Copyright 2015 A. O. NeuronAll Rights ReservedAlso available for Amazon indleversion 000!.""2Table of Contents#ntrodu$tion...............................................................................................................................................................5%art 1& 'he (ay to )nderstand *verything......................................................................................................+(hat is Reality, Really-..................................................................................................................................11An *.ample of the )niversal /odel............................................................................................................1!%erspe$tive is All (e Can no0...................................................................................................................151is$overing the #llusion..................................................................................................................................12(hat are Relationships-.................................................................................................................................20*verything is a 3%#R.........................................................................................................................................21Anatomy of a 3%#R...........................................................................................................................................24'he /eaning of )sing a 3%#R.......................................................................................................................2"'he 5eometry of %erspe$tive 3$ale.............................................................................................................2"'he #mportan$e of Representation..............................................................................................................22'he %urpose of %erspe$tive............................................................................................................................!1%art 2& 'he Reality Around 6ou, 'he Reality 'hrough 6ou..........................................................................!4(e 1ra0 #llusions, and are 1ra0n to 'hem.............................................................................................!73ear$hing Chaos for %a8erns........................................................................................................................!+'he 9astness of 6ou..........................................................................................................................................40(hat is 'hin:ing-............................................................................................................................................41*verything #s Relative to 6our %erspe$tive................................................................................................421ri;ing #n and Out of Relevan$e.................................................................................................................45'he %o0er of the o0 to ?e >appy.............................................................................................................................................52'he Art of Resonant Relationships..............................................................................................................5+?e$oming Comfortable 0ith 6our 3elf........................................................................................................71Avoiding 'hings 6ou 1on@t (ant to *.perien$e.......................................................................................74'he Art of Resistan$e.......................................................................................................................................75Resistan$e is Autile...........................................................................................................................................7"'he 5oodness of #neBuality...........................................................................................................................72Right and (rong, and arma........................................................................................................................7+1oes *vil *.ist-................................................................................................................................................."1'he Coy of >uman 3%#Rs................................................................................................................................"2'he Role of 'e$hnology..................................................................................................................................."5(hat About 3$ien$e-......................................................................................................................................"7%art 4& #n %ursuit of the )niverse......................................................................................................................"2#s the )niverse #nfinite-..................................................................................................................................21'he %otentials....................................................................................................................................................22(hat is *nergy-................................................................................................................................................243pa$etime...........................................................................................................................................................25'ime is Another /a8er...................................................................................................................................27'ime and %hysi$ality.......................................................................................................................................27/a8er..................................................................................................................................................................22'he Nature of 5ravity.....................................................................................................................................2+'he armony, 3tates of /a8er...........................................................................................................+2!'he /eaning of %hi D %i................................................................................................................................+!%hi is *very0here in %hysi$al Reality.........................................................................................................+!3%#R 3ystems.....................................................................................................................................................+4#llustrating a 3%#R 0ith 3imple /ath.........................................................................................................+5'he 3e$ret of the )niverse.............................................................................................................................+"'he *.pansive No0Ehere................................................................................................................................++'he Color 3$ale...............................................................................................................................................100Relationships /eet Resistan$e...................................................................................................................101'he 5enius and 3$hroedinger@s Cat..........................................................................................................1023ize 1oesn@t /a8er........................................................................................................................................10!Observing the #nstrument............................................................................................................................10!3ear$hing the %ast for Ans0ers..................................................................................................................104'he 'heory of Nothing..................................................................................................................................105%art 5& Cons$iousness, 1reams, the %erfe$t Reality, and 6ou..................................................................107'he Consisten$y of Cons$ious ?eing........................................................................................................102'he %resent is a 5i; 'hat 6ou Never 5ot Fbut >ints at a Relationship 'hat 6ou 1idG...............10+Relationships and 6ou...................................................................................................................................110'he Naturally Artifi$ial >uman..................................................................................................................11!o0 $an # be more happy- (hat are spa$e and time- 1o good and evil e.ist- (hat does it mean to be good, e.a$tly- (hat is the purpose of my family and friends- (hat are dreams- (hat are ma8er and energy- (hat is antima8er- (here does my reality $ome from- >o0 $an life be be8er and more interesting- (hat is gravity and ho0 does it 0or:- (hat is $ons$iousness-(e are able to ans0er these Buestions and mu$h, mu$h more using a relatively simple system that $an be applied to anything and everything. 'he reason it $an be universally applied is be$ause this system I a simple formula I gives birth to perspe$tive, the foundation for your every e.perien$e and reality.As a $ivilization, 0e no0 understand that appro.imately +7J of the universe is a $omplete mystery to us. 3$ientists also :no0 that 0e are unable to per$eive more than ++J of the ele$tromagneti$ spe$trum. o0 $an # ma:e more friends-O and are perhaps have even more value for your immediate reality. (hat good 0ould understanding the universe be if 0e $ould not use that 0isdom to improve our lives and t0ea: the Buality of our e.perien$e- (hat sense 0ould it ma:e to have a deep understandingof the universe and of reality but it not being enough to satisfy feelings of loneliness, pain, or even hunger- (e 0ill learn ho0 the 0orld that 0e e.perien$e is a representation of the reality that 0e don@t e.perien$e, and 0hat it means for our everyday self.What is Reality, Really"6our sub$ons$ious formulates your entire perspe$tive and every e.perien$e in your past, present and future using a method that 0e 0ill outline. ?ut 0hat is reality-Reality is representation. (hat 0e $all NrealityO is an interpretation of something else that 0edo not e.perien$e. 6ou may loo: around and thin: you are e.perien$ing reality, but 0hat you@re a$tually e.perien$ing is a field of representations for other things that you are not e.perien$ing. *verything that you see, in$luding your body, is more than ++.+++J empty 11spa$e.2 >o0ever, 0e still thin: 0e are per$eiving reality. (hat are per$eiving is, instead, an illusion that interfa$es 0ith reality. 