Indeed, there is a real possibility that some people who try to use this book might end up needing the services of a psychiatrist or a local psychiatric institution. The situation just described, however, is obviously archaic. I believe, however, that serious breakdown can be avoided by following the cautions that have already been and will be outlined. Once we have submerged from the surface of our daytime self, we find ourselves suspended in our three-dimensional world. We encounter the communications we have spoken of earlier.
Feelings make themselves known like layers of water at different temperatures.
The difference between the undersea world of the self and the undersea world of the ocean is, of course, that everything we see in the undersea world of the self has been projected into it from within the depth of our own mind. This is a symbolic world and because it comes from deep within us, it all has meaning for us. We feel the puzzlement and the tidal pull of these potential meanings, and we know we are in a place which will speak to us if only we can learn how to listen. With our undersea senses, we can open ourselves to become aware of our inner distress. We feel the ache in our neck, we sense the diffuse upset and nausea in our bowel.