When I saw a craft close up and personal, every time I thought about it, a thought triggered in my mind, “This isn’t important...” or some such thing (it has been so long I forget the exact phrase that was used). And I remember KNOWING it was some sort of post-hypnotic suggestion, but I couldn’t change it. I didn’t tell anyone for a long time. I wasn’t scared either.
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Will do about the pings.
Have you ever posted a narrative about your experiences on FR?
Would be great if you were brave enough.
Many folks without an experience have all manner of assumptions and conjectured assertions as though said assumptions were solid fact.
Evidently the EXPERIENCE is enormously soooooo outside of common experience, nonexperiencers don’t normally have much of a clue what it’s REALLY like.
Now here's a response that holds water.
Bookwoman, unlike the narrator of the story in the article, describes a believable experience.
What Bookwoman describes is a "flat emotion affect" produced by a post-hypnotic suggestion. Completely understandable and conveying credibility!
The comment in the article (regarding which I made the original comment about the story breaking down) had a touch of adolescent braggadocio (even though it seemed to be written by an adult from memory). The young braggart not only mentioned his lack of fear, but he described it as not curious but indicative of the qualities of courage and leadership (he compared himself to his friend's fearfulness and showed how he began to direct his friend's actions in ways that underscore the childish puffery).
Of course, just observations on my part...but I have been trained to separate substance from bullsh!t (even the hint of bullsh!t).
The story in the original article may may not be bullsh!t, but there is an unmistakable "hint" of it present.