I am Timothy V. Lane.

If you have read my first book, TRAPPED INSIDE MY MIND: 7 Dimensions in Black and White; Poetry from the Perspective of a Schizophrenic, then you know that I suffer from what is known as paranoid Schizophrenia. Though now that it is more commonly known, I still come across some people who do not know what Schizophrenia is.

CHANNELING THE WHISPERS WITHIN explains the dynamics of this condition. People who suffer from Schizophrenia are what I consider special.

I have audio and visual hallucinations, which means I hear voices and see things, visions, if you will. I think people who suffer from this illness can tap into a part of their brain that most others cannot.

We see things differently, which causes us to do things differently. We are trapped inside of our minds, trying to escape the prison and get the message out.

The message to me is that nothing appears to be what it seems. It seems as if there is good and evil, but that is just a microcosm of what we have become as creators; really, we are just soul and flesh, positive and negative charges.

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