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Eye of The Hivemind: Gaia

The eye is an incredibly powerful organ!

If you can master your eyes. You can master most of reality. What do I mean?

Have you ever heard voices? Seen things that weren't there? Those with schizophrenia can go into psychosis and become manic or confused.

But why is it that there has never been someone who was born blind diagnosed with schizophrenia? Hearing voices should still be able to affect a blind person... right?

Psychosis and hallucinations are deeply rooted with 'vision' and the 'eyes'.

This all starts with sleep.

REM sleep more specifically.

Your eyes rapidly move back and forth while you are in a dreaming state. You have certain cycles you go through in sleep.

You already know how to go about "Path of Somnus: God's Death". Now I will show you how to start "Eye of The Hivemind: Gaia". The first thing you must do is mimic rem sleep.

I am aware your sleep pattern may be weird.

First. You want to lay down in bed on your back. Face the ceiling and open your eyes. Now have your eyes shift back and forth as if they were colliding with the borders of your vision.

This text was taken from Royal Road. Help the author by reading the original version there.

You want to start counting to keep track. Not the collisions, no. You want to count the seconds.

30 seconds.

Focus on nothing else but counting as you rapidly move your eyes. After 30 seconds.

STOP!

Now close your eyes.

Do the same thing. But less intense. But we will be doing something a bit... different this time.

I am aware you might not have access to dreams due to your unique circumstances. So we will be replacing the brain's role in this case.

Fatal Familial Insomnia

If you had this disease. You would not be able to sleep.

Eventually, you will die.

The key to "Path of Somnus: God's Death" is the 2,500 stage rotation. The key to "Eye of The Hivemind: Gaia" is the sleep cycle and your eyes evolution.

A artificial sleep.

It is tricking your brain into thinking it is asleep as you are awake.

WARNING!!!

If you follow "Eye of The Hivemind: Gaia". You will experience a bit of terrifying sleep paralysis. You will do such a good job that the brain will release most of the chemicals that it does in sleep. It'll just be in a smaller dose.

You will also go on a 'trip'.

We are constructing a dream after all.

But that isn't the main point.

The focus is on visual evolution.

You can imagine two locations in your mind right? Can you map how to go from one destination to another? That is what we are doing here.

We are removing the 'limiter' of your vision.

Allowing you to truly 'see'.

So let's start.

Lay down in your bed and imagine yourself walking in a forest. Clearly explore your surroundings and make a vivid mental map. As you scan your surroundings. Move your eyes in reality to match that of your fake body.

Now time for the secret sauce.

Change the 'time ratio' of this dream.

Did you think time in dreams was consistent?

Speed it up!

2X the speed!

3X the speed!

5X the speed!

Make it so 1 second in reality is five seconds in the dream world. You continue to explore the forest. You find a village. Go to the well. As you are doing this.

You'll notice something interesting...

Your eyes are moving slowly in the dream.

But in reality. Due to the time dilation. Your eyes are quite crazy looking. If someone were to observe them that is...

Pull the rope up on the well and retrieve the bucket. Inside, you'll find a pendent. Obviously, you've read this stage before attempting this. So you already have all the information you need in hindsight to generate the story.

Equip the pendent and walk to the only shack in the village made from brick.

There you will find 'Gaia'. A door to a stone maze. Where a fictional character will discuss some things with you.

It will whisper incomprehensible gibberish into your ears. This is the 'password' to tap into the secrets of "Eye of The Hivemind: Gaia".

Once it is finished.

You will find that 6 hours has passed and you have no recent memories. As for what 'it' talked to you about? It isn't even a real memory.

But if you were to look in your subconscious...

Another seed has been planted!

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