Board Thread:Lore Discussion/@comment-24597741-20140125141421/@comment-4705438-20140125165126

What Flugsmith said.

CHIM ("Royal" in Ehlnofey) is a state of mind when you realize you are a fragment of Godheads imagination, part of the dream, and yet attain the love for yourself so you keep your personality.

So it goes: I AM I AND I ARE WE ALL

Somebody who has reached this state goes into a form of lucidity. Much like you would when you're having a lucid dream, those you have reached the state of mind are able to consiously change aspects of the world around them.

Personalities, who attempt CHIM, but fail it Zero-Sum (with an exception of Lorkhan). Zero-Sum is an event in which a person is erased from the dream and from the memory. Meaning, that he stops existing throughout the time, like he never existed.

We know two people who have succeeded reaching CHIM, it's Vivec and Tiber. Most other gods, aedric or daedric are most likely aware of CHIM's existence, but do not dare to attempt it.

It is believed, that Lorkhan's plan was to create the mortal plane as means to reach CHIM. What makes mortals superior in this, is that they have a solid and relatively unchanging personality, and have ambition, selfishness, that is required to reach the state.

There is however, the next step after CHIM - Amaranth. It's far less explained, but what we do know, is that by reaching Amaranth somebody becomes the Godhead and restarts the Kalpa. So... the schizophrenic dreamer also has a multiple personality disorder and changed into his own, made up personalities. This is the state of ultimate power and ultimate weakness. Vivec is aware of it, but doesn't want to attempt it.

This does not mean, however, that previous Kalpas disappear. It is believed, that Vivec has visited those, so it is possible that Kalpas remain somewhere in the Godheads memory and can be reached.

All of this is inspired by Eastern Religions - Buddhism and Hinduism and I'm sure you notice some similarities. Vivec himself is inspired by one of the Hinduist deities.

But, personally, I can apply the concept of CHIM to many real life things. For example your conscious personality is just a surface software and is controlled by all the background processes. And reaching "CHIM" would be a state of perfect rational (or irrational) control of your body.