The Cleansing: Rand's plan required using saidar to push the taint off saidin - his plan worked because saidar behaves in a very powerful way when exposed to saidin; it gains extra "force"/"polarity"/"dynamic energy", and this force is what enabled the taint to be pushed off. It wasn't what Rand and Nynaeve did - it was the basic behavior of the two sides of the Power when brought together that enabled the taint to be Cleansed.
But I still don't understand how Rand could weave Saidar without being able to see the flows. I had the thought that since linking and using an adam create a similar scenario, that perhaps it's still Nynaeve's ability with the flows that makes them work, the same way a Damane is doing the actual channeling but the flows must pass through the suldam first. But, to my knowledge, Nynaeve didn't know exactly what she would need to channel, since Rand sort of just experimented with the weave.
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25/09/2009 09:33:38 PM
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Yes; somewhat.
25/09/2009 10:57:35 PM
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Re: Yes; somewhat.
26/09/2009 06:19:45 AM
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Why would saidar surprise him?
26/09/2009 03:40:23 PM
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Re: Why would saidar surprise him?
26/09/2009 06:34:04 PM
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He thought they were Aes Sedai who could not channel?
26/09/2009 07:02:42 PM
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He did not know they were Aes Sedai until after the mixed weave struck his warding.
26/09/2009 10:13:10 PM
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right...
26/09/2009 02:56:26 PM
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Re: right...
26/09/2009 07:49:21 PM
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Agreed, plus some numbers ...
28/09/2009 07:50:54 PM
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I don't agree with some of this
28/09/2009 09:37:13 PM
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Re: I don't agree with some of this
29/09/2009 02:39:46 PM
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Re: I don't agree with some of this
29/09/2009 06:07:56 PM
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Re: I don't agree with some of this
29/09/2009 07:00:28 PM
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Re: I don't agree with some of this
29/09/2009 08:25:19 PM
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I understand what you're saying ...
30/09/2009 04:04:17 PM
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Indeed
30/09/2009 04:32:37 PM
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Re: Indeed
30/09/2009 07:05:13 PM
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Some proof against your idea...
01/10/2009 03:37:48 AM
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Nice, thanks ...
01/10/2009 02:00:24 PM
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Re: Nice, thanks ...
01/10/2009 04:58:02 PM
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