Illusion: A Duality At Work
(A difference in "Time", or a difference in "Space")

Illusion is a prime example of a creation which is governed by Duality; in that, there is a seeming dichotomy involved; in that, there is a seeming duplication between the first usage of the term Illusion (when having reference with The World of Illusion), and the second usage of the term Illusion (when having reference to a major division of the awareness factor within the envelope of the cycles of Life and Death).

The seeming duplication, and therefore the seeming confusion, comes from the fact that the nature of Illusion, itself, becomes the prime Steering Current which governs the experiences that are available to any life-form who happens to find itself on the fertile ground upon which Man is seeded.

What makes it even more complicated is that the illusionary aspects of The World of Illusion become the prime steering current governing Man's creation, and the creation of man's environment; even unto the governing of the nature of man's personal illusions; in fact, it is the very stage within which Man, the individual, plays his games. Still, the illusionary aspects of the major division of awareness seemingly duplicate the first aspect, but with a slight difference. The first aspect of the duplication of Illusion [The World Of Illusion] will, in and of itself, create the phenomenon called Reality (a special type of bubble within a bubble that will allow the Spell of Individuality to exist for each resident of the bubble called Reality), while the second aspect of the duplication [a division of awareness] creates but a tool for the life-form's edification.

What is important here is not the presence nor the absence of illusion, but the nature of illusion which is being duplicated via the laws which govern a continuum. The dichotomy involved is that two points from the same continuum are being used; and, each having the same label, to explain a prime phenomenon within which Man finds himself. One point of the continuum has created the special bubble which we call Reality, while the other point has become a basic tool for the powers of change (seemingly, the personal illusions that guide us in our everyday affairs).

Illusion as defined by the dictionary is a false idea or conception, a belief or opinion not in accordance with the facts, a false perception, conception, or interpretation of what one sees, where one is, etc.

If this be the case, then at what point does something become fact? More important, within our bubble of reality, if a something becomes fact for an individual, does that same something also become fact for the rest of the species? Do each of us operate within our own perceptional world (our personal illusions); as such, do our personal illusions subject us to our own personal interpretations? When does the illusion stop and the reality begin? When does what is fiction to one become fact to another? When/why does fact become fiction [could our belief system govern this]?

When we look at a distant star and see its light, is it reality that we are actually seeing the light as it is?... or, is it reality that we are seeing the light of the star as it was? When we look at starlight, do we think: How beautiful it was... or do we think: how beautiful it is... Which usage of the term illusion are we using?

What effect does this difference in usage have upon the reality of the moment? At what point were we taught by the realization of the difference of the starlight that there was, indeed, more than one type of illusion; and, did that realization teach that each type has different effects upon our reality as an individual, and upon our reality as a people?

Given the limits of our present belief system, how do we interpret such discrepancies... are they simply assumed to be caused by the observation of a difference in time?... or, are they assumed to be levels of reality? Does the bubble we call reality, within which we reside, truly allow for more than one time zone to have an effect upon our moment to moment experience?... Is it true that there is more than one type of time causing rippling effects during our moment to moment experience? Could the first be called LinearTime (a type of time that is affected by the Triunity factor; in that, it gives us a past, a present, and a future as reference points for our illusions)?... and, could the other be called FabricTime (a type of time that is only affected by the Now Zone of the moment; in that, there is no past; there is no present; there is no future; there is only the now, and in the now, everything is happening all at once, giving the appearance of a single level, a single moment's time/space is governing the reality of the moment in question)?

Some believe this to be true. Some believe that it is the interaction between these two types of time [Linear-time and Fabric-time] that gives us the different illusions mentioned above. We are reminded of the First Law Of Illusion, which states:

It is The World of Illusion which is the driving force for reality; and, within that reality, it is the level of observation which creates the phenomenon; and, within each phenomenon, it is the Law Of The Moment which dictates the needs of the situation which brings forth the stage upon which we play our games; and, within these games, it is the interaction between the needs and the acquired needs of The Law Of The Moment which determines the roles we play in any given life; and, during any given life, it is the drive to satisfy the rewards of our needs and the acquired needs of our dreams, of our hopes, and of our desires that will determine the interaction of the Six Points Of Power over our emotions within any given Illusion; and, with the satisfaction of our Illusions, The Magic Circle is fulfilled upon that level of experience.

