Glyph Drill Down: Begin Journey Breathe XM Evolution

Glyph Drill Down: Begin Journey Breathe XM Evolution

Welcome to the Glyph Drill Down Roundtable. These weekly examinations of glyph phrases. If you are interested in joining in, please let me know in the comments. This is Faction/Level agnostic. ~@GaanEden

Glyphs are a memetic language imparting concepts to influence the human mind. In this Roundtable, we will discuss the following glyph sequence:

Begin Journey Breathe XM Evolution

What do you think it mean? Who is the sender and what is the receiver supposed to understand? How is this glyph sequence supposed to influence the human mind?


@Theoric / Enlightened
A concept some reject and others embrace. To begin a journey, embracing the XM that seeps into our world through portals. When picturing this sequence, I see myself walking down a path, the exotic matter of portals near and far coming close to me, guiding me to a future I do not yet understand. This is a sequence of Enlightenment with a darker twist. It appears to be almost a command from the Shapers, that we must begin our journey in earnest or all is lost. But why did the Shapers feel the need to remind us of the Enlightened goals? A battle cry or a silver tongued persuasion? Such is the mystery of the glyphs, and those that have written them.


@AdADefender / Resistance
Each new agent that accesses Ingress BEGINS his experience, led through what will be a vote - more or less long, more or less complex, with and within himself, through a world that sees for the first time with new eyes. His senses have never been able to perceive the XM, but the first steps of his wanderings, he is surrounded. The portals are everywhere, all around him. Within no time you will feel permeated by exotic matter, crossed and influenced by his presence. Perceive this new constituent of his life experience - and game - as well as appreciate the sunlight and the air around him in his BREATH. Something natural, indispensable. As his journey continues, while fulfilling his new agent duty, the change of his daily life, his habits and his way of dealing with others - in which now must again learn to recognize friends, teammates, opponents - evolving .

The proposed sequence could describe prophetically, first the “dawn” of a new agent, his descent into the field, its first movement and its top picks. Its progress. Poetically, his journey. Arrives to tell the anxiety we all have tried, at least once, working from behind the scanner, his eyes on everything and nothing, waiting for the emergence of a faction mate, or an enemy. Slowly, the game has made us grow, changed us, changed, adapted to something new. Analyzing the glyph positions, we head into the start, the beginning. The first point of everything, here, for us, the start line.

For a second, the action object, traveling. Centrally located, the apex of the string, the breathing. In particular breathing is what in more than one discipline and meditative martial art you need to check in order to master themselves and, as a logical consequence, again, its growth, both physical and spiritual. Their elevation of thought and attitude. The next step is the call for Exotic Matter, which will support during the trip, which will meet during the trip, what you will have to collect during the journey. The last glyph may represent the end of that journey: personal evolution. The growth in skill and finesse, tactics and knowledge.

The sender of this message may be the same network of portals. Like a whisper intended to anyone who can hear him. In the invitation to take its place as a “chosen one.” The term agent, in fact, can also be translated as an envoy, legate, who works for. Ingress WORK agents for the network portal, for its survival and expansion. For this reason, encourage those who are able to listen and read to carry out their trip in order to evolve, it seems to be a priority.


@Metamorphis / Enlightened
This week’s sequence could be translated to a short message - it’s time to move!

In order to breathe XM you have to go outside. If you do so, you’ll having progress in XM sensitivity.

For me, it’s definitely a Shaper’s sequence or even a message from Roland Jarvis. I’m really excited about what Resistance agents would think about.

There’s a second aspect in this sequence and it’s more a theoretical one - XM evolution. Hank Johnson wrote in his Nomad Hypothesis that there exists ancient XM. Could it be possible that this kind of Exotic Matter evolves?


@Ishira / Resistance
I could read this a few ways, without knowing where punctuation but I think I’ll focus on one this time as it brings up more interesting questions.

Begin the journey, breathe XM evolution. It’s very similar to another 5 glyph sequence, Breathe Inside XM Lose Self, but it isn’t saying we would lose ourselves in this new sequence. What is this XM Evolution though? Has XM changed? Is it going to change soon? For me, just as my curious self, this sequence peaks my interest with many more questions than answers and I want to dive head into figuring out what XM it is talking about. Some could argue it is Chaotic Matter, or Dark Matter and considering when this sequence came out and how it is one of the many Tecthulhu sequences, it is possible it is talking about the XM used to make the being. I personally believe there is more than just that.

As an Agent receiving this message though, is concerning. I take it as it telling agents we need to breathe XM to evolve and begin a new journey. We know XM can be dangerous without the proper knowledge and I doubt many of the agents that get this sequence understand that. To me.... It seems like a message that is specific for certain people but would be dangerous to the majority of the population. Almost as if we are being tempted to try something new without any warning of what it could do... I feel that out of all the agents in the world, there is only so many in investigations that understand the side effects or are actively trying to figure them out but the rest are still exposed and this message is pushing them to expose themselves more. To experiment more, and with that comes a great danger. Tecthulhu i think was a perfect recent example of this.... And i hope people have learned from that.


@GaanEden / Enlightened
I’m not sure who this message is from. It could be the Shapers. It could be the New Wavers. I think it is encouragement to look at the world—the portals, the network, the factions—in a new light. “XM Evolution” could mean anything. A personal evolution. A faction evolution. Portal evolution. I don’t know. The road to Enlightenment begins with a single step. The problem is, which path do you take?

I run these weekly—for the most part. If you are interested in joining in, please post in the comments. Or contact either Ishira or Metamorphis. This is Faction/Level agnostic.

Haerang Dong flint dille Edgar Allan Wright Linda Besh Andrew Krug Hank Johnson Stein Lightman H. Richard Loeb


Comments

  1. I had a thought reading the gdd. Have you ever been to a unique place, you never have been there before, where you could feel the presence of the portals and Exotic Matter? And when you opened the scanner, you could actually see portals?

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