and laughter begins - nervous uncontrollable giggles for about 10 minutes though time means nothing - you're on a different scale of things, merely checking from time to time on the realized world. the fire is licking you having awoken of its own accord. you gradually lose touch with the outer world. now the flames are going strong but only on the right side : the right side of the body is awoken completely and bathed in heat with the gush of liquid fire to the temple. the right leg totally relaxed parallel with the floor in easy posture.
you concentrate on awakening the left side and it does so little by little. as it does so you feel rather antagonistic, all the while becoming a snake - you take on the identity of a snake