each side of the mind split instantlybecomes aware of each others thoughts as well, simultaneously and compounding. Thisappears to be something like telepathic feed back, much like holding two identicalmental mirrors facing each other. This gives an unnatural glimpse of mental infinity - amental reflection of a mental reflection of a mental reflection, continually compounding.When two identical minds connect, while separated during an oobe, the two identical setsof vision and thoughts create something that can best be described as a visual andtelepathic loop, compounding and feeding back upon itself in a never ending loop. Thisis an unnatural, incomprehensible, disturbing and possibly dangerous event for anymortal mind to experience.This uncomfortable and confusing state appears to only occur at close range and caneasily be avoided by not looking too closely at each other (physical and projected double)and by not thinking at each other at close range (within approximately twenty feet)during a real time projection. Note: this can only happen if both sides of a projector,physical and projected, are awake and become visually aware of each other during a realtime projection.This all goes a long way towards explaining why dreams and projection memories cansometimes appear so chaotic. The mind splits for a very good reason and the separatedcopies are meant to function separately.I have experimented with this phenomena many times during real time projections, afterdiscovering it accidentally during a powerful real time OOBE. I recreated the originalaccident and studied it because the original experience raised so many questions. I hadalways been curious of the way I could often feel my physical body while close to it, andthis mind split effect appeared to hold many of the answers I had been searching for.Like many other projectors, I had often experienced confusing anomalies duringprojections: of being aware of events and noises near my physical body, in and aroundmy house, plus being aware of my remote existence during a projection. This sense ofperceived duality, of having two different sets of perception, one physical and oneremote, has been reported by many other projectors but has never, I believe, beenproperly studied or understood.Double Trouble:Here is an account of one of the first times I experienced the mind split effect andmental/visual feedback:I had been meditating in my chair by the fire and returned to normal awareness as the rainstarted drumming on the roof. The weather was pretty wild and the wind was starting toshake the windows and doors. I looked at the clock, it was almost 3 AM. This was notunusual for me, as sometimes I will meditate all night. I felt well rested and full ofenergy and thought to myself Ive never projected in a storm before, I wonder what itslike? Closing my eyes once again, I relaxed back into myself and soon projected out ofmy body, using the point shift method, as given in Vol 1 of the Treatise. This method isvery similar to the method given by T.Lobsang Rampa in his book You Forever. While this method is more difficult than the Rope method, given in Vol 2, it is very effectiveand is the original method I learned