The spice called but SWIM kept pushing away, as her last experience went so deep and impersonal that she felt violated in a very strange manner. This evening she felt the call and had the nerve; to verify, she tried an I Ching divination, yet decided to go without looking at the response. SWIM banished the working room using the Star Ruby.
Following advice on the Nexus, SWIM took a sip of water before each draw off The Machine. This very much helped calm her nerves and made the experience much more comfortable. The carrier wave appeared far away and deep, approaching and building in intensity. Suddenly she had broken through, and was in a triage setup with one nurse. The nurse had the demeanor of a technician; very, very impersonal but gentle and good at whatever job she was doing. She thanked SWIM for participating in these experiments, and strange dimensional objects began appearing in her minds eye, somehow separate from the environment. It reminded her of a vision test, though she could not ascertain any specific object to the work. Again, the entity thanked SWIM, and the breakthrough ended. Coming back down, she felt much much better than previously.
SWIM thinks the impersonal character, as experienced, with the intense stress previously, led to the negative vibes of her last journey. SWIM thanks Joebono for his thread; initially she had followed spiceman's advice to load The Machine up to ensure breakthrough. She thinks that she consumed far too much spice previously. SWIM has absolutely no apprehension about further journeying now.
When she returned from the ritual chamber, the I Ching response awaited:
46.Sh^#eng.Pushing Upward.:::||: Pushing upward has supreme success. One must see the great man.
Following advice on the Nexus, SWIM took a sip of water before each draw off The Machine. This very much helped calm her nerves and made the experience much more comfortable. The carrier wave appeared far away and deep, approaching and building in intensity. Suddenly she had broken through, and was in a triage setup with one nurse. The nurse had the demeanor of a technician; very, very impersonal but gentle and good at whatever job she was doing. She thanked SWIM for participating in these experiments, and strange dimensional objects began appearing in her minds eye, somehow separate from the environment. It reminded her of a vision test, though she could not ascertain any specific object to the work. Again, the entity thanked SWIM, and the breakthrough ended. Coming back down, she felt much much better than previously.
SWIM thinks the impersonal character, as experienced, with the intense stress previously, led to the negative vibes of her last journey. SWIM thanks Joebono for his thread; initially she had followed spiceman's advice to load The Machine up to ensure breakthrough. She thinks that she consumed far too much spice previously. SWIM has absolutely no apprehension about further journeying now.
When she returned from the ritual chamber, the I Ching response awaited:
46.Sh^#eng.Pushing Upward.:::||: Pushing upward has supreme success. One must see the great man.