'hat is be$ause the sub$ons$ious mind not only uses energy in the most eMi$ient 0ay imaginable, it doesn@t use energy at all. #t doesn@t need to. #t only needs to appro.imate something and then intera$t 0ith this representation. 'he fe0er ultimate representations there are for things the less intera$tions that are needed until 0e rea$h nothing-in-particular. *verything that e.ists, in$luding 0hat 0e $onsider reality, is a purposeful illusion that is meant to provide the means for something far more real to $ome into being& relationships.'o illustrate this tri$: of the mind more simply let@s imagine that you are loo:ing at a digital photo that you too: of a good friend of yours. 'he image obviously represents your friend and is, 0ithout Buestion it seems, the person that you :no0 so 0ell. 'he image $aptures as many of her beauties and imperfe$tions as any image $an. Could you then say, N'his is my friendO- %robably not a;er $onsidering it for a minute. 6ou might say that 0hat you are seeing is only a representation of your friend, and that your friend 0as some0here else Fi.e., not inside your phone or $omputerG. 6our friend is more than the representation, or so it 0ould seem. ?ut 0hat if at that moment she $alled you on the telephone- 3urely, that voi$e $ould only be one person. 3he :no0s 0ho you are, $an re$all times you@ve shared together, and :no0s things you@ve not told anyone else. #t most definitely has to be her.*ven then, you may be a0are that 0hat you@re hearing on your phone is your phone@s representation of her voi$e ele$troni$ally transmi8ed rather than her a$tualvoi$e, and your brains@ interpretation of those signals. ?ut 0hat is her actualvoi$e- Can you really :no0 0hat it is- #f she 0as standing in front of youtal:ing about 0hat happened to her today, 0ould you be hearing her a$tualvoi$e or listening to your o0n interpretation of it- (hen you tou$h her areyou feeling her or your mind@s interpretation of the ele$tri$al impulsesre$eived 0hen you appear to tou$h her-'hin:ing of this further it $ould be said that, despite all the pi$tures you@veseen, $ountless hours on the phone, and times you@ve met her in person you@ve never a$tually e.perien$ed her for 0ho she really is. 6ou@ve only ever e.perien$ed your interpretation of 0hat she is. #n a$tuality, you@ve e.perien$ed your perspe$tive. Of $ourse, your friend is far more than your interpretation of her. ?ut 0here is she-Can 0e e.perien$e reality for 0hat it really is- >o0 do 0e not mista:e our interpretation for the a$tual reality-#f 0hat 0e $all reality is a$tually a representation of something else, it is an illusion. ?ut, fortunately for our endeavour, that means only illusion e.ists and there is no su$h thing as anabsolute reality. (hat 0e :no0 as reality is a$tually representation.! Reality, for all intents and purposes, does not e.ist as 0e :no0 it. #llusion is the only reality that 0e $an :no0 of anything. 'hat 0e $an get valid feedba$: from illusions tells us that the illusion is real enough, good enough for 0hatever 0e 0ant to do, and is li:ely an interfa$e 0ith something greater.Reality is an illusion that ma:es sense and $an intera$t 0ithin itself. #n this 0ay, illusions allo0 us our only interfa$e 0ith 0hat is true.2 (e@ll get into 0hy spa$e isn@t e.a$tly empty Fnot be$ause of ele$tromagneti$ and other fieldsG be$ause there is nosu$h spa$e, later.! 'hat brings us $loser to the origin of the 0ord NrealO 0hi$h means, Nbelonging to the thing itselfO or Nrelating to thingsO.12Reality, for all intents and purposes, does not e#ist as we know it$n E#a%ple of the Universal &odelo0ever, our sub$ons$ious $an understandthe relationships bet0een things but not ho0 0e $ons$iously interpret those things. 6ou already ma:e representations that 0or: for you in your reality. 'he $omputer you use is $ompletely representative and intera$ts 0ith other representations, sho0n as follo0s&2+*a$h :eyS FrepresentationGon the :eyboardS FrepresentationG$orresponds to a s0it$h or $ir$uitS FrepresentationG0hi$h allo0s an ele$tri$al impulseS FrepresentationGto flo0 throughS FrepresentationGand the mi$ropro$essorS FrepresentationGto read it and find its pla$e in the $hara$ter map. FrepresentationG'he i$ons on your s$reen, every bit of information you re$eive, and every other asso$iated thing are all representations given life through relationships. *ven the ele$tri$al impulses 0hi$h ma:e your fingers type, and your vision that interprets the signals, are representations.*very level of the representation is logi$al to the system that uses it. All is a field of representations in the geometry of perspe$tive that 0e $all reality. 'a:e a0ay the representation, ho0ever, and the system 0ill still fun$tion be$ause it is not reality that $ontrols the system but the illusion.15 6ou don@t need to :no0 how a mouse 0or:s in order to do amazing things 0ith it. 6ou need only use it in a $ertain 0ay. 'hat is, you only need to 0or: 0ith the representations in a $ertain 0ay to form other relationships& the mouse $li$:ing the i$on, for e.ample. Aortunately, the mouse has a physi$al stru$ture builtEin to allo0 it to 0or: and allo0 us to intera$t 0ith other aspe$ts of our physi$al perspe$tive.#f you sho0ed a mouse to a roomful of people 0ho had never before heard of or seen a mouseand you told them 0hat it $ould do, some people might start 0riting 0ith it to ma:e it do thethings you said 0hile others might pi$: it up and hold it to their ear and tal:. *veryone in theroom might thin: you@re a bit $razy if they 0eren@t a0are of ho0 to logi$ally interfa$e 0ith the $apa$ity of the mouse in their reality.#f someone 0as :een to use it properly based on the instru$tions provided then they 0ould belearning ho0 to ma:e the representations 0or: for them. 'o others, it 0ould seem li:e magi$.'he representations around you form relationships that are your reality. 6ou don@t remember something be$ause it@s stored in your mind. 6ou remember it be$ause of the mental map of representations that you are 0or:ing 0ith. 'a:e a0ay the relationships and you have no memory be$ause there is nothing to intera$t 0ith for the memory to be per$eived.1id you ever have a memory of something that didn@t really happen- Or maybe you visited some0here for the first time that you $ould have s0orn felt e.a$tly li:e a pla$e in another $ity. %erhaps you smelled something that brought ba$: old memories, or met someone that reminded you of someone else. %erhaps you sa0 something you@ve never seen before and intuitively :ne0 about it. %erhaps 0e are tal:ing about d+,- vu again# 'his is thin:ing past the representations you are e.perien$ing and sensing the relationships. 'o your sub$ons$ious,t0o things that loo: diMerent $ould be the same thing if the relationship is the same.'hese relationships form and reform your memories and e.perien$e at every moment. Aortunately, our memories of the past seem very $onsistent, and our $urrent reality seems 15 'he interse$tion of t0o illusions, or %otentials, is reality, and therefore the illusions N$ontrolO reality. Aor e.ample,ta:ing a0ay the nu$leus of a $ell Fits supposed V$ommand $enterVG 0ill have no eMe$t, and it 0ill $ontinue to fun$tion as normal.!0stable enough. ?ut 0hy does our reality seem $onsistent despite all the $haos des$ribed here-(e are a$tually per$eiving relationships rather than the physi$al obLe$ts and events. 'he partof us that is a0are right no0 interprets these relationships in a 0ay that ma:es sense. (e $an interpret these relationships ho0ever 0e 0ant, as long as it is logi$al someho0. ?ut 0e don@t get ne0 interpretations from ne0 representations. #f you, for e.ample, are ta:ing a trip overseas for ! years it does not mean that the ne0 pla$e is a refle$tion of your ne0 feeling or reality. #t $ould Lust be that you are interpreting the same relationships diMerently.(hen 0e value something not be$ause of its physi$al properties but for its relationships, then 0e have begun to understand reality. (hen 0e learn to per$eive of relationships then 0e have begun to learn ho0 to per$eive of and be $ons$ious of ourselves.#nterpret your $urrent mental and physi$al representations diMerently and you@ve found a ne0 reality. 'he reality you see: really is right before your eyes.(ith dreams pre8y mu$h the same thing is happening. 6ou dream of being a 0heel rolling into a bri$: 0all 0ith a $lo0n hanging oM a bas:etball hoop and thin: it@s 0eird be$ause you@re thin:ing of the 0ay it loo:s For feelsG physi$ally rather than the geometry of relationships. 'hose things are happening in your interpretation, not the geometry.The Purpose of Perspective(e per$eive in order to e.plore relationships. 'his is the nature of $ons$iousness. (e $annot per$eive of 0hat 0e $annot imagine, be$ause 0hat 0e are per$eiving is our interpretation of metaphysi$al relationships.#f 0e do not see: out relationships 0ith something FanythingG then 0e 0ould not e.ist. #t is be$ause of this that 0e e.plore relationships 0ith everything in our perspe$tive, to some degree. 'his e.ploration is not so mu$h $reating $ons$iousness as being $ons$ious. #f one thing relates to something else then it is $ons$ious. 'he $ons$iousness, of $ourse, is not $reated from the things themselves but from the relationships bet0een the things.#n life, it is of no parti$ular importan$e 0hat :ind of relationships 0e e.plore. (e $reate relationships in order to e.ist, not to ma:e e.isten$e be8er. 'he metaphysi$al relationship someone $reates 0ith their 0indo0 $ould be the same as the metaphysi$al relationship someone else has 0ith their pipe. 3omeone $ould lose a son and develop a stronger relationship 0ith a neighbor@s nephe0. Nevermind these things you $annot see. (hat ma8ersis the harmony in the relationships that are around us. 'he reality that results from one thingrelating 0ith another thing $an be interpreted as happiness, sadness, fire, pen$ils, $oo:ies, faith, beliefs, et$., depending on the balan$e For type of harmonyG bet0een the things relating. ?ut 0e need not 0orry about ho0 0e are relating to things that 0e 0ant or don@t 0ant. #t 0ould be easier, and perhaps more eMe$tive, to $onsider the things in our immediate reality that 0e are relating to more $losely.?e$ause a representation is a standEin for something else, and that something else is a standEin for something else, and so on, 0e may never :no0 0hat something represents. (e $an, ho0ever, ta:e a loo: at 0hat something relates to, and then try to figure out intuitively the relationships that may $ome about from intera$ting 0ith it. Although 0e per$eive these things in a 0ay that is relative to us and spread out logi$ally in a field of spa$etime 0e are a$tually per$eiving every relationship simultaneously.!1(hen you are si8ing in your living room, the universe e.ists FliterallyG 0ithin the entirety of your perspe$tive. 'his is be$ause every relationship that e.ists is represented in your perspe$tive. At that moment there is nothing outside of your living room For even behind youG until you per$eive it. 'he reality of everything else is N$ontainedO in the relationships andour interpretations of those relationships.17 'he sound of a dog bar:ing implies that a physi$al dog is there, but again it is a representation. 