The change was instantaneous, no sense of movement whatsoever. The bright glowing figure was in front of me. I was aware of the radiation, but it was quite comfortable. (Very proficient, Ashaneen.) And progress, too. (There have been many changes. We believe you are ready for the next —how do you call it?—step.) It was not a percept, but I wondered idly if that was a polite way to inform me I would no longer return to the physical. Well, I could go add some music to Charlie’s sunsets, or … (That is not the step we have planned. You will know when your physical body release is to take place. We will not need to inform you. Nor do we plan or participate in such release unless you request it. You have much to complete prior to such change.) I received that information with mixed emotions, one great part of me yearning to get on with it, the other reaching back to physical earth and the deep, poignant emotions I was sharing there. I remembered many years ago, during a strong pressure point, when the option to stay or complete release from the physical was available to me—and I agreed to take the physical as long as it was operational, whatever the situation, because I wanted to find out what happened tomorrow. Curiosity! (We have explained to you that it is one of your assets. Completion of this next step will provide you with many answers.) There was very much a missing element in the pattern, and nothing in this world would prevent my curiosity from seeking the answer. (Nor out of this world. You need no longer stay closed for the shift.) I managed to stay calm, but expectant. CLICK! We were on the far rim of the outermost ring. I could recognize it from the very thin ambience of haze. The soft white forms were all around us. I could perceive my INSPEC friend was with me, but there was no glowing form.