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Finally, Janet would close the intervening door, and through the intercom would say: "Well, Ingo, whenever you are ready. Take your time, don't feel nervous because that raises your blood pressure and distorts the brainwave feed-outs." At that point it was up to me. I hadn't the faintest clue of what to do to get out of body -- and this after years of having tried every recommended method except psychedelic drugs. But, as has already been mentioned, the first practice trial had somehow been a success. I was later to identify this as the "first-time effect," often experienced by gamblers, etc. In our working sessions thereafter, the "decline effect" soon set in, and if anything I only "got" bits and pieces of the targets. So the experiments got harder and difficult because failure was more common than successes. I had to practice not agitating my head or body since this disrupted my brainwaves. I thought my head must already be disrupted because I had agreed to do the experiments. At some point thereafter, I got to wondering why all of this had gotten harder rather than easier. So after a failed session, I decided to have another look at the experimental setup to see if I had missed something. At first I could see nothing amiss or wrong. So, during the next session, I examined my own behavior while attempting to float up and see.