'he bar:ing sound may not be from thesame metaphysi$al relationship as a physi$al dog, be$ause you are not intera$ting or relating to the sound as you are the dog.As 0e $annot per$eive of a NNothingO 0e separate the nothingness into a seemingly infinite variety of representations in order that 0e may try to per$eive of Nothing from it.1" (e reEpresent and interpret Nothing in order to e.ist, though it $annot a$tually represented or interpreted so 0e get a seemingly infinite variety of %otentials and representations and a seemingly endless universe.'his trial at Vper$eiving nothingV is 0hat may appear as per$eption of VhereV and Vno0V. At ea$h moment the entire universe is $reated ane0 be$ause ea$h moment is a representation ofthe interpretation of Nothing.*verything that e.ists is represented in your $urrent perspe$tive. Ne0 6or: City, for e.ample, does not need to e.ist until you per$eive it. 6et, you $an never per$eive it in its entirety be$ause its entirety is not there. 6ou are only per$eiving the representations& a photo of Ne0 6or:, the name VNe0 6or:V, the idea of Ne0 6or:, et$. 'hese representations may hold the same relationships as the $ity itself, be$ause any of those representations $ould have the others eMi$iently Npa$:edO into it, li:e a fra$tal.#n this 0ay every representation is li:e a holographi$ memory file that $ontains other representations. 'hey are all representative of relationships, a;er all, so ta:e up no spa$e or time.(hen you loo: at the moon or distant gala.ies For something or someone elseG you are interpreting relationships. 1istan$e in spa$e or time is Lust the logi$al pla$ement of something in our perspe$tive. A distant planet or person is rarely as relative as the somethingthat is $loser to us. #f you have Lust landed on planet /ars, for e.ample, you 0ill represent *arth someho0 Fperhaps 0ith pi$tures, or in your mindG and these ne0 representations of *arth $ould be$ome more relative to your perspe$tive than the physi$al *arth itself. As you have a ne0 representation you have interpreted the N*arthO relationship diMerently, 0hi$h 0ill $ause you to intera$t 0ith it diMerently, 0hi$h 0ill aMe$t the reality and its meaning. (e may even be$ome more a8a$hed to the idea of *arth F0hi$h you@ve represented 0ith pi$turesG than the a$tual planet, 0ithout realizing you@ve $reated 2 *arths in your perspe$tive.'he 0ay you per$eive of something depends entirely on ho0 you intera$t 0ith it. And the more you intera$t 0ith something the more you see it in your reality, be$ause you 0ill begin to interpret your other relationships the same 0ay. 'he bro:en 0indo0 of our previous e.ample 0ill begin to aMe$t ho0 0e per$eive the 0indo0s around it.As 0e intera$t 0ith our reality, so does our reality be$ome.17 Another 0ay to say it is that reality is pro$edurallyEgenerated via the 3%#Rs algorithm, ma:es it logi$al and $onsistent, and seemingly endless.1" >o0ever, NNothingO neither e.ists nor doesn@t e.ist. *.isten$e is irrelevant to it.!21ow (an the $nswer ,e This +i%ple"(e have not found the ans0er to everything, perhaps only dis$overed some0hat simpler Buestions. 6et, it is far easier to formulate $ompli$ated ans0ers than any simple Buestions. 'here is no limit to ho0 $omple. 0e $an ma:e something appear, nor ho0 mu$h 0e $an divide it up and ma:e it seem li:e reality is a far greater tas: than it a$tually is I all 0e need to do is thro0 time, spa$e, and resour$es at it to imitate the infinite reality it seems to be.(henever 0e are loo:ing for the ans0er to something 0e $an $onsider ho0 0hat 0e have already dis$overed relates to other things in our perspe$tive in order to find the underlying logi$ upon 0hi$h the dis$overy of our ans0er may rest. (e $an also use 0hat 0e :no0 already to relate to the things 0e do not yet :no0. (e $an meet anyone in the 0orld 0ith a fe0 of the right introdu$tions, no ma8er ho0 se$luded they are, and 0e $an find any ans0er 0e 0ant 0ith a small handful of reasonable logi$, no ma8er ho0 impossible it may seem.'he simplest ans0er is that 0hi$h has the most logi$al Buestions. #ndeed, 0e limit the $haos of a Buestion 0ith the reasoning of an ans0er, finding a harmoni$ resistan$e bet0een the t0othat may not ma:e the most sense, but is good enough to 0or: 0ith to get a step farther. 3omething that applies to everything $an seem repetitive, even a li8le boring, 0hi$h is 0hy 0e ma:e the simple more $omple. in the first pla$e. ?ut 0hen 0e have minimized the intera$tions reBuired by our relationships then 0e have rea$hed a most beautiful simpli$ity.Any ans0er is not simple 0here perspe$tive is involved. (e 0ould not 0ant it to be. Compli$ation allo0s us to e.ist, and eat sand0i$hes. ?ut 0e $an ma:e eMorts to ensure that our Lourney is harmonious 0ith the stops 0e ma:e along the 0ay, and 0hatever $ompli$ations that arise flo0 from the most simple. !!Part 2:The Reality $round 3ou, The Reality Through 3ou!4The +tory of the ,oy and the 0enie'here on$e 0as a boy 0ho met a genie. 'he genie gave him ! 0ishes.V# 0ish for an endless supply of 0ishes,V the boy $ommanded 0ith a smart grin.V9ery 0ell,V said the genie, herself smir:ing. V6ou have an endless supply, and t0o more 0ishes a;er that.V'he boy didn@t ta:e long to thin: of another 0ish. #t 0as something that he had been thin:ing of for Buite some time. >e 0ished for a spa$eship to ta:e him far a0ay from *arth. >e travelled Buite far a0ay from his home, his parents, and his friends, and along the 0ay he0ished for things li:e air, food, 0ater, friends to play 0ith, and anything else he 0anted.Although the Lourney to other 0orlds 0as fun, a;er a 0hile he gre0 tired and 0ished for an endless amount of physi$al energy so that he@ll never have to rest. 'hough even a;er that he still had an unlimited supply of 0ishes le;, 0hi$h someho0 $omforted him for no0. 6et, he 0as still Buite lonely be$ause he $ontinued to realize that his every e.perien$e, from his friends to the air he breathed, 0as an illusion.N'hey only $ame to be and $ame to play be$ause # 0ished it,O he thought.#t 0as all an illusion, really.>e eventually $ame ba$: to *arth be$ause he gre0 lonely and missed the things he $ould not$ontrol. >e 0as a$tually tired of $reating his reality, and missed dreaming about things and ge8ing e.$ited about them. >e missed fighting 0ith his brother be$ause it also meant that heli:ed ma:ing up 0ith him and felt good about his ability to defend himself or try to run faster. >e missed his home0or: be$ause it gave him something to do and meant that he 0ould have a sense of a$$omplishment 0hen he finished it. >e missed his parents be$ause even though he didn@t agree 0ith everything they said and it 0as far from a perfe$t family, they have been there sin$e the beginning and :no0 him be8er than anyone else.Along the 0ay, he had someho0 lost all hope. ?ut he 0as hoping to gain it ba$:.A;er $onsidering all of this for Buite some time he de$ided that life is be8er le; to its o0n elements.>is last 0ish from his endless supply 0as to @undo@ his first 0ish, and return the endless supply of 0ishes ba$: to the genie. >e destroyed his neverEinEaElifetime $han$e at ge8ing 0hatever he 0anted.>e lived a mu$h happier life a;er that for a number of years. ?ut still, in the ba$: of his mind0as the lingering thought that it 0as all an illusion. 'hat someho0 his life, 0hi$h he 0as no0 Buite happy 0ith, 0as something that he 0ished for and 0asn@t real. %erhaps it 0as all Lust a dream that he 0ished for as he tal:ed in his sleep, and the genie hadn@t told him. >e 0anted to feel more se$ure than that. >e 0anted life to be itself, $haoti$ and 0ild and good and bad, and to be as real as it $ould possibly be. >e 0anted to feel alive.(hat an a0ful thoughtR 'o thin: one is not real and does not e.ist. V(hat $ould be 0orse that having absolutely no value-V he 0ould thin:.!5'his troubled him far too mu$h and he soon began to lose sleep over it. One day he made a de$ision.>e finally used his se$ond 0ish. V# 0ish # never met the genieRV he e.$laimed.(ith those 0ords and a puM of smo:e the genie vanished forever. #n some 0ays it 0as already too late. >aving had an endless supply of 0ishes, the boy 0as a genie himself. ?ut forthe remainder of his life he never on$e $onsidered it, nor thought it 0as even possible.>is best 0ish, by far, 0as to be able to dream again and forget that he ever :ne0 that part of himself and all the things he $ould do by simply pu8ing t0o and t0o together.We *raw Illusions, and are *rawn to The%#magine you $ould do anything, be anything, :no0 anything, simultaneous to the desire or 0ant or need. #magine you 0ere an omnipotent being in all imaginable 0ays. >o0 boring and purposeless 0ould that be- #n that 0ay, $ould forge8ing be more e.$iting- >o0 interesting 0ould it be to $reate an endless maze or illusion for yourself to bring a sense of purpose to your e.isten$e- Could limiting your infinite potential ma:e sense-(hen you listen to someone spea: about something they are really e.$ited about, eat deli$ious food, 0at$h a talented athlete or musi$ian, or something that ma:es you feel 0onderful, isn@t it great that you have no idea 0hat is $oming ne.t- (ouldn@t it be more interesting to be amazed rather than be bored be$ause you already :no0 everything- >o0 0onderful 0ould it be to have a relationship 0ith something that isn@t you, or to learn about or do something ne0 li:e it@s the first time-#f you are everything all ready, 0hat logi$al $hoi$e do you have other than to divide up your e.isten$e into infinite illusions, and forget that you did Lust that, if you 0ant to e.ist and per$eive of anything- (ithout the illusion there 0ould be no e.perien$e be$ause there 0ould be nothing to $ompare it 0ith. Aorming relationships 0ith illusions is the best 0e $an do. 'he more 0e relate to things the more those things seem to e.ist.'he illusion is far more interesting than the reality, as the true reality does not intera$t. (e are, thus, dra0n to the illusion. ?ut the interpretation of reality $omes entirely from you. (hat ma8ers is not 0hether or not something is true but ho0 you relate to it. A fi$tional story $ould $hange your life as mu$h as a nonEfi$tional story. 3urely, media and governments every0here ta:e advantage of our brain@s la$: of $on$ern 0ith NtruthO.Another person appears to be separated from you be$ause you have managed to $onvin$e yourself that your perspe$tive $omes from your body, be$ause that is 0here Nrelevan$eO seems to be $entered. #t is not mu$h diMerent than thin:ing that your sense of self $omes from your senses. 6ou do not so easily e.perien$e the perspe$tive of your heel, for e.ample. And you do not so easily e.perien$e the perspe$tive of the person a$ross the room. 'here seems to be a dividing line bet0een NyouO and NotherO, and it loo:s li:e your body. 