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320 * WHAT COULD AND MIGHT BE incredibly unusual places our volunteers describe. This is because they are as much here as there. So the question about "inside" versus "out- side," as many volunteers posed it, really no longer has any meaning. The concept of these different levels of reality permeating and suffusing ours leads us next to the surprisingly common report by the volunteers that "They were expecting me," "They welcomed me back." The beings are at home working in this environment, and "it's business as usual" for them. We, on the other hand, can only gape slack-jawed in awe, barely able to respond. Since we usually do not see or feel these beings' presence at other times, it's worth wondering how they know when to anticipate our arrival. Perhaps before we see them our presence is less real for these beings, too. They might sense us, but not especially clearly or in a way that allows interaction with us. It is as if they see us, but only our images, as in a mirror or through a window. Thus, they could be ready, but not be able to act upon us until we step through the door or walk around to their side of the window. Think of an instrument that requires an extremely hot temperature to record and send information. While at room temperature, not functioning, it is a dusty gray color and appears nearly invisible as it blends into the background. When it reaches its operating temperature, in addition to being able to perform its new receiving and transmitting functions, it now glows bright red and stands out quite clearly. Perhaps by changing our consciousness in such a way that we perceive denizens of alternate planes of existence, DMT modifies the "appearance" of our consciousness, too. Thus we become real for the beings once they become real for us. How might these beings be even dimly aware of our presence, if we normally don't have an inkling of theirs? Once more, we're treading on extraordinarily thin ice by even thinking about explanations for this phe- nomenon. The mere need to attempt an understanding shows us how far afield our thinking has come. Nevertheless, we can take another small step in the suspension of disbelief, and consider this question. Perhaps we are not "dark" for the denizens of dark matter, or "parallel"