I woke up an hour early and played with the idea of taking a bath and listening to my clock—to try and get back on track. But that would have put me almost an hour behind, and, besides, i didn’t know if i had the patience anymore, at this time, to sit in a bath long enough to really get something out of it. But without my metronome—and regulating my breathing, i felt a little estranged from myself—as if i needed some degree of meditation, and the help of a ticking clock, to really regulate, and get centered. So i brought my clock close to my computer, where, if i listened closely, I could make it out over the sound of the dehumidifier, which i ran, in the basement, with me, in the mornings, when it was warm outside. I wished i could hear it a little better, for this, but i was anxious to listen to my clock, and incorporate more meditation into my writing, right now. That meant that i took a breath for three seconds and exhaled for three seconds when i was paying enough attention to it, which was a little longer than I normally breathe. When i was living in Mormon town, after having lost my mind, and continuing, over time, to lose my mind, I used to listen to the clock all the time, and count a three count, a four count, or an extended count—inhale in for four seconds and exhale out for eight seconds. Despite losing my mind, and listening to the clock too much, I still believe that it was the clock, and my mindful, regulated, measured breathing, that made it possible for me to tap into the 5D universe—and many of the ideas that i still draw from today. The life, then, was an experiment born out of a desperate attempt to both occupy myself and maintain my sanity, and, although i went off the deep end, the experiment, in and of itself, led to valuable results.