HIGHER THAN A KITE
First, some quotations from the Web, illustrating the sense of "high" that I'm using. Then I will describe my method."I've been to about 30 John Otway gigs over the past three years though, partly in the interests of scientific enquiry and partly because I'm just an Otway junkie, and have left each one high as a kite." (interesting-- "junkie")
"So Sam's not so much walking as kind of floating, high as a kite, floating ... slow and cumbersome ... through corridors - endless white walled corridors. It mightn't ever end this walking, this maze wandering, yeh but it's all right, ain't it - all the sex junkies know what I mean, all the workaholics know what I mean, all the endorphin junkies, all the pill popping housewives, all the Anti-psychotic munchers, all the speed freaks, all the mainliners, all the truckies, all the power trippers, all the Next Big Deal business men, all the shoplifters - ain't it just the wildest high? all the food freaks who eat to ... stuff ... things down ..." (whoops-- violation of Rule Two).
"Once the pain stops, there's a lot of pain endorphins running around that have no place to go, so you actually get a huge high. I was high as a kite."
"KITE JUMPING has the kite lifting the flier up to three storeys off the ground and, theoretically, cushioning the return to earth. This has been banned on a number of beaches in the United States and Europe because of the high danger level...." (Um, well, that's not quite what I mean by "high" but in this context, "high danger level" is part of the "high" of the activity, no doubt. I think the adrenaline rush described in my method is stronger (and safer).
OK, that's "as high as a kite." With my method, you can get higher than a kite. As with any high, it's a good idea to be around some people who are not high (Rule Five) while you're doing this.
Off we go...
1- Go fly a kite.2- While the kite is in the air, imagine yourself standing on a planet, with a kite going away from you. (It shouldn't be too hard to imagine this.)
3- Now think about the fact that, in outer space, there's no real up or down. We only perceive up and down as such, because of the influence of gravity, muscle tension, seeing things fall, and so on. But that kite isn't falling toward you, is it....
4- Now forget about muscle tensions, forget about things falling, relax, take a deep breath, relax, just think about the kite.
5- Now imagine that gravity is reversed, and that you're stuck to the planet by magnetic shoes, and the kite is actually below you, and you're holding it up.
6- Look at the kite. Don't look up at it. Look DOWN at it. It's like holding a fishing line, there's a fish tugging at the line, no, it's a kite tugging at the line, you're holding the kite up. If you weren't holding it up, it would sink into the universe. Think about the kite sinking, drifting down, away from you, falling into the universe.
7- At this point you should feel scared, because you're stuck to a huge ceiling by magnetic shoes, in danger of falling into the universe. Look up at the ground. Can you see anything holding you onto it? Don't move! You might fall off!
8- Now the kite is below you. You're above the kite. You're higher than a kite. Literally, and probably in the psychoactive sense (having a chemically induced high, from your own body chemistry, and feeling disoriented, but with a deep inner sense of being OK).
CAUTIONS:
1- Have friends nearby. Seriously. This can be scarier than a roller coaster. Or you might get dizzy and fall on the ground.2- As with other highs, this one can be reproduced in your mind later, perhaps unexpectedly, and it might be distracting.
3- If thinking about falling into the universe is too scary, tone down your imagination and only think about falling into the sky. :-)
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