Instead, they awaken something much earlier—a quiet sense of familiarity, as if they had always been there before memory could become a story.
After the scent appears, no images or events may follow. What remains is a familiar state that seems to have existed for a very long time.
The experience is usually subtle and undisturbing. The body recognizes it first, while awareness simply follows, observing what unfolds.
Do not try to dig deeper into memory or connect the scent to a specific story.
Some scents bring us back to a very early feeling, where neither time nor events have yet taken shape.
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