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[styggian-nights.livejournal.com]

Here's something that I have wondered at one point, but which I never came to a satisfactory conclusion to.

I feel, on some levels, that my people (those people that live inside my head) may not actually be inside my head, but that it is more like a twisted sort of telepathy or clairvoyance. Assuming for the moment that multiplicity isn't simply a "disorder" and nothing more, what if it isn't so much that we have multiple voices, but instead that our thoughtwaves are aligned in such a way that we can connect from across time/space/realms?

Sometimes I feel like with my people I am watching them in their own world rather than giving them space inside my head. Perhaps their world is just another dimension of this one, or maybe it even is this world? (I find the later doubtful, but it's still a thought.)

Maybe our brains are a receiver, picking up these other people?

This stems from a discussion I had a year ago or so, and I thought it was interesting, so I thought I'd post it here. Has anyone else had thoughts like this?

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[kyouketsusha.livejournal.com]

Have you read about gateway systems (http://www.astraeasweb.net/plural/faq.shtml#gateway)? :)

[styggian-nights.livejournal.com]

That was interesting. After reading it, I feel that I am the "original" person that has invited "others" to share with me. No one else co-ops my body either, even if I get seepage from them.

It definitely makes sense, though I prefer to refer to my brain as a nexus instead of a gateway XD I think it's the same general idea, though.

[tej-agni.livejournal.com]

I've experienced this while dreaming.. there are times when I know I'm sharing a dream with someone other than myself..

with the telepathy.. that's how I communicate with the spirit beings who are around me.. that form of communication is different than when I'm hearing the others in the group.. when I hear the group, they sound separate from yet.. yet also within in a way.. when I hear the spirit beings, it comes from outside the body.. it almost sounds the same when I'm actually hearing it.. yet it's the direction it's coming from that's different.. I don't know if that makes sense though..

in a slightly different route.. I'm empathic.. which means I can tune into and feel other people's emotions.. so I do know that it is possible to pick up waves from outside of yourself and experience it.. I don't think I've actually picked up thoughts from outside of myself.. at least randomly.. I'm not positive on that.. emotions, yes.. Kalli on the other hand has been able to pick up thoughts from outside..

but as for the other people in our group only being thoughts we're picking up from outside of ourselves.. I know that's not true for our group.. if it were, then it'd always be random and would constantly change.. those of us in the group wouldn't remain here with this body for years.. the thoughts would change depending on who was around us.. so, it's an interesting idea, and I think that it could be possible.. but it isn't that way for us.. *warm hugs* -Amirah

[styggian-nights.livejournal.com]

Yeah, I don't pick up thoughts from the people around me, just my "head people" as I like to call them. Maybe it's a very narrow band telepathy? XD I think I am empath as well, I am very easily influenced and upset by other people's moods, though I have gone a long way toward mentally shielding myself from them over the years.

[spiral-seeds.livejournal.com]

I have felt like this in the past.
There was a time when I was part of another world which I do not believe to be in my mind. It was like being able to travel across space. It's a bit confusing to explain in just a few sentance though. But basically, I now believe I was able to somehow enter the body of another who lived in this world. Another member of our system was able to do this as well. This is just the reverse of how I experience our current system, where others are able to enter my body and share mind space. And I believe many of the sytem originated from outside of the body, even if only in part.
Currently we do not have a communal world.

[styggian-nights.livejournal.com]

With some of my people I feel as though I'm watching them from a distance. As far as I know I have never traveled to their world though. I'm always in control of the host body, but I will "speak for them" which entails listening to what they say and transcribing it.

It seems to me like there are people peeking into my mind from a distance. I can feel them there. It's hard to describe, but it's like a light weight sitting square in the middle of my brain, just the vaguest hint that there is something resting on me.

Some of my people I believe to be internal and some are external. I like "inviting" new people so I can speak with them and learn about them, but most of them are fairly well rooted and quite happy to stay where they are.

I do wonder why there are so many variations to this experience though.

[spiral-seeds.livejournal.com]

There are many variations, but there seem to be many similarities as well. I suppose it's like that with most things that happen to anyone. For example, a group of people who all live in the same town wll all experience their lives differently, even though they are all living in the same place. I'm not sure if that's the best comparison though.

[duckbunny.livejournal.com]

The reciever theory makes more sense to me for larger systems. I can see how one brain might give rise to four consciousnesses, but thousands - millions? I have trouble believing that all those people are resident in one brain.

[rabbitsystem.livejournal.com]

That was us.

[styggian-nights.livejournal.com]

I definitely prefer the receiver theory, yes. It makes a lot more sense to me, and I certainly don't think my people are entirely just fractured pieces of my own consciousness.

[styggian-nights.livejournal.com]

After reading the page linked above, I'm inclined to believe that what I have is a gateway system as well. I have one that I would truly call a soulbond, and the rest I am connected to in a different way, it isn't so integral? Something like that.

[crystalseraph.livejournal.com]

We feel the same way. Each person here has an entrance to their reality with the points gathering at a nexus. We don't know if the realities are internal or external, but our own worlds are all very real to us.

[styggian-nights.livejournal.com]

Definitely agreed. I've often called my head a Nexus, and I believe I have a variety of types there; one soulbond, and the rest are walk-ins of some time or they connect with me in a different way. I don't really know how to explain it all though, I'm still trying to fully understand it myself.