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Chapter Four Since I considered it a real possibility that such scenarios were symbols of some sort of psychological drama, I decided to take my subject even deeper, for another replay. I planned to use my “secret weapon” for getting in the back door of the subconscious. Well, it worked - partly. This time Pat managed to remember a parking lot. She could see the blue light growing, and she could feel the car leaving the highway. She described how she and her son stopped in the parking lot of a closed diner, just off the road, not far from the “billboard” from which the light emanated. Another skip, back to the traffic light 50 miles away. To say that I was surprised is putting it mildly. Whatever it was, it had something to do with an event somewhere between the parking lot and the traffic I tried again. I spent a few minutes deepening the trance even more. I also decided to take Pat out of the event and have her view it at a to get a description of what happened, and then later, the emotional trauma can be dealt with. I asked her to see herself in a safe place, inside a room, sitting in a recliner, resting peacefully, and in front of her was a television on which she could view the events from that night television. She could fast forward, rewind, turn it off; whatever she needed to do to feel safe and in control. I asked her to go to the beginning of the story again, and push the “play button” and describe what she saw. She was back on the highway driving through the snow. Along came the billboard and the light. I instructed her to use the remote and slow the action down, use the button that will advance the action one frame at a time. She saw the blue light in front of the billboard. She saw it growing. She felt some force taking control of the car. She felt the car leaving the road, turning into the parking lot while she was fighting the wheel. The car parked itself, and they were sitting there in the car, in the parking lot, outside the closed diner. They didn’t know why; they were waiting “What happened next?” I asked. “T wish that damn light would change”, said the woman. light: from a blue light to a red light. remove, on a screen. In cases of very traumatic events, this often works without emotional attachment. I then told her to visualize a TV remote control in her hand with which she could control the “movie” on the for something; someone was approaching the car. l asked her to describe who it was.