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[sapagoo]

[ARTIFACT] Ch. 19 (@Paris, France)

[danteIL]

Re: [ARTIFACT] Paris, France

[lhall]

Secret King Lear... is that a copy of King Lear in the wrong book jacket, maybe?

[Larry604428]

plz make sure no one destroys this one lol

[lhall]

Can't wait for the Parisians to wake up... c'monnnn, Bookmore!

[danteIL]

[bryanflurry]

Thomas Bookmore will give it a go later this afternoon, go for the team!!!

[sapagoo]

Bookmore just popped in with the Paris Artifact in hand.

http://164.109.150.213/PRUVO/6LL2/KAR8/057S/RPD0/849A.PDF

I'll wait for him to give us a recap.

[Thomas Bookmore]

Paris artifact report time !

[Lysithea]

Re: Paris artifact report time !

[Chid12]

This seems like therapy...

Chapter 19

Parallel Selves

We did not meet some people from our own parallel selves in this Gaea world. None of us would do, except Jorge, who remembers his own home as a Gaea world.

Even if this is so, it is extremely improbable that some human being exists in some specific world. We could travel to billions of other worlds before meeting another version of ourselves.

But we know, that our parallel selves do indeed exist somewhere. We are certain, that in at least one other world, the six of us have other selves who chose not to undertake this trip, who never abandoned their home world.

On our most difficult days, we often are crazy that we aren't those other six. On the days when we progress, we are glad that we are these six, the six who risked. And on the days when we feel in our hearts the importance of our mission to the multiverse, when we feel the honour of our serving the many worlds, we knows that we six could never even be the other six. We six would always choose to travel, occasion after occasion after occasion.

It is a rite to find, and comunicate with, nasty (sham) parallel selves.

It is called the Personal Labyrinth, and one says, that this rite allows a personal a co-ordination across many worlds.

In the great plan of the many worlds, the parallel selves of oneself become an infinitesimally small part of the multiverse. A personal co-ordination cannot save the world from change.

Nevertheless many personal co-ordinations in one world indeed make that world more open to co-ordinations and synchronisations from other worlds. When many individuals finish the rite of the Personal Labyrinth, the world is prepared for a much bigger co-ordination, and a much bigger synchronisation.

Therefore, every four years during the twelve weeks before the opening ceremonies of the Multiversal Olimpiad, everyone from the different cultures across the many worlds gathers to finish their personal labyrinths.

Personal Labyrinths

The rite is simple. There are five stages:

First, you must choose a labyrinth.

Some labyrinths cans be chosen – a painted labyrinth, a stone labyrinth, a planted labyrinth (labyrinth made from plants), even a temporary labyrinth made for the event. The sole exception is, that you must not create a human labyrinth for this personal rite. (in many worlds, the human labyrinth is still secret, and must not be part of this public tradition.)

Secondly, you must sign the labyrinth register.

You must show to the many worlds your intentions to finish the rite beforehand, by signing the labyrinth register.

In the register, you must write your name, your location, your chosen place for the labyrinth, and the date that you intend to finish the rite. You must write this information at least one a day beforehand.

The labyrinth register must be kept in the omphaloi. Typically, each main city has its own register.

Thirdly, you must identify your world-creating moment.

A world-creating moment is the life-changing personal decision which you made during the last four years, since the preceding ritualistic period. You must draw a diagram of your world-creating moment.

At the top of the diagram, write the decision which faced you, and the date when you decided, to your best recollection! Use arrows in order to indicate the possible choices! Under the left-hand arrow, you should write the choice which you made in this world. Moving to the right, write under other arrows the other one, two, three or more choices which you perhaps would already have finished making in parallel worlds.

Fourthly, you must prepare your scroll.

On the scroll, draw the diagram of the recent world-creating decision which you made.

You will carry your scroll while you finish the running of your personal labyrinth.

Fifthly, and finally, you will run the labyrinth.

On the day you chose, you should go to the labyrinth and should walk it from the outside in, then towards the outside again. Carry your scroll.

While you're finishing the walk, you should imagine that you are a parallel self. You must imagine, in as much in detail as possible, what kind of other world you created with your decision, and what kind of other life.

If you have some perceptions or visions of people during your run, you should write to them afterwards and share them with friends and family-members. Is a tradition that friends and familial should unite after they have finished their personal labyrinths to discuss their experiences and share their visions.

[konamouse]

i've been pretty quiet, watching all these amazing events unfold.
this is becoming the epitome of ARG. the world wide collective. the collaboration. the amazing experiences. that thrill when the site goes live and the location is determined. the electric energy going through someone's body when they find the artifact. wonderous!!

thank you all for sharing your stories with those of us left at home. it really helps keep us in this special world.

[Elizabeth123]

The Mythopoeia in me wants to do the personal labyrinth! Therapy indeed--And I think it'll make me really happy to be living this life after having made the right choices. But what the heck is the labyrinth register?

[danteIL]

Sounds to me like the register should be on the omphaputer, but I can't discover any new commands to make it appear or to create it...

[unagi]