'he illusion of highErelevan$e in your perspe$tive is your body. ?ut 0e fool ourselves again 0hen 0e thin: that 0hat is outside of our bodies is not very mu$h related to 0hat 0e are. 3i8ing inthe $omfort of our homes is an illustration of our perspe$tive, 0e might thin:, but si8ing in a boring meeting for 7 hours someho0 isn@t also an illustration of it. (e fo$us on the physi$al !7illusions rather than the relationships, so the $onne$tion is more diMi$ult to see. #f the 0orld 0as entirely in your per$eption, 0here 0ould 5!4 Ridge o0ever, these usually forget the opposing for$e that ma:es it possible.Relationships that are not resonant ma:e us feel a bit li:e 0e don@t e.ist, be$ause it ta:es more intera$tions For, more energyG to per$eive of them. (hen somethingis easier to per$eive and intera$t 0ith it is easier to feel li:e 0e e.ist. 'heless intera$tions 0e need for this the less fri$tion there is in our reality.As the brain is an interpretation of the mind, the brain dis$over pa8ernsin order to use energy most eMi$iently. #t isn@t $on$erned 0ith 0hat isbehind the illusion, be$ause it 0ould Lust find more illusions. #ntera$ting0ith the illusion is Lust as good, and it intera$ts 0ith the illusion that it ismost $omfortable and $ompatible 0ith.As the universe is an interpretation of nothing-in-particular, it dis$overs pa8erns in order to intera$t most eMi$iently. No real energy is used, be$ause the representations are only Nintera$tingO 0ith other aspe$ts of themselves. As 0hat 0e $onsider energy is the relationship bet0een illusions, energy is not $reated or destroyed but reEiterated. 'he pa8erns 0e e.perien$e are the most eMi$ient illustrations of 0hat $annot be per$eived.The 5astness of 3ou1o you need to understand physi$s and $al$ulus before you 0al: or Lump- >o0 is it that loadEbearing enyan 0omen understand $al$ulus, gravity, and :ineti$ energy as 0ell as any physi$s professor to balan$e heavy items on their head and 0al: a$ross plains and up and do0n hills- #f you tell a lie, 0hat part of you has told the lie- #s it your heart- 6our fingernails- 'he heel of your toe- 6our mouth- Or perhaps one of your brains-20 Refer to the 0or:s of /ihaly Csi:szentmihalyi, parti$ularly the boo: N(low2# Also h8p&KK000.ted.$omKtal:sKmihaly\$si:szentmihalyi\on\flo040The pa4erns wee#perience are the %ost e6icient illustrations of what cannot e perceivedAre 0e li:e spheres, 0ith no beginning or end save for an edge that helps us to define 0ho 0eare- (here is your edge, really, 0hen your ele$tromagneti$ outline e.tends far, far beyond your s:in- #s that part 0ay out there not you- #s there really any point 0here you $an say Nthis is meO-As 0e have demonstrated, NyouO is not the body or representations li:e s:in, brain, eyes, et$. 'hese are illusions 0hose purpose is to form a frame0or: for intera$tion. 6ou are the relationship of all that you :no0 and all that you don@t thin: you :no0. 'he real you is perspe$tive, and the true you $annot be per$eived.Of $ourse, you $an e.pand your idea of VyouV to in$lude other aspe$ts of your reality su$h as 0here you live, your family, 0here you eat, your house, your 0at$h, or even your sub$ons$ious. 'hese things $an help us to fo$us our identity but they should not be $onfused 0ith 0ho and 0hat 0e are. *very person, pla$e, thing, event, thought, and emotion you e.perien$e and don@t, 0hether in your immediate fo$us, e.tended fo$us, or peripheral fo$us, is all your identity. (hat is anything you see or e.perien$e but your perspe$tive- 'he e.panseof your perspe$tive, you, in$ludes all things you $ould possibly imagine.6ou do not need to understand physi$s in order to 0al: or sit. An aspe$t of you all ready understands it Buite 0ell, and you reEinterpret this relationship as something else, perhaps mus$le movement. 'he understanding of the entire universe and of your entire reality is represented in your $urrent perspe$tive, right no0. (e $an thin: that 0e@re not there yet or that 0e have some more evolving to do, but then 0e@d be missing the point.(hen 0e do something, anything, our entire perspe$tive is doing it, too, in its o0n 0ay. 3tand on your head and you@ll do the same thing in your dream reality, too, in its o0n 0ay. *very part of your reality 0ill be doing the same thing. 6our e.perien$e is of the same value of relationships in another perspe$tive.1id you 0al: do0n the street today or are you reEinterpreting 0hat you are doing in an otherperspe$tive- Are you thin:ing, feeling, moving, tou$hing, tal:ing, loving, seeing, or interpreting- 6ou are free to interpret things as you li:e. And here you are.#n order to limit your reality, in$rease your fo$us. #n order to e.pand your a0areness of reality, unfo$us on it. Never mind ho0 the other aspe$ts of your perspe$tive do it I people, boo:s, or tea$hings. Our fingers $an only ever point ultimately to nothing. /a:e up your o0nrules, and interpret things as you li:e. 'here is no need to fo$us on everything or anything if one is loo:ing to in$rease a0areness. (hy fo$us on illusions- )nEfo$us and see ho0 you interpret 0hat is already there.What is Thinking"'he psy$hologist 5eorge /iller 0rote, N#t is the result of thin:ing, not the pro$ess of thin:ing,that appears spontaneously in $ons$iousness.O (hen 0e thin:, 0hat are 0e a$tually doing-(hen 0e thin: 0e are interpreting the geometry of perspe$tive in a 0ay that ma:es sense tous at the time. (e are not a0are of ho0 0e thin: be$ause 0hat 0e $all a NthoughtO is not a thing, but a relationship. A thought does not e.ist by itself, only in relationship 0ith everything else.A relationship $an be interpreted as any :ind of person, pla$e, event, pro$ess, or thing. 41%erhaps one interpretation $ould be a hammer that you $an hit a nail 0ith, 0hile another is you meeting a friend at an event, 0hile yet another interpretation is you thin:ing of 0hat you 0ill do tomorro0.#f our s$ien$e understands that a hand e.ists in three dimensions yet is made up entirely of things that do not e.ist in three dimensions, 0hat is our hand really- #s it a threeEdimensional interpretation of something that is beyond three dimensions- Could it be said that something that is not per$eived to be threeEdimensional, su$h as emotions or a personality, $ould be interpreted in three dimensions->o0 is it our mind, 0hi$h 0e do not $onsider threeEdimensional, $an form and intera$t 0ith seemingly threeEdimensional obLe$ts in our imagination and dreams- >o0 $ould it intera$t 0ith su$h obLe$ts in our 0a:ing reality unless it interpreted those obLe$ts in a 0ay that madesense to it- #f 0e $ould translate a threeEdimensional obLe$t into five dimensions, for e.ample,it 0ould not have the same form or reality, as it 0ould need to relate to and be $ompatible 0ith the other things around it in five dimensions.(hat if our threeEdimensional hand is a$tually an interpretation of something that has t0o and fourEdimensional aspe$ts- (hat if our thoughts are interpretations of things that 0e $antou$h, see, or a8end-'he mind understands that dimensions are Lust types of interpretations. Aor $onvenien$e, 0e spread out these interpretations so that they ma:e sense and 0e $an intera$t 0ith them in a logi$al 0ay. 'hose things that intera$t 0ith other things of the same type are relative, and so are pla$ed together in spa$e, time, dimension, or 0hatever. (e don@t realize that a hammer and the thought of the yello0 submarine on a billboard $ould be the same thing.Our thoughts $an be interpreted physi$ally, and physi$al things $an be interpreted in our thoughts. 'he pro$ess by 0hi$h this happens is 3%#R, and 0e do it all the time. 'he e.pression in our physi$al perspe$tive is diMerent, of $ourse, as it 0ill have diMerent intera$tions and need to be physi$ally $ompatible. A $ertain physi$al obLe$t in a room or arrangement of obLe$ts $an ma:e you feel un$omfortable, for e.ample, be$ause the physi$al obLe$t represents something else that may be dis$omforting.'hin:ing, li:e any feeling, sense, or obLe$t, is an interpretation of something else. 'his is moreobvious 0hen 0e are thin:ing in our dreams and our dream reality $hanges simultaneous to our thought or feeling, but less obvious 0hen there is more fri$tion involved as 0e e.perien$emore $omple. realities li:e physi$ality.Everything Is Relative to 3our PerspectiveX(ast forward to skip this illustration of time travel and how your e.perience is relative#Y#magine that you met someone 0ho told you they 0ere from the year 21!0 and used a type of ma$hine to visit your time. Not believing them in the slightest you as: for a small demonstration. 'he time traveller a$$epts, but need a fe0 days to prepare.A 0ee: passes and you@ve already forgo8en about it until your ne0 friend mysteriously appears in your bedroom in a spar:ling $loud of dar:ness. 3urprised, you remember your previous $onversation and a;er some argument about you needing more sleep agree to a$$ompany your ne0 friend. 6our time travel demonstration 0ill in$lude the t0o of you going42ba$: more than 100 years into the past to 'imes 3Buare in Ne0 6or: City the evening of April15, 1+12.N?ut first,O your friend 0arns, N0e@ll need to ma:e a fe0 stops.O'he first stop is 'imes 3Buare in 1+2". 6ou both spend a fe0 minutes there before Lumping again, this time to 'imes 3Buare in 1+57. A;er0ards, 1+!2 and, finally, April 15, 1+12. Amazed,you don@t thin: about the nature of the Lumps, as you believe it to be part of the demonstration. >o0ever, you find out that they are a ne$essary part of your Lourney.N#f 0e didn@t ma:e some intermediate stops, you 0ouldn@t really noti$e anything,O your friende.plains.*verything in your perspe$tive is relative to your $urrent spa$e and time. ?ut you are not standing in spa$e and time, you are interpreting something else to be a $ertain spa$e and time. 6ou $an@t Lust appear in another spa$e or time suddenly. 'here needs to be a transition bet0een one and the other, ma:ing the 0hole pro$ess more relative. 6our logi$al narrative needs to adLust to the ne0 perspe$tive and ma:e sense of it. (hen you return to your home time you find out that you 0ere only in 'imes 3Buare in 1+2" for a fe0 se$onds. 'o you it seemed li:e you 0ere in 1+57 and 1+!2 mu$h longer than you a$tually 0ere.21 6our perspe$tive has made sense of the transition in a 0ay that is ne$essary for it to relate one pla$e to the other. 'his is similar to ho0 our brain 0ill o;en fill in missing information if there@s a visual blind spot.#n order for you to e.perien$e 'imes 3Buare on April 15, 1+12, it needs to be a part of your logi$al narrative. #t may even be that you have found yourself there 0ithout the help of your friend. %erhaps a :ind of 0ormhole materialized in your :it$hen one day. ?ut your perspe$tive formulated the relationships Fand the story of the time travel ma$hine, and someone else operating itG to ma:e sense of it for the integrity of your logi$al narrative.No ma8er 0hat you e.perien$e, you must ma:e sense of it someho0. 'he logi$ of your e.perien$e is not NtrueO, but it is a good enough appro.imation to provide you 0ith $onsistentand $onvin$ing per$eptions. As 0ell, 0e o;en reEinterpret our past in a 0ay that 0e didn@t a$tually e.perien$e but ma:es more sense to us today.As you find yourself standing in 'imes 3Buare the day that one R/3 'itani$ san: into the o$ean, you@ll find that the properties of your homeEtime 0ould still permeate your per$eptualfa$ilities, your body, and Lust about everything else you e.perien$e. 6ou are essentially fo$used in t0o pla$es at on$e, 0ith a grip on neither. #t 0ould ta:e some time for your perspe$tive to adLust to the ne0 reality be$ause the geometry of the 1+12 perspe$tive is foreign to the geometry you :no0 so 0ell.