02-03-2016, 02:47 PM
(This post was last modified: 02-03-2016, 02:49 PM by APeacefulWarrior.)
Yeah, collective minds are kinda hard to get a handle on at first.
The trick, I think, is realizing they aren't an either/or, but rather existing simultaneously as both individuals and gestalt. The individuals are "doing their own thing" independently even as they collectively add up to Ra, in vaguely the same way one's stomach and white blood cells and whatnot have their own existence while also adding up to the body as a whole. We're just talking about minds/spirits working in parallel, rather than physical components. The personalities are simultaneous and overlapping.
(Then for bonus points, consider that Ra is only one part of Q'uo, and realize that it's nested systems-within-systems all the way down.
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The trick, I think, is realizing they aren't an either/or, but rather existing simultaneously as both individuals and gestalt. The individuals are "doing their own thing" independently even as they collectively add up to Ra, in vaguely the same way one's stomach and white blood cells and whatnot have their own existence while also adding up to the body as a whole. We're just talking about minds/spirits working in parallel, rather than physical components. The personalities are simultaneous and overlapping.
(Then for bonus points, consider that Ra is only one part of Q'uo, and realize that it's nested systems-within-systems all the way down.
)
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