nice report, enjoyed reading it. the times i have encountered others i usually get made sounds at as if they are trying to communicate with me, mostly quacks, clicks, and other simplistic single syllable sounds. ive never been able to understand what they were trying to say but have understood some of it as it was accompanied by nonverbal gestures to convey the message.
as for controlling trips i have had both in breakthru experiences. most of the time i am being pulled or led somewhere and the trip is out of my control. however my last two i was able to make decisions concerning where i wanted to go in the world i had popped into. most recently i had a choice between going outside a house i was in or continuing down the stairs into the basement. i chose down and encountered 3 beings that were tossing around morphing geometric shapes to one another and to me when i arrived while quacking while they did it.
seems that more often than not i am being controlled in the experience but the beautiful thing about the spice is that its different every time.
much love.
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