This was before I learned PhotoReading. It was unpleasent because the merger of conscious and preconcious data provided something very close to the "Witness" perspective of Natural Brilliance, including a total inability to lie to myself. I had to face all my inner demons all at once. It is one thing to know about Samsara. It is quite another thing to become one with Darkness behind the universe and see Samsara from the outside looking in.