Assimilation

It opened with these words:

"The degree of a person's madness and abnormality depends on the degree of divergence between their personality and essence."

"The closer one's understanding of oneself is to one's true nature, the more enlightenment one can attain. The greater the gap between one's imagined self and one's true self, the madder one becomes."

"No one has ever truly seen their own soul, nor can they see it. Yet by sensing the traits of other aspects of themselves—especially their 'passions' in different circumstances—they can infer the shape of their soul and thereby confront reality."

"Gnosis is the field of vision of imagination. One's understanding of everything in the mundane world originates from one's understanding of oneself. If that understanding is too shallow, it will limit the growth of one's Gnosis."

"..."

Gilan kept flipping through Dream of Myriad Flowers.

Its profundity far surpassed that of the Iron Thorn Meditation Method. Drawing upon Pala's vast knowledge and combining theories related to magic and soul studies, it was a meditation method he had developed.

Because it was so obscure and difficult to understand, Gilan found it quite strenuous to read.

The practice of Dream of Myriad Flowers required the aid of a specific magic circle for meditation. Beginning from the field of vision of imagination, one would observe oneself within lucid dreams, using oneself as a "prism" to refract all things in the world.

When one's emotions changed, the scenes one observed would also change accordingly. The more intense the changes, the more pronounced the improvement in Gnosis gained through this meditation method.

It consisted of four stages.

They were "Facets," "Snowflakes," "Fireworks," and "Cycle."

Gilan made a rough estimate.

The meditation efficiency of the first stage of Dream of Myriad Flowers, "Facets," was actually inferior to the "Twelve