self-hypnosis

first there is a flicker of something.
then, you look at the flicker, from all angles, from the left, from the right, from the top, from the bottom. you keep staring at it, until it becomes a small flame.
the you do it some more.
the flame is now a raging fire, all consuming, impossible to ignore.
but you close your eyes, breathe, and see the flickr once again.
the next step is to blow it away...or start all over again.