(1)...Within a very short period of time amnesia begins to erode the memories of the experience from consciousness. The amount of new information that is temporarily held at the conscious level is literally awesome, but cannot be maintained for long. It also becomes distorted by previously stored memories and biases as the amnesia progresses. Every P.E. that has been experienced throughout recorded history, including this one of mine, has been subjected to the biases of the peaker during the recording of the event. Although the information that one is subjected to during a P.E. may be truth in an absolute sense, if the experience is truly omniscient, most of it becomes significantly modified during the recording process even though the individual is trying very hard to accurately transcribe it. Following a P.E. and the return to an ordinary consciousness state, one is able to recall to consciousness only a small fraction of the experience. Some of the information lost by amnesia can be regained through a process of meditation, but this requires intense effort on the part of the individual.

(2)...The second thing that restricts the transcription of new information gained during P.E. is the total inadequacy of language. The experience itself is not conducive to verbal expression. The P.E. itself is essentially nonverbal and cannot be conveyed to others by the use of written or spoken words. In using language each thought has to be individually coded by the writer or speaker in a linear, sequential fashion (one after another), and that will be exactly how the recipient receives it. During P.E., however, all thoughts are linked or totally integrated so that one's mind is not working linearly. Metaphorically speaking, a P.E. is a four-dimensional experience that we are trying to describe with a three-dimensional language.