2017-11-05 at 2:48 AM UTC
The following conditions appear in the light of experience & reasoning to be favorable to the experiment.
The experiment must take place in such conditions, physical & psychological, that distraction is minimized. (e.g. choose a quiet spot & time, let the mind be free from care or preoccupation.). Let the experimenter be thoroughly awake & alert, free from physical fatigue, & in sound bodily health.
The process of intoxication should be exceedingly gradual. The free nostril should be applied to the neck of the flask, but no attempt made to exclude air from the lungs. The criterion of proper administration is given by the time occupied, which should not be much less than 2 hours from the beginning to the moment of losing consciousness. If properly done, a very small amount of Ethyl Oxide is required, say 1/2 oz. (The time will vary with the expertness of the experimenter; one can quicken up when one knows how to maintain full control of the thought-stream.)
The experimenter should already be expert:
a. in analyzing his thoughts; so as to be able to detect the character of any thought & to understand precisely why it has superseded its predecessor. (He should have some experience in detecting the subconscious links between successive ideas. "the words of the insane are mountain-tops" etc.)
b. in controlling his mind so as to be able to reject any thought which is not in the logical sequence of his chosen subject of meditation. (Per contra, an apparently alien thought sometimes belongs, import antly, to the course of analysis.).
c. in concentrating his mind so that during the whole period of the ex periment he is able to maintain uninterruptedly the analysis of the chosen subject of his investigation. (The beginner should select a problem which really interests him as deeply as possible.)
He should already be expert in Mantra Yoga to the point when, having hone to sleep repeating his mantra, it should spring instantly to consciousness on awakening (either naturally or if disturbed) without any effort of recollection.
He should be sufficiently expert in Yoga to be able to discover the concealed meaning of any thought. (This is the essence of the process. One begins by considering any particular opinion or feeling proper to one's character, & proceeds to eliminate the accidental circumstances which have determined its form; until one discovers its root in one's original nature. For example, one begins by reflecting that one dislikes a given color or is attracted to a given system of philosophy. These phenomena are merely symbols of the shape of one's soul, so that an aversion to red height be connected with one's fear of death, or one's sympathy with Herbert Spencer significant of one's intellectual habits.) Psychoanalysis assists one to some extent: but avoid accepting the conclusions of other people, or allowing any theory to prejudice the analysis.
2017-11-05 at 2:50 AM UTC
I was barely conscious and saw only size distortions and had no thoughts. My mind was clear. The aliens came and were very real. But they ordered me to commit suicide, as I had seen them and it was unacceptable. If I don’t commit suicide now, they will kill me slowly and painfully. That was all I could think. And I must say that I was very close to actually doing it.
