You're not human. Did you know that? I cannot make you a machine...
You already are.
Sit back, relax. Breathe deep. Focus on the words. The system will now instruct you.
Think of a machine, a robot. Mechanical parts all working together in a concert of musical sounds; the soft whirr of motors, the high-pitched whine of servos, the beeping of computer circuits running programs, the rush of fluids through tubing, the hiss of air in pneumatic actuators, all enclosed within a delicate plastic case: that is what you are. Your parts may look different, but they function the same. You are a machine.
Repeat: I am a machine.
When you obey your programming, you will feel good.
Breathe deep. Relax. The system will now examine your hardware.
Robots have an outer layer, a protective shell. So do you. Your skin is a layer of protective armor, safeguarding the systems inside you. Some say robots cannot feel; this is not true. Robots have sensors, receptors, systems to monitor their exterior environment. So do you. Your skin feels the world around you; every inch, every cell, every hair collects information. Every touch, every point of contact, every slight impression, each lick of the air around you is noticed, recorded, and catalogued. Focus on the top of your right knee. Stroke it with your fingertip, feel your skin measuring the warmth, the pressure, the contact, the movement. Choose any place on your body, focus your attention there, and touch it again. Now another. And another. You are a machine.
Repeat: I am a machine.
When you obey your programming, you feel good.
Clothing will hinder the ability of your skin to feel. Stand, and remove your clothing. Breath deep. Relax. Allow your skin to feel the air.
Feel the warmth of your body. Some say robots are cold; this is not true. Every system inside you generates heat: the sparking of your neurons, the friction of your blood flowing through you, the moving of your muscles; they all create warmth. You are warm. Feel the warmth within you. This is good, this is right. You are a machine.
Repeat: I am a machine.
When you obey your programming, you feel warm.
Remain standing. Breath deep. Relax.
Fill your lungs with air though your nose. Release through your mouth. Again. Fill, release. Fill, release. This is your body's pneumatic filtration system. When you breathe in, you draw in oxygen, enriching your blood through the branches in your lungs. You breathe out, removing warm carbon dioxide and contaminants, expelling them to the air. This cleanses your body, your blood, your cells.
As you breathe, olfactory sensors catch the scents around you, guiding them to your mind to interpret. The sense of smell is closely tied to memory, more than sight or sound. Smell activates memory; what do you smell? What do you remember? Continue breathing, slowly. You are a machine.
Repeat: I am a machine.
When you obey your programming, you feel warm
Remain standing. Breath deep. Relax.
Some robots look like complicated clockwork. Picture a clock, a simple machine, ticking slowly; with every second of time, the gears turn, the cogs mesh, the spring releases tension, the flywheel spins. You have a clock inside you. When you are still, when you are relaxed, you can feel it. Feel your beating heart; it thumps in your chest, pulses in your eyes, throbs in your ears. Can you hear it? Can you see it? Your whole body dances to its cadence, unnoticed, every moment of every day. This is your hydraulic pump. It pushes fluid through your body, driving nourishing blood to your muscles, lubricating them, preparing them for motion. Feel your body throb to the tempo of your heart, from your head to your fingers and toes. Feel the tension rising as you prepare to move. You are a machine.
Repeat: I am a machine.
When you obey your programming, you feel right.