(hile you adLust to being in 1+12 you feel the s:y and air has a diMerent Buality. 'he light is diMerent, too, but you don@t spe$ifi$ally :no0 0hy. 6ou may even thro0 up your lun$h, 0hi$hmomentarily shi;s you ba$: to your home perspe$tive. 6our interpretation of 1+12 is still heavily influen$ed by 0hat is relative to you. 6ou seem to be losing your bearings.appiness represents a balan$ed, harmoni$relationship bet0een you and something else, not ma8er ho0 far a0ay it isin time, spa$e, emotion, or thought. (e $an be Lust as happy 0ith something that is 10 years a0ay as something that is right around the $orner.(hen 0e $onsider the state of happiness in our lives 0e should also $onsider 0hether 0e 0ant NhappinessO or really 0ant 0hat 0e@re already used to. 1o 0e 0ant mysterious ne0 things that 0e hope 0ill fall in the right pla$e on our spiral or do 0e 0ant to intera$t 0ith 0hat is already relative to us, hoping that 0e $an ma:e it harmonious- 'o ans0er this, 0e $an $onsider ho0 mu$h time 0e spend a day finding repla$ements for the things 0e aren@t satisfied 0ith. %erhaps maintaining our e.isting relationships Ftoo $haoti$, too stru$tured, or balan$edG is more desirable than an un:no0n that 0e may or may not $onne$t 0ith.The $rt of Resonant Relationships(hen 0e have a resonant relationship 0ith something 0e have a strong $onne$tion 0ith it. #t doesn@t mean that you 0ill feel happy from su$h a relationship, Lust that there@s a good $onne$tion. F>o0ever, as 0e@ve already illustrated, you@re more li:ely to feel good things fromsu$h relationships.G5+'ocus on what is relative, and the rest will fallinto place! o0 $an you be$ome $omfortable 0ith all of your per$eptions and, thus, yourself- #s it ne$essary to a$$ept everything in your perspe$tive I everything that you :no0 or have :no0n, everything in your e.perien$e, and everything that you $an possibly imagine-(e needn@t love or even li:e everything that 0e per$eive, or pretend to. #t isn@t natural to for$e love or good feelings on everything in our perspe$tive. (e $annot Nlove everythingO no ma8er ho0 good it sounds. 'hat 0ould be an imbalan$ed 3%#R and not a healthy relationship. CounterEintuitively, if love is ho0 you interpret some feelings then you also need a dose of hate for some other things. 6ou $an@t have one 0ithout the other. 'his is not tosuggest that you begin to hate things, of $ourse, but to realize that hate is as natural as love is be$ause 0hat you are loving and hating is your o0n perspe$tive. As you begin to a$$ept all of your perspe$tive Fnot Lust the good thingsG then you $an begin to feel more $omfortable 0ith your $omplete self. #t@s not easy to thin: about, but 0hat is hate but order in disguise-'he sub$ons$ious mind doesn@t $are about love or hate, or ho0 0e interpret anything else. #t does not per$eive those interpretations I 0e do. o0 is our la$: of understanding of ho0 a plasti$ bag floating through the air similar to the la$: of understanding bet0een t0o $lose relatives spea:ing entirely diMerent languages- #n both $ases 0ere are distra$ted, or even fas$inated, by the details that 0e $an easily sense andthe la0s of nature that are implied. (e mista:e the $lever illusion for the reality.>o0 is everything in your reality a $ompatible interpretation- >o0 do the things you supposedly don@t li:e fit in the same spa$e and time 0ith the things that you supposedly do- >o0 $ould a friend that 0e have gro0n to love so dearly do something that seems to be 0rong or unfair to0ards us- Again, the value is in the relationship rather than the details that you see and e.perien$e. 'he details are Lust interfa$es 0ith an e.pansive $ons$iousness that unites everything in one perspe$tive& yours.#f # told you that on planet 5hubird it is $ommon for people to greet others by slapping them in the fa$e, 0hat 0ould you fo$us on- 'he details or the relationship- 6ou might thin: that it is a strange pra$ti$e but not really thin: about ho0 it relates to other things in the reality of planet 5hubird, and ho0 it might ma:e sense to the people there. 3imilarly, you might get Na slap in the fa$eO in your reality 0ithout realizing ho0 it relates to the entire story of your reality. 6ou might fo$us on the details I the slap, the pain, the loss I but not its relationship 0ith the other things in your perspe$tive. An old story about a farmer illustrates this&One day one of the farmer@s horses ran a0ay. 'he farmer@s neighbors heard the ne0s and $ame to visit. V3u$h bad lu$:,V they said. V/ay be,V the farmer replied.'he ne.t morning the horse returned and brought 0ith it three other 0ild horses. V>o0 0onderful,V the neighbors e.$laimed. V/ay be,V replied the farmer.'he follo0ing day, his son tried to ride one of the untamed horses and 0as thro0n to the ground, brea:ing his leg. 'he neighbors again $ame to the farmer to oMer their sympathy. V/ay be,V replied the farmer.'he day a;er, military oMi$ials $ame to their village to dra; young men into the army for their $ampaign. 3eeing that the son@s leg 0as bro:en they passed him by. 'he neighbors $ongratulated the farmer on ho0 0ell things had turned out. V/ay be,V replied the farmer.#t is diMi$ult to figure out, $ons$iously, 0hat 0e really desire or li:e and 0hat 0e really resist or disli:e. (e fo$us on the details of something but not the relationship. 'hat song 0e thin: 0e hate :eeps playing in our mind. (e $ontinue to run into someone 0e don@t li:e. 3omeone you :no0 isn@t good for you :eeps $oming ba$:, and you let them. (e $ontinue to do things that 0e thin: are bad or ma:e us feel guilty.#f 0e are reading a selfEhelp boo:, for e.ample, and have the urge to s:ip over a se$tion that might hit a fe0 nerves and ma:e us feel un$omfortable, 0e are not doing that sub$ons$iouslybut $ons$iously. (e are interpreting 0hat our sub$ons$ious has Nalready readO Fvia its o0n interpretationG and $ons$iously interpreting it as something else that 0e 0ant to avoid. (e 72o;en blo$: out relationships 0e may not 0ant to interpret if doing so 0ill $hange our reality in a $ertain 0ay. %erhaps it@s someone 0e don@t 0ant to $all ba$: or a meeting that 0e intentionally miss. 'hese relationships may be e.pressed in other 0ays that may not be so appealing to us $ons$iously but at the same time $annot ignore. 'hin: of it as you telling yourself, N'hat 0as me that # Lust ignored.O(hat is most relative is not 0hat you thin: you li:e or desire the most or are pu8ing the most energy into, but 0hat is easiest to per$eive and intera$t 0ith in any 0ay. #f it@s easier forsomeone to smo:e a $igare8e than to Buit smo:ing $igare8es, then $igare8es are probably more harmonious 0ith their perspe$tive. #f a person says they detest violen$e but enLoy a number of violent movies, then violen$e is more relative to them than they probably realize.Ao$using on the good side of things 0ill eventually have the opposite eMe$t, as Ffor sa:e of simpli$ityG you 0ill give yourself a lesson that good and bad are the same thing. 3o by fo$using only on one side of the eBuation you 0ould e.perien$e the other side, 0hi$h balan$es the e.perien$e as it illustrates its more $omplete nature. 'his $ould ta:e a long time to figure out, ho0ever. 6ou may even try to for$e yourself to interpret 0hat is bad to you as something good, further entren$hing your perspe$tive in the illusion of opposites.#n life 0e e.plore relationships. #t doesn@t ma8er 0hat relationships 0e intera$t 0ith, as long as it appears to be something. #f something did not have value to your reality then it 0ould not be e.perien$ed or per$eived. (e tend to resist things 0e do not li:e, but this only allo0s that :ind of interpretation more spa$e in our reality. ?eing $omfortable 0ith your per$eptions is not about a$$epting everything or Nturning the other $hee:O. 'hat 0ould be fo$using on the irrelevant details. #nstead, 0hen you understand your relationship 0ith your perspe$tive there is no need to resist or $lassify anything. 6ou simply play 0ith the illusion.6ou $an find 0hat you 0ant in 0hat you have already. 6ou $an see 0hat you love in 0hat you hate, and 0hat you hate in 0hat you love. 6ou $an see ho0 things relate to oneEanother. 'o ta:e an e.ample, let@s say that you 0ant a ne0 Lob and devote your entire 3aturday to your Lob sear$h, preparing for the intervie0, et$. 'here is a :no$: at the doorH it is a boy you don@t :no0. 6ou de$ide to ignore it be$ause you are trying to fo$us on finding a ne0 Lob. 6ou have su$$essfully ignored your perspe$tive and fo$used on the details rather than the relationships. #gnoring your perspe$tive 0hen it is so obviously in front of you is a type of selfEreLe$tion, as you are a$tively denying your o0n signals. >o0ever, this e.perien$e $ould be 0hat leads you to your ne0 Lob. #t doesn@t mean that you need to invite him in for tea and have a dis$ussion but perhaps opening the door to tell yourself to go a0ay gives you an idea that you had not thought of before. (hen 0e are open to intera$t more 0ith ourselves then 0e are opening the door to a 0orld of e.perien$e and understanding that 0e did not realize 0as there all along.(hen 0e resist ourselves it is li:e thin:ing, N'hat isn@t me. 'hat is something elseRO 'he illusion of our perspe$tive be$omes even less evident. (e don@t realize that 0hen 0e e.perien$e something 0e are a$tually e.perien$ing the illustration of ourselves. (hat 0e 0ant is already here and no0. (e have only to per$eive the relationships. Again, 0e need not e.perien$e 0hat 0e thin: is in our perspe$tive. 'his isn@t about loving your enemies, but realizing that enemies e.ist be$ause that@s ho0 you interpret a part of your perspe$tive. #f 0e 0ant to have a more balan$ed e.perien$e and 0onder about all the things 0e thin: 0e don@t li:e, all 0e need to do is find more agreeable interpretations. Or, to put it an other 0ay, V#f you don@t 0ant to fight, read the boo: insteadRV7!$voiding Things 3ou *ono0 do 0e do that- o0 $an the $hild get rid of e.perien$ing the monster that he thin:s is in his near future- (e have only to find a goodEenough representation for 0hat 0e do Fand don@tG 0ish to e.perien$e. Ao$using on details rather that relationships 0ould be li:e the $hild fo$using on the monster@s fangs. ?ut ho0 does the monster relate to the $loset, the $hild, the items in the $loset, the room, the house, and other things that happened that day- #f the $hild thin:s the monster 0ill a8a$: him, ho0 might a8a$:ing himself empo0er the $hild to ta:e $ontrol over his reality- Or $leaning up his $loset-Right no0, in various 0ays in our lives 0e interpret the geometry of relationships ho0ever 0e 0ant and then ma:e up a story to go along 0ith it. (e interpret the good and bad and everything in bet0een in 0ays that 0ill ma:e overall sense. (e don@t need to li:e it or agree 0ith it I it only needs to be logi$al. (e do this 0ith our every present e.perien$e and also thepast as 0e interpret some things as memories rather than e.perien$ing them physi$ally no0.Representations are every0here in spa$e and time, allo0ing us to dra0 e.perien$es nearer to us as 0e reEinterpret relationships that are already there. (e bring the distant gala.ies do0n to *arth by reEinterpreting the relationships that allo0ed us to per$eive them in the first pla$e. (e $an reEinterpret events from our past as present e.perien$es, or things 0e :no0 to be far a0ay to be near. (e $an s:ip the e.perien$e of entire 0orlds by representing them as something else. NAs above, so belo0,O as is said.Cal$ulus, for e.ample, had been dis$overed thousands of years before Ne0ton and o0 youinterpret it is entirely up to you. 