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 I  HAD   THIS   IDEA   THAT   YOU  COULD 
  CONSTRUCT REALITY CHECKS (AS FOR LUCID  
 DREAMING,  WHERE  YOU'D LEARN THIS HABIT 
 OF  TRYING TO  SNEAKILY BREAK THE  RULES 
 OF  CAUSALITY   OR  PHYSICS,   SUCH   AS 
 FLIPPING  A LIGHT SWITCH  TO  SEE  IF IT 
 ACTUALLY  TURNS  OFF   THE  LIGHTS,   OR 
 TRYING  TO  GET  YOUR  HANDS   TO  PHASE 
 TOGETHER.  THE THOUGHT BEING THAT IF ANY 
 OF THE "CHECKS"  ACTUALLY WORKED,  YOU'D 
 KNOW  YOU  WERE  DREAMING)   FOR  DATURA 
                  PLANTS.                 
                                          
 I THOUGHT,  YOU COULD GET  IN THE  HABIT 
 OF THROWING THINGS ON  THE GROUND,  LIKE 
    PENS. MEANT TO PORTRAY CIGARETTES,    
 BECAUSE  EVERYONE WHO DOES DATURA SMOKES 
 CIGARETTES.  (THEY IN  FACT  AREN'T, AND 
 SO  SOONER   OR  LATER   THE  CIGARETTES 
 DISAPPEAR, AND THEY  SEARCH  THE GROUND, 
 BUT  NOTHING'S THERE.) THROWING PENS  ON 
 THE  GROUND  AND PICKING THEM  BACK  UP. 
 AND BE  REALLY CONCERNED IF THEY WEREN'T 
               TO BE THERE.               
                                          
 THIS  IS  PROBABLY  NOT  HOW  DELIRIANTS 
 WORK.    BUT   I   HAD   THE    THOUGHT.