Chaol, is it inappropriate to use strait vertical and horizontal lines with right angles instead of the jagged lines like in -s-p? Would a straight line with appropriately placed "boxes" suffice?
Thanks again.
Edit- I assume it would be, because it is mostly for personal use.
Quoting: MutantMessiah I was wondering the same thing, but came to the conclusion that the zig-zagging was an important part of mind mapping/reprogramming/shaping.
Also, I am teaching my kids Ec as I learn (assist others and you will be assisted), and am wondering if you could please provide a simple definition and some examples of their use for the symbols -PL (kata) and -P-L (booba).
On one of Chaol's earlier posts in this thread he noted booba was "changing" and kata is "continuous"
You are probably asking for additional clarification, if so it would be nice to get some examples. I personally considered synonyms to clarify the terms inernally, but it would be nice to hear Chaol's interpretation.
I marvel at how you guys even can learn this stuff... let alone use it. To me it is mathematical gibberish (but maybe not being a native english speaker doesn't help reading the instructions).
It is most important to understand that everything is YOUR perspective, there is nothing independent of your perspective. Once you "feel" or "believe" that, then you can know that some things are close to you (in reality, time, distance) and some things are distant from you (in reality, time, distance).
Then it is important to understand all that you perceive can be understood (internally, via perspective) as logic(rules, guidelines, law, etc), possibility(paths for logic to follow, potential, space, etc), interaction(relationships or possibilities with logic/logic with possibilities) or symbol(representation, definition, names, paradigms, etc.
Then you can map them out with logic to your left, possibility beneath you, interaction to your right and symbol above you.
Then you can choose to separate logic, possibility, interaction and symbol each into High(strong, better, more than it's norm), Neutral(normal, average, what you'd expect) and Low(less than normal, weak, worse) versions of themself.
Then you can create an input and output, using high, neutral or low values of logic, possibility, interaction and symbol to begin to notice the more subtle aspects of your reality that you may or may not have previously defined. It's kind of like metaphor.
Chaol has us map it out on a chart, then extract the characters and assign a visual(the character), auditory(the internal/external sound) to them, to better remember the meaning and allow your mind to quickly notice it as it appears around you.
I may have been a little out of line, but I am finding as I work to memorize EC, I perceive a kinesthetic(feeling) aspect to them as well with the left of me(my perspective), below me, right of me, above me thing. I hope to learn this is a bad idea before I have to unlearn it.
I hope this helps.
