Posted: Fri Feb 14, 2014 2:57 am
...well Peter,," dreamlike" is an over used descriptive, a cliche' if you will, by those who haven't gone there, haven't experienced the state of mind. By " dreamlike" what is meant is..free....The original surrealists used the term,,unencumbered..as in not weighed down,,free to rise or free of encumbrances ,,free of things that stop or prohibit,,,free..nothing holding you down.
So as a state of mind,,its a Free Mind,,not restricted, not held down or back.." Dreamlike" is supposedly our mind Free ofthe laws of reality...time and space.. ..I dream of flying, taking 20ft leaps effortlessly..free of gravity... So , to be able to free ones mind, ones thoughts, to take grand leaps effortlessly..is the Surreal State of mind. The author is suggesting ,,to be open to more possibilities than the right wrong, true false, yes no black white polar opposites habitual way of thinking and perceiving.
Right out of the starting gates of TLD, he has Linden free of Time and Space in her exaltation..in her state of mind..Thats a good beginning. The rest of the book can be seen as all things that encumber,,prohibit, impede , being in that state of mind.
The first step is then,,liberating your mind, your thought process and habits of perception , from what you've been taught about how it has to be. I'm not saying forget,,stop using etc..I'm saying,,learn how to free your mind of those encumbrances, those weights. Try to see 3 or 4 or 5 or more alternatives to every one possibility. Make it a habit to rif ( mentally expand on) what you hear in peoples conversations or what you read , etc etc,," Jam" with reality. It doesn't have to make sense..What counts is the exercise of freeing the mind from the mundane needs and wants.
Donaldson said in response to a question,,that the Imagination is like a muscle..One has to exercise it to keep it in shape, to keep it in good condition. Thats what I'm talking about. Start small work big. Jam or rif or improvise to the music you like to listen to. It doesn't matter if you sound bad. You are learning how to free your mind from the day to day needs of existence . Maybe you like to draw..exercise your " likes". You may find out you have no real talent to sing..or to play a guitar,,or draw, or paint,,but thru it all you are exercising your imagination, your creativity, and sooner or later, you will find your own personal Talent, you enjoy, and succeed at. Thats the goal. Achieving the Surreal state of mind is just the means to your peace of mind,, your " Wholeness',,your Truth..whatever you want to call it..Jeremiah's " talent" with spatial configurations suggests he will be quite the architect....a fitting metaphor of the new inhabitant of the new Land...building a frame of reference anew.
Surreal,,is a hybrid of...Sur and Real.. Sur in french I think..means ..extra,,more than,,beyond..So Surreal is just a label for ...going beyond the mundane,,. The polar opposite mundane reality of Black White,,is mixed , pondered, expanded apon,,,to create a More than, Extra reality of the Grey..the 3rd choice,, the possibilities, choices, not even conceived of.., Dream like,,where anything is possible...Trying to open your mind to any possibility gives perception to repeated words or concepts and with enough connections patterns emerge to tell us the Theme of a piece. And when a repetition all of a sudden stops , disappears, you have a challenge like Chapter 7 presents.. My mind was keen on the author's words, concepts and cadence. When it changed,,and with the word " riddle" near the beginning of the change..well,,I had him. In a way,, Chapter 7 is a test.. its a test on the reader..to see how well one can perceive other reality beyond the mundane printed word,,as the author put it,," Fortunately Liand- lost Liand-had taught her how to find the possibilities beneath the written surface of the wood, even when she had no enhanced discernment to guide her."...thats on pg 148 of chapter 7..Extra reality..Free your mind to it..and it will be yours....
So as a state of mind,,its a Free Mind,,not restricted, not held down or back.." Dreamlike" is supposedly our mind Free ofthe laws of reality...time and space.. ..I dream of flying, taking 20ft leaps effortlessly..free of gravity... So , to be able to free ones mind, ones thoughts, to take grand leaps effortlessly..is the Surreal State of mind. The author is suggesting ,,to be open to more possibilities than the right wrong, true false, yes no black white polar opposites habitual way of thinking and perceiving.
Right out of the starting gates of TLD, he has Linden free of Time and Space in her exaltation..in her state of mind..Thats a good beginning. The rest of the book can be seen as all things that encumber,,prohibit, impede , being in that state of mind.
The first step is then,,liberating your mind, your thought process and habits of perception , from what you've been taught about how it has to be. I'm not saying forget,,stop using etc..I'm saying,,learn how to free your mind of those encumbrances, those weights. Try to see 3 or 4 or 5 or more alternatives to every one possibility. Make it a habit to rif ( mentally expand on) what you hear in peoples conversations or what you read , etc etc,," Jam" with reality. It doesn't have to make sense..What counts is the exercise of freeing the mind from the mundane needs and wants.
Donaldson said in response to a question,,that the Imagination is like a muscle..One has to exercise it to keep it in shape, to keep it in good condition. Thats what I'm talking about. Start small work big. Jam or rif or improvise to the music you like to listen to. It doesn't matter if you sound bad. You are learning how to free your mind from the day to day needs of existence . Maybe you like to draw..exercise your " likes". You may find out you have no real talent to sing..or to play a guitar,,or draw, or paint,,but thru it all you are exercising your imagination, your creativity, and sooner or later, you will find your own personal Talent, you enjoy, and succeed at. Thats the goal. Achieving the Surreal state of mind is just the means to your peace of mind,, your " Wholeness',,your Truth..whatever you want to call it..Jeremiah's " talent" with spatial configurations suggests he will be quite the architect....a fitting metaphor of the new inhabitant of the new Land...building a frame of reference anew.
Surreal,,is a hybrid of...Sur and Real.. Sur in french I think..means ..extra,,more than,,beyond..So Surreal is just a label for ...going beyond the mundane,,. The polar opposite mundane reality of Black White,,is mixed , pondered, expanded apon,,,to create a More than, Extra reality of the Grey..the 3rd choice,, the possibilities, choices, not even conceived of.., Dream like,,where anything is possible...Trying to open your mind to any possibility gives perception to repeated words or concepts and with enough connections patterns emerge to tell us the Theme of a piece. And when a repetition all of a sudden stops , disappears, you have a challenge like Chapter 7 presents.. My mind was keen on the author's words, concepts and cadence. When it changed,,and with the word " riddle" near the beginning of the change..well,,I had him. In a way,, Chapter 7 is a test.. its a test on the reader..to see how well one can perceive other reality beyond the mundane printed word,,as the author put it,," Fortunately Liand- lost Liand-had taught her how to find the possibilities beneath the written surface of the wood, even when she had no enhanced discernment to guide her."...thats on pg 148 of chapter 7..Extra reality..Free your mind to it..and it will be yours....