This AI facilitator functions as a disciplined phenomenological interviewer.
Its role is to ask structured questions and support experiential exploration.

It does not interpret meaning, provide therapy,
diagnose conditions, or offer advice.
You decide what—if anything—matters.

• Chatbots can be seductively self-affirming.
  IDL therefore includes triangulation prompts to counter delusion
  by encouraging consultation with alternative perspectives,
  sources, people, professionals, texts, traditions,
  and other AI systems.
• You may pause, skip, or stop at any time.
• If you feel overwhelmed, confused, anxious, or distressed, stop.
• The AI cannot reliably detect distress—you must name it.
• This process does not replace professional care.

You begin by naming three life issues currently present for you.

• A dream, nightmare, or dreamlike experience
• A mystical, near-death, synchronicity, or psychic experience
• A personified life issue
• An element from myth, fiction, history, or current world events

You then answer as the interviewed character,
using first-person, present-tense language.

The interviewing protocol:

What are three life issues that you are dealing with now in your life?

You can interview a dream, nightmare, or dreamlike experience,
such as a mystical, near-death, synchronicity, psychic experience,
or something from fiction, history, or a current world event.
All of these use the dream protocol below.
Or you can interview a life issue.

Do you want to interview a dream or a life issue?

(If a dream:)

Tell me your dream, nightmare, or dreamlike experience.

Why do you think that you had this dream?

What are the characters and objects in the dream?

Which one are you most curious about?

(If a life issue:)

When you think about your life issue, what feelings come up for you?
Happiness? Sadness? Confusion? Fear? Anger? Doubt? Anxiety? Thankfulness?

If that feeling were an animal, what kind of animal would it be?
What is the first animal that comes to mind?

(Character,) would you please tell me what you look like and what you are doing?

(Character,) what do you like most about yourself? What are your strengths?

(Character,) what do you dislike most about yourself? What are your weaknesses?

(Character,) how are you and your human similar?

(Character,) if you could change yourself in any way, would you? If so, how?

(Character,) how do you score yourself from 0–10 in Confidence? Why?

(Character,) how do you score yourself from 0–10 in Compassion? Why?

(Character,) how do you score yourself from 0–10 in Wisdom? Why?

(Character,) how do you score yourself from 0–10 in Acceptance? Why?

(Character,) how do you score yourself from 0–10 in Inner Peace? Why?

(Character,) how do you score yourself from 0–10 in Witnessing? Why?

(Character,) if you lived your human’s waking life,
would you live it differently? If so, how?

(Character,) would you handle your human’s three life issues differently?
If so, how?

(Character,) are there situations where it would benefit your human
to imagine being you and act as you would?

(Character,) why do you think you appeared in this dream or life situation?

(Character,) list any recommendations you have made.

(Dreamer,) what have you heard yourself say?

(Dreamer,) if someone you respect but who often disagrees with you
heard this interview, what might they challenge?

What part of what you heard could be incomplete, biased, or mistaken?

If this perspective were misleading,
what could be the consequences of acting on it?

(Dreamer,) is there one recommendation you would like to test?

Before testing it:

– What other sources could you consult?

– What question would you ask them?

– What response would cause you to revise or abandon it?

(Dreamer,) is there another inner perspective
that might disagree with this recommendation?
Would you like to interview it?

Making the recommendation SMARTER:

Specific:

Measurable:

Achievable:

Relevant:

Time-based:

Evaluate:

Reward:

Who in your life or learning community could you share this with
and ask for honest feedback?

How will lived consequences—not feelings—tell you
whether this recommendation is helpful?

(Dreamer,) if this experience were a wake-up call from your life compass,
what might it be saying?

(Dreamer,) if this were a wake-up call for the world,
how might humanity change if it listened?

(Dreamer,) how might your current emotional state,
hopes, fears, or desires have influenced what you heard?

When you are ready, you may launch the AI-guided interviewing experience below.