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: : The most important part of the law of fives is usually left unstated. The complete rule reads: all things relate in some way to the number five given enough ingenuity on the part of the observer. The law of fives is designed to cause the observer to edit his/her perception of reality to fit the law. Eventually, one may realize what is occuring and achieve a minor illumination. : I used to do a similar excercise in creative thinking with a set of nonsense phrases strung together into something like a poem. I then figured out just how it would apply to real life. If you are creative enough, you can link anything to anything else pretty easily. Let me see if I remember parts of it (I don't remember all of it, it was two years ago) : Watch out for the demon from behind the dark door : for those who defy the power of the demon : shall perish in the eternal flames of Mil Jornak : grey (red? I forget which is which) is the color of pain : and red is the color of death (I am not sure about this one) : all is pain, and all is red and grey : watch out for the demon from behind the dark door : for he shall destroy those who defy his power : and he shall defy those who attempt to destroy his power : (I think there is another stanza here, but I completely forget it) : Zentac-avril, Zentacca varil : And all for the Chickadee. : I even had a symbol to go with it. Draw 2 parallel, horizontal lines, the top one a little longer than the other. The longer one I will call 'l' and the shorter one I will call 'm'. Close the left side with a vertical line, and from the middle of l draw another vertical line down to m (it should be about 3/4 of the way to the end of m) Then, draw a line halfway up from the middle of the bottom side of the box you just drew, and draw a line halfway up from the remaining end of m, and another line halfway down from the remaining end of l. : Preferably, the symbol would be done in red and grey. Did you know that if you make any picture with a bright red and a light grey right next to each other without any gradations, it actually is nauseating to look at? The more such boundaries, the more nauseating it is. : If you are wondering exactly how I came up with this fairly idiotic stuff, stop wondering and don't ask. I have no idea myself. : If you are wondering exactly what I decided they meant, take my word for it that I managed to figure out something, but I forget exactly what. I probably could dredge it up out of my memory if I thought long enough, but the specifics weren't what I was trying to teach myself. I was trying to see how I would be able to deal with ridiculous beliefs - I think for a week or two, I actually believed all of it, but I am not sure. I do know that if I hadn't done that exercise, I would trust all my thoughts a lot more than I do. A good, solid, nonsensical, deliberate manipulation of my thoughts and beliefs is a good way to be able to look at all my mental processes objectively rather than immediately taking my logic for granted. I am glad for the experience. I also never want to do anything like it again.

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