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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.