technique of concentration, I didn't even have to think about
procedures for maintaining. I didn't feel at all like carrying out
my previously planned tasks. I didn't need anything else but
to enjoy the simple pleasure of observing this little corner of
paradise. I felt like a stranger in a strange world, and was
very happy to have landed in such a place, and been able to
experience it firsthand. For this, I was sincerely grateful for
the phase. Something like this would never have happened in
real life. The thought occasionally came to me that this was
not simply my inner world, but actually some real one.
However, the laws according to which it operated went
against this. The only thing that could have startled me was
the realness of the situation. My inner world could not accept
such things, as I had already grown accustomed to thinking
about reality in a different way over the course of my life.
My presence in this paradise was threatened by the
possibility of my conscious awareness checking out, and me
subsequently falling asleep. I started to become quite worried
about this, and so had to perform some active exercises in
order to keep my awareness from submerging. Without
thinking twice, I decided to start talking with people there,
because this was always one of the most interesting things to
do. Unfortunately, everyone present there was unfamiliar with
me from reality. But that did not bother me too much,
because an interesting scene started to develop before my
eyes.
The two men started singing some songs, before that
they had been quietly sitting on a bench and enjoying some
unknown liquid from wineskins. From the tone of their voice
and their appearance, one could easily guess at the alcoholic
inspiration for their vocal concert. After singing the refrains of
some well-known songs, they graduated to obscene limericks
and jokes. That's when it got really interesting. I expected
them to recite only things that I already knew, but to my total
surprise, this was not to be the case. I stood there and
listened very carefully to everything. Even though the
limericks were funny, I was more shocked than amused, as I
had never heard any of them before. This meant that at that
moment, my brain was literally composing quite high quality
stuff on the fly, without any intervention in the process on my