That's just the it! It seems like he had to craft his experiences in such a way that a mainstream audience (or book publisher) could make sense of. And that's where things get kind of fussy.

I've recorded dreams and experiences in my notebook immediately after waking. I'll set the book down for just five minutes and something will occur to me while in another room for instance. I'll go back to the book to record what I think I remember about something. Later on I see that I've recorded a fine detail about the same precept in two different ways.

I've trained myself to recall as soon as I wake, and I realize even then, it's still a translation of what might have REALLY occurred. But by recording immediately I think I'm getting as close as I can.