It is no secret that reality for the TwinSpecies:Human--the male and the female, has changed over the years. In the past, the thoughts that steel would fly through the air or, steel will float upon the sea without sinking would be enough to have the thinker placed in an insane asylum. If reality is so changeable, then what is the true nature of reality?... is it simply just a bubble of space/time that is being affected by the spirit of the present Now Zone?... simply a point of view that allows the momentary limits to shape our thoughts of what can be, shall be, for now from which we operate, from which we assign temporary limits for the sake of our governing beliefs, for the moment? Do these, governing limits give us our illusion of sanity from moment to moment?... allowing some to continue with their lives; allowing others to be committed because their reality is too unstable?

With respect to the ever changing reality that governs the now, how do we even know that the light from our Sun is not being altered (in some way) by some invisible force that lies between the Earth and the Sun? As far as scientists know, there is nothing between the Sun and the Earth that has an effect upon the sunlight that reaches us. That is our reality, for now! To us, this fact is not an illusion...; but, in some distant future, a scientist might discover some invisible, unforeseen force that is, indeed, altering the sunlight before it reaches us. Needless to say, should that occur, what becomes real at that moment would have been just an illusion. Again, Reality would have changed;... and with the change of reality, a different set of possibilities would now rule. Is Man, because of the nature of his reality, condemned to be ever unstable?... depending upon the governing now zone of the moment at hand? It would, indeed, seem so. Such is the nature of reality. Such is the nature of illusion. We are, again, reminded of a law: It is our illusions that set the limits of and the boundaries for our reality; and, the law: It is the needs of our reality that spin our illusions.

What really matters then is how the illusion or the reality is serving us. Is it the most appropriate illusion or reality for the circumstances we find ourselves in? Will the illusion or reality serve all, or just ourselves?

It is written that it is the level of observation that creates the phenomenon. To better understand how this could be true, let us consider the interplay between one or more humans, between a human and the illusion that governs the moment, and between the different realities within which humans operate.

Please consider the following moment's a happening: a baseball player is at bat and strikes the ball with great force, sending it speeding through the air toward an outfielder. Is the ball speeding away from the batter?... or, is it speeding toward the outfielder?

Of course the answer is that the ball is doing both! How can a situation be so diametrically opposite, and yet be both true? The answer lies in the level of observation of the illusion of the observer. The law illusion is the driving force for reality as perceived by the observer governs the moment..., and that becomes the moment's reality.

The batter sees the ball moving away from him. The outfielder sees the ball coming toward him, yet the traveling ball has not changed its direction to accommodate both observers. Some spectators will say the ball is coming towards them. Other spectators will say the ball is moving away from them. Some will say that the ball is moving merely from right to left; not toward or away from them at all. So many views, so many perceptions, so many illusions..., how can they all be right? The answer is, of course, that the observers are, themselves, the variables; not the ball, nor its direction.

There are no two illusions which are the same regarding which way the ball is traveling; there are no two perceptions which are the same; there are no two sets of facts which are the same; there is only the relativity of truth from one person to another--it is based upon the level of observation. However, based upon this relativity, we can create a common denominator amongst all observers. We can limit our personal truths and integrate our truth with the truth coming from all the other observers, to form a greater truth, a greater illusion--the baseball game, itself. This is done by adjusting our points of view to allow for everyone else's point of view. In this particular case, the relative points of view do not matter--we simply enjoy the game as we saw it. The fact that there were as many different games as there were observers does not govern our illusions of the game--thus we have difference within sameness.

There are other cases, however, when the ability to see, or the ability to perceive the many different points of view becomes important to the laws that govern our own limited point of view--the ability to see into the future.

If a seeker wishes to train in the way of visions, a good place to start is by projecting the personal illusions into what would be other people's vantage points; by limiting the personal levels of observation to the levels of observation of the observer in question--it is a type of What If game, wherein we can see how they see, as opposed to how we see.

Once this has been successfully accomplished, the seeker can use the power of language to create a common truth . The common truth may appear paradoxical, depending upon the seeker's understanding of the laws of the illusion that is being looked into. It must be remembered that when two sets of illusions are involved, there are also two different states of reality being governed by two different sets of belief-systems. What is more important is the understanding that, within each's domain, both are valid, regardless of the seeming contradiction between the two.

It must be remembered that when a seeker is looking into another's illusion, illusions (something that does not necessarily have the ring of truth in one set of belief-systems that is governing the moment at hand) are facts (something that does, indeed, have the ring of truth in the belief-system that is governing the moment at hand) and facts are illusions--the observer sometimes has difficulty determining where facts begin and where illusions leave off. This will change from moment to moment as the seeker observes the goings-on within the observed illusion. Needless to say, the propensity toward prejudices govern greatly with respect to the clarity of the vision that is being observed.

