Tufti the Priestess. Live Stroll Through a Movie

• Reality is a reverse mirror: here the reflection, there, the image.

• Physical reality is on the frontal side, whereas the film roll archive is on the reverse side.

• Physical force works in physical reality, meta-power works inside the mirror glass.

• On awakening, attention shifts to its virtual mannequin in the world inside the mirror.

You must be a little confused by the notion of falling into some world beyond the mirror glass without even noticing it? And perhaps not just a little confused but quite a lot. Don’t worry, my trembling ones, you actually fall into the mirror world every night when you go asleep.

When you awaken in waking life, when your attention stands at the awareness centre, you, or more specifically, your Self appears in the body of a virtual mannequin, on the other side of reality. In the moment that you become immersed in a dream, the same thing happens. The difference is that in waking, you have the reality on both sides of the mirror, the material and the virtual side. In a dream, reality and the mirror world are not concordant – the material world remains in place, whereas your attention flies far away into other worlds.

Plus the difference is that in a dream you sink ever more deeply into the script, whereas when you awaken in waking life (I see myself and I see reality) you free yourself from it.

Remember we talked about the fact that when you are not self-aware, the script pulls you along by the tip of your plait? So who or what pulls about your physical mannequin on this side when your hook is at your disposal and you are simultaneously in a virtual mannequin in the mirror world?

You pull yourself about. You acquire the ability to move things freely, both yourself and impending reality precisely because you are in the mirror world, beyond the glass, on the same side as the image. Only the image can propel the reflection, and not the other way around, you see?

Strictly speaking, the physical mannequin and material reality are not so much a reflection, as a materialisation of the image. One way or another, you can manage manifest reality (already occurred) from within the realisation frame, from in front of the mirror. However, the impending reality is still just an image. The image can only be propelled from within the frame of the image – from the other side, where the image is located. This requires shifting into the mirror world.

Now the whole scenario should be clear to you. Here, in this manifest frame, we have to manage – there, we can direct. And now we come right to the notion of meta-power. I feed my hope of even the faintest glimmer of understanding from you, my feeble-minded ones.

OK, OK, don’t complain, don’t cry, my little whip-smarts. What is the main difference between reality and the mirror world? Here, everything is material, there, it’s all virtual. As far as force is concerned, you won’t be able to apply it to an immaterial object or space, which is why here, what works is force, and there, what works is meta-power. From this side of the mirror: action, from the other side of the mirror glass: the motion illusion. So, what does this mean?

The whole point of imitation is that you don’t have the right to disrupt the established order of things. The order of things is such that you have to participate in the action and obey the script. Not a single character is permitted to jump out of the filmstrip or do whatever they please in the film. The script is not the result of any individual’s subjective will. It is objective reality, which is something you’re stuck with.

Objective reality is such that you are doomed to exist within it, like characters in a filmstrip. You may not agree, you may complain, but there’s nothing you can do about it. You may even try to defy it, but nothing will come of it. Whatever is shot on the filmstrip is what will occur. It is impossible to avoid the action, but you can imitate it. You can deceive reality.

Imagine that you have entered the awareness point and found yourself on the other side of the mirror glass. Everything around you looks just the same as it did before. You don’t feel as if you are observing events from somewhere beyond the glass. And yet, there you are. But now that you are there, you acquire the ability to compose reality and choose the film roll; not change the one you are in, not refuse to participate in the action but choose a different one, the one you want. Do you understand?

As before, you will still continue to play the role prescribed for you in the script and to perform your daily functions, but, unlike the other characters, whilst you remain in a state of awareness, you will get something more – the ability to replace the current film roll. At the same time, you retain a certain perspective as if none of it were anything to do with you. The order of things has not been disrupted; you are neither spotted nor caught and everything has turned out the way you want.

This is the imitation game. You wander round a motion-picture like a live character, making yourself out to be inert and you change the reel as you see fit. And nobody suspects anything, neither the script, nor the other characters.

Besides, you can never avoid the script. It is just that by setting reality you initiate a new one. The new script is not yours either, you are still within its power. But it will lead you to the desired result.

Should you hide from the other characters? However much you may like to stand out, I do not advise that you advertise your abilities. In the Middle Ages, people were burned at the stake for such things, and today, you could get tucked away in a quiet shelter somewhere. You are already a little loopy, so don’t be sleepers; don’t give your presence away; obey your priestess. I love you so much, I could kill you all!

Being Present

Hey, hey, and away! Come to me, my cunning imitators and artful pretenders, secret maniacs and hidden super-freaks! Did you enjoy the imitation game? Let’s repeat what we’ve covered so far.

• Physical reality is accessible here, in the materialisation frame.

• Access to the future is open only from the other side, in the image frame.

• You are doomed to exist in reality, like characters in a film roll.

• You cannot circumvent the script, but you can wake up and start another one.

• You change the filmstrip but continue playing a role, whilst hiding your presence.

Presence in a motion picture. What does that mean? Mostly, it refers to the presence of your conscious awareness of being – your Self, your presence as a living, competent and rational individual in an immutable motion picture. Although the film is spinning fast, it is already as predestined, as the behaviour of all its characters is predetermined.

Your presence there highlights you as awakened among the unawakened. You are consciously aware of your individuality and are aware of what is happening. Your behaviour inside the film is also predetermined by the scenario. However, your presence gives you the opportunity to change the film roll and switch from one to another.

To achieve presence, you have to come alive, give yourself a shake and determine your location: the image frame or the materialisation frame. In other words, where is your attention focused: at the central awareness point or on one of the screens. In essence, you are dual beings that can be both on this side of the mirror and the other.

You are present here when you are there. It’s a paradox. Failing that, you are absent, that is, you are in an incompetent state of non-awareness and entirely at the mercy of the script.