Since reality is that which is One, you can only appear in a world with more than one by pretending to be there.

From Duality Hack #2.5 in Alexius’ Duality Hacks.

If you are tired of pretence and falseness and look for more authenticity, you deceive yourself. Everything you experience is fake because it takes more than one to see something, and there is no more than that which is One.

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You cannot decide to be that which is real because it is that which is One, and it takes more than one to choose something. But you can choose not to be in a world with more than one by pretending to be there because you are not where you pretend to be.

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Even though you know going to jail in a game is unreal, you may express despair as expected in your specific culture. You may do it intellectually in colder countries and emotionally in warmer countries. But regardless of your response, there is nothing honest about it. It is something you pretend to be part of the game – likewise, in the adventure of being someone in a world with more than one.

In Monopoly, different colours painted on cardboard represent various values in a world where you appear as a tiny plastic car. It cannot drive by itself. You have to do it per the rules of the game. Thus, you ‘drive’ slowly from colour to colour, supposedly far from each other, even though they are close. Everything is arranged so it is obvious where you are and what you have. But you are not in Monopoly, and whatever you seem to own has no value. Nevertheless, you can pretend to be there if you accept the game’s premise: to take everything from everybody so that you are the only one left with something.

If you do not follow this basic rule, you miss the game’s fun – likewise, when playing the game of being in a world with more than one. It falls apart if you think we are one and should share everything in peace and love. On the other hand, if you pretend to be someone separated from others, you have fun playing the game because you neither see separation nor the feelings it seems to entail as real.

In other words, do not try to change the game of more than one into something fairer per socialism, spirituality or whatnot, but have fun playing it per its rules by pretending to be someone in a world with more than one.

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According to traditional Eastern philosophy, the material world is an illusion. Therefore, if you are real, you cannot be there, like you cannot be in the world of a computer game. But you can pretend to be there.

You are mistaken if you think you feel anger, love or something else because it takes more than one to feel something, and that which is you is no different from oneness. No worries. You can easily undo the mistake. If you pretend to be angry, fall in love or whatnot, nobody is feeling it because what you pretend to be, you are not.

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You can only miss something if you believe there is more than One. Fortunately, you can undo this mistake by pretending to have more than One because what you pretend to have, you have not.

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Pretending to follow the rules of society sets you free from feeling restricted by them.

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The more you see that a world with more than one is make-believe, the more depressed you may feel until it dawns on you that you are not there. Hence, you are free to pretend to be what feels good.

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You can undo feeling wrong by pretending it, as you are not what you pretend to be.

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When you do not believe but pretend to be someone, you do not need others to confirm you are real because you are not what you pretend to be. Hence, you are free to enjoy all kinds of relationships.

If you believe biking, driving, and meeting friends are real, you want to experience it as something that approves your belief. But if you pretend to be someone biking, driving, meeting friends and whatnot, it is not essential how the experience turns out because nothing needs to be approved.

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Whether you believe in being someone or pretend it, what you appear to be is bound to end. Should you conquer the fear of death, you still die if you hang onto your belief in being someone. On the other hand, pretending to be it, there is no death to beat because what you pretend to be is not real. In other words, if you do not believe but pretend to be someone, only your contemporary role finishes when the brain expires.

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When you see and/or feel the body, it is similar to experiencing a dimensional world in a movie displayed on a flat screen. Like the dimensions in the film are a deception, so is the body. It is not substantial but empty space that the brain, like a magician, conjures into something dimensional. But that which is you is formless, so you are not a substantial being in the tangible world rendered by the brain. However, you can pretend to be there to enjoy the brain’s magic show.

Alexius’ native country is Denmark, but nowadays, he spends most of his time on a Spanish island close to Africa. Thus, he has to forget about Denmark’s minimalism and adjust to Spain’s maximalism. He must also adapt to a new language, currency, etc. But even though he enjoys doing that, he still feels Danish and far from home on the Spanish island.

That is not to say that one country is better than another. Instead, it is a metaphor to illustrate that the currency of spirituality is worthless when one appears in a physical world. You need tangible food, clothes, and friends to survive in a material world.

Of course, you can choose not to adjust and return to the formlessness of spirituality. But if you appear in a material world, why not experience it fully? You have nothing to lose. That which is you remains spiritual because it is formless, thus endless. So, although you appear as a limited being in the physical world, you are not there. It is something you pretend.

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Since you are not where you pretend to be, all you have to do to hack the belief in a world with more than one is to pretend to be there.