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of-place. Earth was not his true home; but instead this strange planet with the three spires. The breakthrough for him was tremendous. D: Doyoufeel like talking about it,ordoyou antto remove yourself from it P: Iwould like to experience it It'sjust difficult to talk about. I always give the subject this alternative when they encounter something traumatic. They can experience it or not, as they choose. If :hey feel uncomfortable or bothered by what they are seeing, I allow them to back offuntil they feel they can handle it comfortably. This had already worked successfully when Phil first encountered the D: Ifit bothersyou, you don't have to look atit. Doyou think thereis some- thing to be learned from this, by talkingabout it? P: (Very emotionally) It's a homecoming! D: Ifyou want to experienteas an observer, you can do it that way. He objected strongly. "I would rather feel it!" This was out of character for Phil. He had always had difficulty openly expressing his emotions. He tended to cover them up and would not even allow his family to see this side of him. This was strange behavior and Idecided to proceed with caution and allow him to experience this since it seemed to be very important to him. But at any sign that he could not handle this strange place, I would have immediately removed him from the situation. D: Tfyoufeelyou want to talk aboutit, that is good. It musthave a reason. P: I'ljust explain what it means to me. You can make of it what you want. This is... His voice broke down again. I gave comforting suggestions. He began to breathe heavily as though he was trying to hold back deep feelings and notcry openly again. I told him itwas good to talk about things and get them out and try to understand them. _ The Breakthroughto the Three Spires 93 scenes of other worlds. (Still sobbing) I'll be okay. Somehow I had to get him into an objective position removed from the emotions.