'o NdefeatO or reLe$t something is to defy your o0n perspe$tive. 'here is no need to reLe$t 0hat you do not per$eive, so the Buestion is 0hy are you interpreting it in that 0ay-Resistance is 'utileo0ever, it only ma:es sense be$ause that@s ho0 0e interpreted it.(hen 0e e.perien$e something that seems to be the dire$t result of something else, 0e are not e.perien$ing $ause and eMe$t at 0or:. (e are e.perien$ing a ne0 reality 0here diMerent parts $ome together and dan$e in unison. 3ome parts 0e :no0, some parts 0e don@t yet :no0.22 (hen something ne0 sho0s up or 0e e.perien$e more of it in our reality it is be$auseit is more $ompatible 0ith the ne0 perspe$tive than the thing it repla$ed. (hen someone disappears or their presen$e diminishes it is be$ause they are less $ompatible 0ith the ne0 perspe$tive than other things. A $hair doesn@t move be$ause 0e move it I it isn@t a$tually there in the first pla$e. (e per$eive the $hair moving be$ause 0e fold the entire universe into a neatlyEpa$:aged reality that 0e $an then try to ma:e sense of in an easier, more digestible 0ay. 6et, 0e are folding relationships into themselves rather than trying to pa$:age up everything that $an be per$eived.(e $annot $ontain the entirety of reality in a single e.perien$e so 0e ma:e up pa8erns to per$eive a $hanging perspe$tive, not realizing that any $hange is simply us pu8ing t0o or more illusions into some :ind of order. 'he $hair moves be$ause that is 0hat 0e see 0hen 0eloo: at the relationships inside the fold through the medium of perspe$tive.'he general population, as it stands today, is only interested in $lear distin$tions bet0een good and bad. A boo: su$h as this, for e.ample, 0ould be read by many more people if it fo$used on things li:e Nlove and lightO or NpositivityO or NhealingO and tal:ed about the 0orld and reality as if they 0ere bla$: and 0hite. 3omeho0, 0e believe su$h things li:e beauty being in the eye of the beholder, but don@t apply the same reasoning to good and bad, right and 0rong, and this and that. 'a:ing this farther, 0e ignore the good in people 0e $onsider 22 'hat is to say, some parts are related to our previous reality and some parts have be$ome related."0bad and the bad in people 0e $onsider good, as if either be$ame more or less true by per$eiving it. 3urely, evil is Lust as valid and important a reality as good is. Other0ise, su$h things 0ould not be per$eived, nor 0ould su$h polarities be so ent0ined.As 0e are not ever satisfied 0ith our interpretation of All-That-/s, 0e e.perien$e a $ontinuallyE$hanging reality that seems to al0ays be the most logi$al reality that 0e $an e.perien$e at that time, regardless of ho0 0e feel about our o0n interpretation of it.*oes Evil E#ist"(hat 0e $all NevilO is Lust a 0ord that $onveniently and eMi$iently represents a $on$ept that 0ould not e.ist 0ithout other representations supporting it. At the top of all these endless representations of representations 0e find All-That-/s. 'here is no absolute evil, as absolute anything $annot be per$eived. 'hat is to say, there is nothing that is evil 0ithout it being defined that 0ay by $omparing it 0ith other things. *vil doesn@t e.ist in a silo. 'here is no partially evil, either, as parts are illusions of a nothingEinEparti$ular that $annot be entirely per$eived. N*vilO is ine.orably defined by 0hat 0e :no0 as good. *vil is an interpretation.As 0e interpret, so do 0e a8ra$t. (e are not a8ra$ting evil if 0e interpret something as evil, but 0e are $onditioning our perspe$tive to see more things li:e that as 0hat 0e have interpreted relates to other things in our reality. #t is no diMerent than a bro:en 0indo0 a8ra$ting more bro:en 0indo0s as your interpretation of the first bro:en 0indo0 influen$es your interpretation of 0hatever is around it. #f you interpret something as bad or evil then you are a8ra$ted to the interpretation in some 0ay. Any per$eption ta:es intera$tion. 6ou didn@t need to interpret it that 0ay at all, but for some reason you $hose to do Lust that. #t doesn@t mean that you yourself are evil if you per$eive something else as evil. >o0ever, the more it is per$eived in your reality the more you are $hoosing to intera$t 0ith it in su$h a 0ay.'he only diMeren$e bet0een good and evil is in the interpretation. 'o one group, for e.ample, %rofessor 3ilverla:e is evil and morally 0rong. A se$ond group identifies 0ith %rofessor 3ilverla:e and doesn@t understand 0hy the first group thin:s him evil or 0rong but, instead, thin:s %rofessor 6ello0la:e is evil and morally 0rong. 'he fly on the 0all per$eives both professors, but not in the same 0ay. 'o this fly, and to the floor that the professors 0al: on every day, the Buestion of them being good or evil is irrelevant. 'he only Buestion for ea$h member of both groups is, N(hy do # per$eive myself this 0ay-ONo perspe$tive is more valid than any other be$ause it is all one perspe$tive& yours. Other perspe$tives are illusions, aspe$ts of your perspe$tive. 6ou $annot e.perien$e beyond your o0n perspe$tive, and you $an@t possibly :no0 0hat@s going on outside it. #f you 0ere to step in someone else@s shoes, so to spea:, you@d still be e.perien$ing an aspe$t of your perspe$tive.(e $annot say that something is true simply be$ause a great maLority of the people that 0e :no0 seem to feel the same 0ay. o0 about the angle of the shado0- >o0 do all the physi$al and nonEphysi$althings in the room feel- Although other human beings are an important part of our perspe$tive, the vast maLority of our overall relationships have nonEhuman aspe$ts. %erhaps one of the most diMi$ult things to thin: about is that you are all you $ould ever possibly per$eive in the one perspe$tive of the grand reality. (hen 0e are $onsidering this in relation to something natural li:e a plant or a tree, it is easy to $onsider and digest. ?ut 0hen"10e e.tend that to things that 0e don@t li:e or thin: of as NevilO, 0e move beyond novelty into a pla$e that highlights the very nature of our o0n e.isten$e.(e don@t 0ant to thin: that 0e are the sour$e of all the bad things in our perspe$tive be$ause it 0ould provide far more $ertainty and responsibility to the Buestion of the sour$e of everything else. N#f 5enghis han e.ists entirely in my perspe$tive, then # am $ompletely responsible for all 5enghis han did. #t also means there is no limit to 0ho and 0hat # amRO 'his $an be a frightening thought if one thin:s of it that 0ay.(e normally avoid thin:ing that 0e are already $onne$ted 0ith everything else Fas it misses the point of e.isten$eG, so 0e ma:e random distin$tions. 3ome things taste good, others not so good. 3ome things 0e li:e, some things 0e don@t. 3ome things are really good, others are really evil. #t@s all an illusion, of $ourse I a :ind of serious game. Another part of your perspe$tive has a diMerent geometry of perspe$tive Fa diMerent NangleO so to spea:G, so probably has diMerent li:es and disli:es. 6our o0n perspe$tive right no0 is li:ely diMerent than it 0as last 0ee: or last year. ?ut they are all aspe$ts of the same thing.(e feel separate 0ith things for a reason& to $onne$t 0ith other aspe$ts of ourselves. #t is hard to loo: at oneself 0ithout a referen$e. #t is natural to 0ant to have mirrors so 0e $an see0ho 0e are. 'he refle$tion is not the real thing but it is good enough to 0or: 0ith. Although it is natural to not feel totally $onne$ted 0ith other things 0e $an have a harmoni$ relationships 0ith the things that are not NusO. 6es, evil e.ists. #t e.ists as mu$h as the deli$iousness of a sli$e of pie or the Loy you might get from the movie a;er0ards. 'he devil is only in the FmisGinterpretation of the harmony that surrounds you.The >oy of 1u%an +PIRsAlthough 0e intuitively understand ho0 3%#Rs 0or: 0e do not really $ons$iously understandthe pro$ess. Our misunderstanding, or perhaps ignoran$e, of natural systems $reates variations that are still natural, but emphasize the positive for$e more than a balan$e of for$es. (e end up 0ith systems that have no or li8le opposing for$e, something designed to pursue infinity instead of a system 0here infinity is balan$ed by limitation. #n other 0ords, 0e o;en 0ant $ertain things to go on forever 0ithout end, thin:ing that this is the model that ma:es the most sense. *ndless advan$ement, la0s, $reativity, happiness, profits, in$ome, family, produ$tivity, and more.3u$h so$ial systems are riddled 0ith logi$al falla$ies su$h as confirmation bias and argument from authority1 as they are not designed to depend on opposing for$es.'hese are not inherently negative or harmful systems but systems designed to fa$ilitate the pursuit of meaning in our lives. 'hey 0or: as they@re supposed to. FAnd 0e 0ill see ho0 su$h systems are perfe$tly naturalG. ?ut be$ause they do not integrate opposing for$es to be8er balan$e them they do not promote and fa$ilitate as mu$h harmony as they $ould.(e adopt an endless variety of these $ir$ular 3%#Rs in order to interpret relationships 0ith them in the hopes of $reating more meaning in our reality. *a$h of the follo0ing systems is a metaEphysi$al tool interpreted into onePs physi$al e.isten$e for the purpose of giving fo$us, meaning, and to trans$end and transform our daily lives."23ystem 'ype AormFsG of *ndlessnessOmnipotent *ntity Religion Conversion, *nlightenment, 3uMering, Omnipoten$e%eople /anagement %oliti$s uman Resour$es *mployment %rodu$tivityChan$e 5ambling Ca$:potsCreativity Art *.pression*ntertainment Celebrity Aame%hysi$al A$hievement 3ports (inning/edia and 3o$ial #nputs 'elevision, et$. Ne0s, programs, arti$les, et$.Aood Coo:ing, *ating Re$ipes, 'asteAudio /usi$ Ne0 songs#mage Consumerism 3hopping*nvironmentalism 3ustainability %reservationAormal *du$ation 3$hool o0 $an anyone insist that 10Edimensional 0orlds e.ist 0hile ignoring the other + dimensions of a parti$ular argument- 'he po0er and influen$e of s$ien$e today is not unli:e the po0er and influen$e of (estern religion during the 1ar: Ages 0hen 0hat 0as being prea$hed 0as not 0hat 0as being pra$ti$ed. #n order for s$ien$e to truly flourish 0e must begin to apply the s$ientifi$ method to itself.