Depending upon what an observer perceives, and depending upon the limits of the observer's preconceptions, the observer's belief-system will still determine the truth from the fallacy, the facts from the fiction, what is illusion from what is reality.

In truth, not enough can be said about the World of Illusion. There are so many aspects, so many levels to an illusion. Hundreds of volumes would be needed to explain them all. There are, at the very least, nine levels of definitions assigned to each of the words of the language that are used to explain the illusion. However, it is within the scope of this writing to touch upon at least one important point.

Ideas, composed of these nine levels of words, are yet another aspect of illusions; many ideas, being by their nature abstract, manifest themselves [by way of the thoughts of the observer] from illusion into the moment's reality. As well, reality, being another aspect of illusion, albeit not always so abstract and not always so solid, is not only illusion but reality, as well.

This brings us to the important point at hand. Reality is, indeed, made up of 50% illusion [what is not real] and 50% reality [what is real].

On one level, reality is referred to as being what seems to be everybody's agreement that certain things are true for everyone. In conjunction with this reality, illusion is referred to as being how each person views this agreed upon reality. An example of an agreed upon reality for everyone can be found in the many laws of science which seem to be common to life on Earth.

For example, the laws of gravity; these laws seem to be universally true for life on Earth; thus, it is an agreed upon reality. How each individual views gravity is another matter. Here is where illusion collides and/or mingles with reality.

I may perceive gravity as an obstacle to human evolution--because gravity traps us on the surface of the Earth. Someone else may see gravity as a blessing--without gravity we would fly off the Earth as it spins through space. Still, another may see gravity as a tool that brings fresh water from a stream high in the mountains to a farm's fields low in a valley. Still, another farmer whose farm lies high in the mountains may curse gravity because it draws water away from his fields. What is a curse for one is a blessing for another.

There are many such differences in the levels of observation. On the one hand a child dies in a tragic car accident; on the other hand, that death allows another individual to continue life by using the organs of the accident victim. On the one hand, garbage is thrown out by one individual; on the other hand, that garbage becomes food for lower species, thus allowing life's cycle to continue. What is reality for one may often be illusion for another. The sweetness of life for one individual may be a virtual hell for a different individual.

When it comes to the interplay between illusions and reality, even the very laws of science are not always what they seem to be. Please consider the following interplay between different levels of existence, between different levels of observations, and between different levels of reality.

The law of science states that within this reality [within the reality of the Physical Universe], Matter exists in three forms/states--1. solid, 2. fluid, and 3. gas. The Magi of ancient Lemuria did not believe this to be true. The ancient Magi did not believe that Matter even existed as we know Matter to exist. The ancient Magi believed that all Matter was the same throughout all of the many different Universes, regardless of a particular Universe's base element (it was believed that there was a different Universe for each of the natural elements; that we lived within the Universe that was carbon based). It was believed that the different states of Matter came into being within the reality of the moment only because of the observer's limited level of observation.

Indeed, today's science is only now proving the observation of the ancients to be a correct observation, as far as the tools of today's science will allow. What they will allow in a few years could prove that today's religion is, indeed, tomorrow's science.

When scientists use today's tools to look more closely at what they call solids, they have two interesting observations. Firstly, what they thought was solid is composed mostly of what seems to be empty space... the ratio between what is a particle of Matter, with respect to what is empty space is very heavily balanced on the side of empty space--there is far more empty space than there are particles of Matter.

Secondly, the particles that are observed that make up the seeming solid Matter are not always there to be observed; it seems that the particles that make up Matter blink into and out of our Physical Universe in yet unknown cycles. While Matter is always solid, always present from our level of observation, the particles that make up this observable Matter are sometimes real [they are sometimes there to be observed] and are sometimes illusion [they are sometimes not there to be observed; they have blinked out of this reality].

The juxtaposition of reality and illusion is constant and ever changing, depending upon the level of observation. The variable is not the seeming laws of creation, nor is it the seeming cycles of these laws. The variable is, indeed, the limits of the tools which the human mind possesses to observe the specific laws which govern the reality of the moment. It is said that if a seeker starts out on his seeking journey with an empty mind, the chances are greater that the seeker will find higher truths than if the seeker started out with preconceived ideas of what he was looking for. We are reminded of the law that states: Life-forms place their limitations, their limits where they can be easily found. As such, if seekers seek their limits, those limits will always be found where the seeker placed them.

The implication of the above law tells us that an individual will never be able to go beyond what they believe to be... they will only be able to see what they believe is possible, given the relative limitations of the belief-system that governs the moment.

All of life's laws and creations have already been created. All that can exist already exists. It is we who must change, if we are to become more than we are.