I've been having difficulty in managing trigger effects, physical effects, and hallucinations, so have restricted myself to simple inductions, deepenings, and awakenings. No triggers, no ultimate slavery or ever-growing hard-ons, no turning myself into a pigeon whenever I hear the words "illustrious gestalt."

And there has been an effect growing. I'm going deeper, faster, and that's lovely. Today, I pursued Cardigan's deepening, and after entering the door in the garden (which I am seeing with detail and clarity now, an improvement), I met myself.

There was conversation, although I could barely hear the me that I met there, and don't remember it. Interesting. Bizarre. And clearly not a dream. I don't seem to know what to think, so I'm just accepting it at face value and seeing what comes of it.