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There are several reasons why practically all practitioners have such problems with false returns to the body. One of the main ones is a certain lack of confidence in one's own powers when maintaining the phase, which is remedied by intensifying one's intention and concentration. However, there is also a certain problem that is practically resistant to controllable solution and is brought about by the astounding characteristics of human consciousness during altered states: false memory. Sometimes, a cluster of false memories - yet quite detailed and emotionally-charged ones - will suddenly appear in a phaser's memory during a phase experience. This indicates that he has long been in the phase, and thus quite a psychologically accepting state. As a result, a phaser may not put up much resistance to a foul, or even control the foul himself. As soon as he returns to the body, he'll realize that the phase was actually much shorter than it seemed to his mind. Sometimes only a detailed analysis can uncover this uncommon problem and bring the practitioner to understand that he was not in the phase for the seeming 5 minutes, but merely 10 seconds. The prescription for this strange trick of the human mind is nevertheless the same: mandatory reexits from the body no matter what it seems or what one thinks, and if this is unsuccessful - reality checks. CONTROL An experienced practitioner will translocate within the phase and find objects in it upon first attempt when using any technique, or just pure willpower without using techniques at all. It's not hard at all for him to lift a house or a mountain with one finger, as his mind no longer harbors the biases and patterns of the everyday world. He can take on any bodily form and conjure any sensation, including those alien to human existence or human knowledge. In other words, if there is something a practitioner can't do in the phase, that means he hasn't reached a high level of control over it, and has something to work on.