#f 0e 0ere to apply the s$ientifi$ method to s$ien$e itself, 0hat illusions 0ould 0e un$over- 'his :ind of metaEs$ientifi$ dis$overy is the reason su$h a thing 0ould not happen, nor should it. 3$ien$e as 0e :no0 it 0ould $ease to e.ist. Rather than destroying our $urrent method of s$ientifi$ reasoning 0e $an, instead, learn to balan$e the eBuation 0ith a more harmoni$ relationship that ta:es into $onsideration the ne$essity of opposing for$es to hold up a solid foundation, mu$h li:e the An$ient 5ree:s and Romans did 0hen building stru$tures that $an outlast most any 0e build today using brute for$e. #nstead of approa$hingthese big, an$ient Buestions about the universe 0ith a small, $rumbling handful of logi$al falla$ies in to0 let us begin to observe from the origin of perspe$tive.""Part ?:In Pursuit of the Universe"2The 0reatest TrickA;er more than 500 years sin$e Coperni$us first turned his mind to the $osmos, $osmologistsagree that only about 4J of the universe is understood. 'he remaining +7J is un:no0n and termed @dar: ma8er@ or @dar: energy@, 0hi$h is an other 0ay to say that nearly all of the universe is a $omplete mystery and 0e shouldn@t be so $onfident.As 0ell, s$ien$e still doesn@t understand 0hy the a$t of observation 0ould aMe$t the measurements of subEatomi$ parti$les. >o0ever, it is understood for$es li:e gravity $an influen$e the visual per$eption of moving obLe$ts!4 and the per$eption of time, and the mind $an be influen$ed by other for$es li:e ele$tromagnetism. 'here are also some ne0 theories onthe fringes of Buantum physi$s!5 that suggests the mind $an intera$t 0ith information in the universe at the %lan$: s$ale!7.'he sub$ons$ious mind understands that observation $omes from per$eption. (e are never observing anything outside of our per$eption. 'he universe $ould not possibly be divor$ed from perspe$tive be$ause per$eption of anything Fin$luding everything, or even other perspectivesG is entirely subLe$tive.#f the universe had a beginning it 0ould be fully $ontained in the present moment. As time does not e.ist outside of perspe$tive, the only $ause and eMe$t is the illusion of 0hatever logi$al narrative 0e have $ome up 0ith to e.plain an endless variety of random data. 'he NbeginningO, if there is su$h a thing, is not an event but a simultaneous pro$ess that never stops.(e $an loo: to the first fe0 numbers in the Aibona$$i series to find out ho0 this pro$ess is all0ays unfolding. >ere is the sub$ons$ious mind@s interpretation of this random data. (e begin 0ith the numbers 0, 1, 1, 2, and !. *a$h su$$essive number is a sum of the previous t0o,starting 0ith 0 and 1, then F0W1G, F1W1G, F1W2G, F2W!G, et$.#n the beginning, there is nothing F0G. No reality or form, no perspe$tive, and no relationship. NNothingO $annot be per$eived be$ause there is nothing else to $ompare it 0ith. #t $an also not be understood be$ause it $annot be per$eived.!" Nothing tries to :no0 the e.panse of its nothingness F1G but at the same time has nothing else to $ompare it against F1, againG, so $annot really :no0 anything. #t e.ists and doesn@t e.ist simultaneously, the birth of 3tru$ture.!2 Arom this illusion %otential F2G is born. #n order to :no0 something, dupli$ates itself and then forgets itself FF2W2GK2G. #nfinite %otentials then appear. All of the %otentials #ntera$t F!G together, forming relationships.'hese relationships build an illusion of one thing being related to an other thing. %erspe$tive, movement, and $ons$iousness are born. (hen 0e per$eive NrealityO 0e are a$tually per$eivingthis geometry of perspective and interpreting it in 0hatever 0ay.6othing, e.pressed in the formula of the sub$ons$ious mind, is the empty spa$e bet0een ! !4 N8our 'erception of 7ravity /s All 9elative1 :tudy (indsO h8p&KK000.lives$ien$e.$omK1!+07EbrainEper$eivesEgravityEsenses.html!5 NThe ;eird 4ydrogen O.ygen3trength /us$leOne side 0ants to e.pand forever F$haosG 0hile the other side 0or:s to limit the e.pansion ForderG. (hen the t0o sides intera$t in a $ertain 0ay I forming a relationship I you get a representation, or appro.imation of the relationship $alled a resistan$e. 'he ne0 representation $an then form another relationship 0ith anything else, though the su$$ess of that enterprise 0ill depend on $ompatibility.(hen anything on the le; intera$ts 0ith anything on the right, 0e get something 0e $an use. (hen $reation intera$ts 0ith destru$tion 0e get life, for e.ample. (hen va$uum intera$ts 0ith mass in a $ertain 0ay 0e get radiant energy. (hen female intera$ts 0ith male in a $ertain 0ay, 0e get baby. *a$h of these systems $an have subsystems of their o0n. 'he illusions $an also intera$t 0ith other illusions to form reality. An ele$tri$al field, for e.ample, intera$ting 0ith time is an ele$tri$al 0ave. All of the illusions intera$ting together forms the entire universe. ?ut not every aspe$t is balan$ed. o0ever, these aspe$ts 0ill eventually relate to other aspe$ts to balan$e out and are, by nature, al0ays harmonious. 6ou $an thin: of something that is Ntoo strongO as being $haoti$ally harmonious and in the beginning of a more harmonious relationship F1&2G.41 #t might even intera$t 0ith something that ma:es it Nvery 0ea:O to balan$e the eBuation. ?ut, again, imbalan$es are still harmonious.'he more a %otential intera$ts 0ith other %otentials the more eBuilibrium there is bet0een 40 Note that this is a simplifi$ation. #t, for e.ample, should not imply that there is too mu$h spa$e and not enough time Fsin$e spa$e&time is NhigherO up the s$aleG. 'here is a lot of spa$e and hydrogen, to be sure, but this is balan$ed out in other 0ays. 'hey are $on$eptually imbalan$ed but inherently harmonious at their 6othing $ore.41 As everything intera$ts, you $an also have relationships su$h as 2&2 Fsomething that 0ould be Ntoo $oldO, for e.ampleG or !&55 Fsomething that 0ould be Ntoo massiveO, for e.ampleG.2!the t0o for$es as it approa$hes a more balan$ed ratio, $alled the golden ratio.(hen an illusion intera$ts 0ith another illusion of the same type FpositiveEtoEpositive, for e.ampleG dis$ordan$e results. 1is$ord is natural and $an be maintained for a 0hile, but it is not balan$ed. A la$: of balan$e may mean that more illusions from the other side are reBuired I su$h as energy or time I to smooth out the eBuation. A la$: of harmonious relationships is highly ineMi$ient. Aor e.ample, 0e $an ta:e a trip into spa$e using dis$ordant methods Fsu$h as a misunderstanding of spa$etimeG but it 0ill reBuire far more time, energy, and resour$es than using $on$ordant methods. Or, 0hen t0o of the same ele$tri$al fields intera$t they might $an$el ea$h other out. Or, 0e $ould 0or: out in the gym to build mus$le for 5 hours a day, but 0ill be paying 0ith other %otentials that may $ontribute to ill health.#deally, any aspe$t of one side is paired 0ith an aspe$t on the other side for balan$ed, eMi$ient, and optimal results Faround 1.71G. (hen t0o illusions on the same side are paired together you get imbalan$e, poor performan$e, disease, ineMi$ien$y, et$. Aor e.ample, $old isn@t good for mus$le performan$e be$ause the t0o are diMerent interpretations of the same thing, but heat balan$es out mus$les in a more harmonious 0ay. >o0ever, the body be$omes $old to assist in melatonin produ$tion before sleep and stimulate other pro$esses. 5ravity and mass are paired, but gravity does not have an eMe$t on another interpretation on the same side Fma8erG. Cold air is dense, and 0arm air is not. 1isease is subLe$tive, and health $an in$rease $apa$ity. Chaos implodes, and 0e get the universe.42Aurther, ea$h of these illusions is Lust that I an illusion. 'hey are not absolute. 6ou $an never have Nabsolute maleO or Nabsolute heatO. 'he intera$tion bet0een t0o illusions forms a representation. (e 0ill e.plore a fe0 of these representations in this boo:.What is Energy"*nergy is the resistan$e bet0een va$uum FvoidG and mass. #t is mass $ontra$ting the va$uum, reeling it in from its endless e.pansion. #n other 0ords, energy is intera$tion as relationships form. 'he more $ompatibly things intera$t the more NenergyO is per$eived. As one thing relates to another thing more, it relates to another thing less. *nergy is $reated in one $orner of perspe$tive and destroyed inanother. 'he type of energy thatis per$eived depends on therelationships of the things thatare intera$ting.(hen 0e thin: about ho0reality is modelled 0e must be$areful not to restri$t ourselvesto three dimensions. Cust li:e inspa$e 0here there is no NupO andNdo0nO, there is no real positiveor negative 0ith an illusion.#llusions $an also intera$t 0iththemselves and others to ma:esomething ne0. A photon $ouldbe on the e.pansion side of %otential 0hile a NblueO photon $an be on the other side, for 42 'here are other pro$esses involved, of $ourse, from other 3%#Rs. Aor e.ample 0hen there is a $ollapse of NmaleO by the female at human $on$eption. (e 0ill only be $overing the basi$s in this boo:.24e.ample. (e $an also $onsider the other aspe$ts of the %otentials 0hen thin:ing about something. >ealth of the body is as mu$h a fa$tor of light as the food 0e@re eating, for e.ample, or 0hen $onsidering the nature of gravity 0e may do 0ell to $onsider gravity@s eMe$ts on female versus male. %otentials are harmonious 0ith other interpretations on the same side, but balan$ed 0ith others on the opposite side.+paceti%eAs 0e $an see from the follo0ing model, 0hat 0e $all NtimeO is a$tually the spa$ing of $haos. 'ime ma:es the spa$e Fin more native formG per$eivable. 'hus, spa$etime is born.'o illustrate, let@s imagine a universe 0ithout spa$e or time. #t is N$haosO For, nothingnessG andis, for all intents and purposesendless be$ause it $annot beper$eived. Along $omes3tru$ture, 0hi$h is Lust $haostrying to $ome up 0ith some:ind of random pa8ern. Chaossplits itself in t0o via thisstru$ture, forming spa$etime.(hen 0e loo: out into theuniverse 0e are a$tually seeingthis eMe$t. ourglasses, astronomi$al $lo$:s, and 0ater $lo$:s also illustrate our intera$tion 0ith the 0orld around us. *ven some old me$hani$al $lo$:s illustrate these relationships by telling stories or ma:ing bird sounds.#t is by understanding these relationships in our logi$al narrative that 0e $an understand 0hat time is. Our sense of time is based on the intera$tions and relationships bet0een illusions.'ime flo0s neither ba$:0ards nor for0ards. (e are simply sensing relativity ho0ever it may flo0. Cust as 0e 0ill lose the sense of the length, 0idth, and breath of an obLe$t if it is suspended in midEair 0ithout a ba$:ground to $ompare it against, 0e 0ill lose our sense of time if the signals are $hanged or removed. 'ime is the pa$e of relative intera$tion, a resistan$e that allo0s an interfa$e 0ith ele$tromagneti$ potential F$haosG to balan$e relationships ForderG. (ithout relationships there is no sense of time or spa$e.#f time is an illusion of the senses, then 0as anything ever $reated- #n this 0ay, no energy $anever be $reated or destroyed not only be$ause there is no time independent of perspe$tive butbe$ause there is no energy For, relationshipsG independent of perspe$tive.Although you are, right no0, travelling through time at a rate of 1 se$ond per se$ond, this is only a measurement of the $lo$:. 'he rate at 0hi$h you@re navigating the geometry of perspe$tive is not $onstant. Our a$tual interpretation of time does not depend on the $lo$:.igh tide seems to be 0hen you are 0or:ing hardest, providing more meaning to the time you@re e.perien$ing. o0 does the stru$ture of ma8er relate to the stru$ture of perspe$tive- All ma8er $an be saidto be ele$tri$al in nature. /oreimportantly, 0hat 0e $all ma8er is perspe$tive in nature. Although thediMeren$e bet0een t0o types ofma8er is in the properties of theatoms, the relationship between theatoms is due to ho0 the atoms aredistributed ele$tri$ally.An atom is N$reatedO from theresistan$e of a proton and anele$tron. Although representationsare li:e $avities $reated from theresonan$e of t0o or more obLe$ts,nothing fills the $avity. 