LESS IS MORE AND MORE IS MORE
It may seem to you that my above explanation of a quick-travel is concise. You're correct. (Tell them what they've won, Jacko. IT'S A WASHER AND DRYER!!! Applause sign lights up. Clap clap.) I have indeed, made those instructions brief and to the point.
I could go on and on relating the fine details of visual-destinations. Why this or that happens. Why it works one way this way and this way that way and why this is like this and that like that. Don't get me started.
Traveling is a bit like riding a bike (to borrow an old and overused metaphor). You learn the basic mechanics of foot to pedal. You are shown how to balance and watch as others successfully ride down the street. You put this modicum of information together with a set of training wheels, and it still comes down to falling on your butt a few times, dusting yourself off and getting back on until you get it right.
In fact, even if I were to end this book right here, you'd already have more than enough to go on. You actually have more knowledge at this point, about getting out of your body, than I could accumulate during many years of trying this and that. Pathetic, I know. But there was very little practical information available back when a was a lad.
But if I did stop here, I'd be leaving out the most important parts of traveling (steps 4 through 7, to be precise). I'd be giving you a bike metaphor without training wheels or proper tire inflation. The gears would be stuck and the brakes missing. In short, you'd have scads of fixin' before the ride or you'd fall on your butt non-stop. It's the same with traveling. There are certain checks and balances that dictate a good ride. Movement and direction are dictated by the "mechanisms" that come into play when you're nonphysical.
More Memory O' Me...
I'm eleven. I'm falling
slowly down the stairs again. No, I'm floating. It won't hurt
when I reach the last step. Don't be afraid.