My brain is racing again and I think if I let it go I will end up on top of another wave. So for me, perhaps the high state is conversation-induced, rather than drug- or meditation- induced. Yes, there are many ways to do this (no two operators are the same) and again, everyone picks whichever works for him/her. Lots of metaphors for lots of things. In fact, everything is a metaphor for everything else. Hmmm...

-- email excerpt to JF.