'he $avityintera$ts 0ith other $avities Ithereby a$ting as a %otentialelement I $reating the NoutlineO of a ne0lyEdis$overed representation from the relationship.*a$h part of the atom is also a representation. An ele$tron, for e.ample, has four numbers used to des$ribe the ele$tron. 'heele$tron is also a 3%#R system, as arethe proton, neutron, et$. *a$helement maintains all otherrelationships at the same time,retaining a NmemoryO of otherintera$tions that aMe$t its $urrentintera$tion.'he spins of an ele$tron aremanipulated by ele$troEmagneti$fields, themselves 3%#Rs. A family of3%#R systems intera$ting viaperspe$tive is the geometry ofperspe$tive.22The 9ature of 0ravity(hat 0e term gravity is the relative resistan$e bet0een $haos and order Frepulsion and a8ra$tionG. (e tend to thin: of gravity as a8ra$tion, but 0hat 0e are seeing is an eBual harmony bet0een the t0o opposing for$es. 'he states of gravity I gravitational e.pansion, gravitational $ontra$tion, and gravitational eBuilibrium I are all a$ting at the same spa$e and time. 5ravity is a relative phenomena, being resistan$e bet0een t0o %otentials rather than a $onstant for$e.5ravitational e.pansion is $haos.*.pansion is the e.pression of energy, li:eele$tromagneti$ energy moving out0ard.5ravitational $ontra$tion is order. 'his isobservable in the formation of moons,stars, planets, and other $on$entrations ofma8er. Contra$tion is the N$reationO ofenergy through $lose relationships.5ravitational eBuilibrium is 0hat ismeasured as gravity, the resistan$ebet0een t0o primary for$es. #t $ares notfor an obLe$t, but its mass F0hi$h is not ameasure of ho0 mu$h ma8er somethingof made of, but a value of therelationships bet0een $onstituent partsG.3tanding on a planet, for e.ample, you are aMe$ting its mass be$ause gravity $onsiders no distin$tion bet0een you and the planet I you 0ould be part of it. 'he more one thing relates to another thing the $loser its position in spa$etime and the less resistan$e there is for gravity. 5ravity 0ould $onsider the orientations of all the 3%#Rs that ma:e up all things related to it the NmassO. As the mass of a body is a variable, its gravitational relationship 0ill also vary Fi.e., notbe gravitationally $onstantG./ore distan$e F$haosG is balan$ed 0ith less gravitational a8ra$tion, 0hile more mass ForderG is balan$ed 0ith less gravitational repulsion. 'hough gravity a8ra$ts and repels atthe same time, it is not a for$e that pulls or pushes anything or floats in spa$e bet0een obLe$ts. 'he universe is e.panding and $ontra$ting at the same time be$ause of relationships, mu$h li:e ho0 100 people forming a tight sphere $an e.pand the sphere 0hilesimultaneously ge8ing $loser to asele$t fe0 others in groups. #n this0ay, the same proportions aremaintained in relative distan$e andno NadditionalO energy is $reated,but only shi;s as relationshipsshi;. As one person moves to forma more energeti$ relationship 0ithanother person 0ho is li:e them,one also lessens the energy ofanother relationship as some othersbe$ome less relative. As resistan$e is relative, to ea$h person spa$e 0ould seem to $ontra$t 0hile, to the groups and sphere as a 0hole, spa$e e.pands. #n a similar 0ay, the 3un does not push or pull on a distant obLe$t but is a8ra$ted and repelled by things relative to it in the $hain of 2+relationships, and a8ra$ts and repels the distant obLe$t as it is folded into the more relative obLe$t. 'o the 3un, there is no need for the distant obLe$t to e.ist, as it is already harmoniously $ompa$ted in the $loser relationships. (hat 0e $all gravity is the $haosKorder spe$trum of repulsion and a8ra$tion. 5ravity is not a $onstant but a relative resistan$e bet0een the t0o %otentials. (hen gravitational for$es are not in balan$e they are observed as something else, su$h as radiation Fe.pansionG or energy F$ontra$tionG. 5ravity itself is not a for$e that pushes and pulls on obLe$ts, as there are no obLe$tsto push or pull on. 5ravity is an aspe$t of all things and is not an e.ternal for$e but an internal NsenseO, as all things a8ra$t and repel all other things.44 (e should not, for e.ample, $onfuse the 0ea: smell of apple pie from the house ne.t door 0ith our very strong sense of smell. 'he NstrengthO of gravity is not in its for$e but in its ability to Ffor la$: of be8er termsG send and re$eive information about the relative position of things to harmonize relationships, regardless of spa$e or time. #n this 0ay 0e $an $ompare it to spa$e, 0hi$h does not push or pull on physi$al obLe$ts but is simply a field 0here those obLe$ts $an e.press their geometry of relationships. 3pa$e is a sense of relationships, as is gravity.45The .aws of the UniverseCan you name a la0 that is outside of your perspe$tive- (e might assume that reality@s ultimate truths e.ist in the 0orld of mathemati$s. Aurther, 0e might assume that mathemati$s I a human invention I is someho0 independent of perspe$tive and 0e only dis$overed 0hat 0as already there. >o0ever, it 0ould be impossible to dis$over or invent 0hat is obLe$tive, as dis$overy relies on per$eption, and is thus subLe$tive no ma8er ho0 universal it may seem.#t is more reasonable to assume that mathemati$s is one 0ay to interpret 0hat is already there, rather than an ultimate orabsolute 0ay to model or define a verysmall part of all reality. A series ofbeautiful and elegant Fread&harmoniousG interpretations, if youmust, but interpretations nonetheless.(e $ould, if 0e 0ere so in$lined,interpret the 3pe$ial 'heory ofRelativity using peanut bu8ersand0i$hes. 'he result 0ould be farmore $rude and $omple. than othermethods, illustrating Lust ho0$onvin$ing mathemati$alinterpretations, 0hi$h present theuniverse far more simply andbeautifully than sand0i$hes, $an be. (e assume that most simple interpretations 0e have dis$overed thus far are the ultimate, most obLe$tive truths 0hen in reality the supposed la0s of nature 0e@ve dis$overed over the $enturies are mere appro.imations pre$isely because they are only interpretations. 'he 3tandard /odel of parti$le physi$s, for e.ample, is supposed to unify ele$tromagnetism and the 0ea: nu$lear for$e, but does not.47 *le$tri$ity and 44 'his $orrelates to Ne0tonPs o0ever, both sides intera$t and formrelationships. 'he infinite potential side tries to e.pand thelimited potential side, and the limited potential side does thesame. >o0ever, it is limited potential that $ontrols the sho0 Fas it is born from logi$ and order, 0hereas infinite potential is born from $haos and disorder, beyond perspe$tiveG.?ut 0hat about pi- 'i, the ratio of a $ir$le@s $ir$umferen$e to its diameter, is 0hat you get 0hen infinite potential goes un$he$:ed& $haos, represented by a $ir$le that goes on forever. ?y introdu$ing order into the eBuation 0e $an per$eive reality by limiting potential. 'he t0o sides ma:e endless e.$hanges, intera$ting and forming relationships that 0e $all motion, light, energy, gravity, peanut bu8er sand0i$hes, et$. Our humanEoriented physi$ality leans more to the $ontra$ted side ofthings, 0ith more limited abilities and a0areness. #t is natural for usto 0ant to balan$e our limitations by $reating $ir$ular 3%#Rs in ourso$iety and $ulture, and in our s$ien$es.Phi is Everywhere in Physical Reality#n the early 1!th $entury a man named o0ever, the impetusfor infinite e.pansion is found in ouruse of $ir$ular 3%#Rs Xsee page >*Y to try to balan$e the limiting fo$us that physi$al being reBuires. Our physi$al fo$us is so strong 0e ignore the relationships that ma:e something as simple as a door possible. (e 0ould loo: at a door and say, N'his is a door, and that@s a fa$tRO and forget all of the other a$tive relationships it has.?y harmonizing the t0o for$es, your sub$ons$ious mind $an be more physi$ally $ons$ious. (e "7 3implified in the illustration as Nmetaphysi$al 0orldO and Nphysi$al 0orldO, though there are diMerent flavors of both, and mu$h Nbet0eenO and beyond. And, they are both diMerent flavors of the same 0orld.117are al0ays $ons$ious, ho0ever, regardless of ho0 $haos or order are a part of our a0areness of relationships. (a:ing and dreaming and everything else related to $ons$iousness is all part of the$y$le of this a0areness. (e give it diMerent names depending on ho0 mu$h e.pansion and $ontra$tion there is, li:e $ons$ious, un$ons$ious, sub$ons$ious, various dreaming states, et$. (hen you are physi$ally $ons$ious it is diMi$ult to re$all your dream perspe$tive, and 0hen you are metaphysi$ally $ons$ious it is diMi$ult to re$all your 0a:ing perspe$tive.""o0ever, the 0a:ing perspe$tive doesn@t see the relationships so easily and needs the narrative of ho0 the $lean room $ame to be. #t 0ill ta:e NtimeO to $ontra$t the spa$e of the geometry of perspe$tive as you Lump through the logi$al narrative and ma:e the $lean room logi$al in your reality.#f 0e lu$id dream 0e are using a similar $on$eptual frame0or: and representations that $an be8er interfa$e 0ith our 0a:ing $ons$iousness. (hen our 0a:ing perspe$tive shares in the e.perien$e 0e thin: 0e are e.perien$ing the dream firstEhand. 'his lu$idity of metaphysi$al a0areness is the harmony of $haos and order of $ons$iousness that 0e $an e.perien$e more of if 0e give our natural tenden$ies a li8le more e.er$ise.>o0 do you manage to fall asleep- 6ou simply $reate a bridge by relating 0ith a representation of the dream 0orld. 6ou hear a sound or see something in your mind. %erhaps the sound be$omes a bird be$omes a street that you live on be$omes friends be$omes an entire story. No0 your $ons$iousness is in the dream 0orld be$ause you unfolded a simple relationship. (hen you remember that you are already living a dream, all of e.isten$e be$omes a lu$id, en$ompassing reality. (hen you forget the natural metaphysi$al relationships bet0een all things, then you a0a:en to the individuality of physi$al perspe$tive. Everything is 1ar%oniousAlthough the relationship bet0een opposites forms everything in e.isten$e, no real opposites e.ist. As 0e have learned, 0ithout the illusion of opposites there is no reality. As these t0o seemingly opposing for$es are interpretations of the same thing, all things that e.ist are in harmony 0ith ea$h another. Aor All-That-/s is naturally in harmony 0ith itself and all that it is. On the s$ale of you, your perspe$tive harmonizes reality 0hether or not you realize it.(e have e.plored the universe through the self and have seen that the edge of the universe isonly as far as our o0n perspe$tive may ta:e us. #t doesn@t ma8er 0hat lay beyond it, as 0e 11+$an be assured that it 0ill be $ut out of the same Buarry from 0here 0e find our e.isten$e. ?eyond 0hat 0e are there is only 0hat 0e truly are, something so great it $annot be $ontained in any one per$eption.(hat is 0ater but the beautiful e.pression of a universal $haos and order that manages to hide in the mountain of our e.isten$e as a relat