Way

The Way of the Dream

Codex 1

• The Dream dreamed is not the Dream.
• The Avatar named is not the Avatar.

• The Unknown bounds the Dream and the Waking.
• The Named is mother of the Dreamed.

• Freed from desire you experience the Art.
• Caught in desire you see the evocation.

• Yet Art and evocation rise from the same source.
• This source is called the Chaos.

• Chaos born from Chaos, the Portal to all understanding.

Codex 2

• Beauty begets ugliness.
• Good creates evil.
• Coherence produces incoherence.
• Difficult supports ease.
• Long defines short.
• High depends on low.
• After follows before.

• Therefore the Adept acts without action, teaching without speech.
• Things arise and she lets them, they vanish and she releases them.

• Having without possessing, she acts without expecting.
• When her work is done, she forgets it; thus it lasts forever.

Codex 3

• Overesteem rulers and the people become powerless.
• Overvalue talismen and the people will steal.

• The Adept leads by emptying minds, filling bellies, weakening ambition, toughening resolve.
• He promotes simplicity and freedom from desire, creating confusion in those knowing and acting.

• Practice inaction and all will fall into place.

Codex 4

• The Dream is a well; ever used, never emptied.
• Infinite, it is the Source of all:
  • dulling will,
  • blinding insight,
  • quenching lucidity,
  • scattering resilience.

• Chameled, always present;
• Dreamsmiths unknown; older than god.

Codex 5

• The Dream is impartial, giving birth to good and evil.
• The Adept takes no side, welcoming sinners and saints.

• The Dream is like a bellows, empty yet infinitely productive.

• The more spoken, the less comprehended.
• Hold to the Balance.

Codex 6

• The Dream is the great mother,
  • empty yet infinitely creative,
  • giving birth to the limitless saga.

• Unseen, everpresent, use it effortlessly.

Codex 7

• The Dream is infinite and eternal.
• Why?
  • Never born, it is undying;
  • Desireless, thus present for all.

• The Adept places herself last and finds herself before all.
• Detatched from all, she becomes one with all things.
• Let go of herself, she is perfectly fulfilled.

Codex 8

• Good is like water, nourishing all without rivaling.
• Content in low places disdained,
  • Thus is the Dream.

• In dwelling, live suitably.
• In thinking, consider deeply.
• In conflict, be generous.
• In ruling, bring order.
• In working, act ablely.
• In action, mind your timing.

• Content in yourself, bring no contention.

Codex 9

• Evoke your blade too much and you will be filled.
• Reweave your shield too often and it will be destroyed.
• Chase font and talisman and your genning will never cease.
• Value approval and acclaim and you will be trapped in expectation.

• Do your work and step back.
• This is the Way to Dream.