The Mirroring of the Map
Original Source ↗The Mirroring of the Map
This is a very complex topic. So, why do Dream Hackers believe that the Dreaming world mirrors the real one? The history of this conviction is as follows:
Approximately six years ago, I was engrossed in meditations within Lucid Dreams. For me, meditation is an exercise in focusing attention on some concept of our world description. At that time, Lucid Dreams were rare for me; I fanatically compiled a map of Dreaming and was strongly influenced by a "Dreaming teacher" who revealed his knowledge to me. One day, he explained the structure of phenomenon creation and provided a diagram as an example. (Most of his explanations have not yet resurfaced in my memory, but the diagram remained, and it is through this diagram that I am now extracting the rest of the information.) The diagram depicted two pyramids, one being a mirror image of the other. At their base was either a triangle or an irregular quadrilateral. Moreover, the second pyramid reflected from the first at a certain angle (as I remember, this angle represented a personal differential; it varies among different people).
The Dreaming teacher explained the diagram to me roughly as follows: both in a Lucid Dream and in reality, three elements are necessary for the realization of intent, but their qualities are distinct in the two worlds. In reality – two strong, one weak; in the Dreaming world – two weak, one strong. What are these elements? I can only guess at this and do not wish to mislead you. Castaneda hints at them in several episodes: when the Dream Hackers manipulated a car, and when Genaro made the same car disappear. (There's also a good passage describing the technique of doubling "I am here, I am there.") However, this is a topic for a separate discussion, so let's return to the mirroring of the worlds.
At that time, I was interested in the orientation of map objects. Personal experience and the efforts of my friends showed that the top of the map corresponded to the south, but east and west seemed to remain in their places. The Dreaming teacher's diagram convinced me of the mirroring of the worlds, and literally a couple of days later, I received confirmation of this hunch. The book "Kalagii" (I don't remember the author) was published. I saw it at a friend's, leafed through it, immediately realized that this work was not for me, closed the book, and put it on the shelf. It impudently and very unnaturally fell – opening in mid-air and landing unfolded. This was a sign. I carefully read both pages and found a paragraph where the author wrote that the ancient Chinese oriented maps the way Dream Hackers do now. South at the top, East on the right, North at the bottom, West on the left. This was explained by a strange peculiarity of the Taoists.
(Currently, Dream Hackers are convinced that Taoists not only practiced Lucid Dreams but also engaged in Dreaming cartography. We cannot prove this fact (25 centuries have passed!), but there are hints of it. Iveta once wrote about them on the forum, but her posts caused an incorrect reaction, and she wisely changed the subject.) I became interested in Taoists, but on my bookshelf, there was only a manuscript of Lao-Tzu (nowadays, there are plenty of books, but back then, there was only a limited amount of primary information). I wanted to look at the famous text from a slightly different perspective – namely, to apply it to the Dreaming world. And I was stunned. It was amazing. See for yourselves. Read the second part of the first chapter. My logic suggests that Lao-Tzu speaks here of the Tonal, the Nagual, and the transition between them. Read the second part of the second chapter. "Therefore, the sage, performing deeds, prefers non-action (i.e., non-doing); carrying out teaching, does not resort to words (stopping inner dialogue); causing things to change, he does not effect them himself (uses the technique of Chains of Events); creating, does not possess what is created (path of the warrior); setting things in motion, does not exert effort (art of intent); successfully completing, does not boast (absence of self-importance)."
Chapter 4 (second part, my interpretation) – Lao-Tzu says that if the Dreaming world is freed from chaos, it will appear clearly existent. And Chapter 6 is best read in the translation by B.B. Vinogrodsky – "Changes are the root of heaven and earth." Here I would like to remind you about the labyrinth of events and the causal matrix of our world.
Chapter 7 – path of the warrior Chapter 8 – path of the warrior Chapter 9 – fifth rule of the stalker Chapter 10 (part 2) – excellent definition of a Lucid Dream Chapter 14 – The Eagle? Chapter 15 – path of the warrior (better read in B.B.V.'s translation) Chapter 16 – technique for behavior in the Dreaming world Chapter 18 in B.B.V.'s translation explains my behavior on the forum: "When there is no harmony (among forum participants) – reverence should be demanded. When there is turmoil and chaos – loyalty should be demanded. Everything is according to my principles! And you – "offended, offended" :) Chapter 21 – DNA of the Tonal Chapter 22 – mirroring of the two worlds Chapters 23, 24, 26 – path of the warrior Chapter 27 – purely about Doc and me! Spot on! Chapters 28-30 – path of the warrior Chapter 36 – laws describing the reality of the Dreaming world Chapter 41 – about us, the humble ones Chapter 56 – path of the warrior Chapter 63 – beginning of the path Chapter 64 – strategy of the path Chapter 73 (second part) – causal matrix Chapter 81 – if only we could all learn this by heart
Read Dao De Jing in Bronislav Vinogrodsky's translation Read Dao De Jing in classical translation