be truly astonished. But one must unlock them.

Secondly, yes, our past and present seem like a tangled knot of thousands of Chains of Events. But if you start to unravel one, you will understand how to unravel the second. This, in turn, will lead you to an understanding of the process itself, and after some time, you will become a master of recapitulation. Adroitness will emerge, where you begin to develop two or three chains simultaneously with a single action. From an outside perspective, your actions will appear as a miracle or an incredible play of unfathomable coincidences.

Practice is crucial here.

And finally, regarding how to identify event-units. There is no definite criterion here. Or rather, it is not yet fully elucidated – this is a field for our joint discussions and efforts.