I had an odd experience last night.....

[Eddie]

I have a very good friend, named Craig, who was best man at my wedding. About 3 months ago, he quite suddenly became very ill and had to go to the hospital. He was very close to death, and was on a fentanyl drip for two months; lost nearly half of his body weight. The doctors couldn't figure out what was wrong with him, and put so many medicines in him that they only made things worse. Then, almost as suddenly as he became ill, he turned around and began to recover. He is now out of the hospital and doing surprisingly well. His medical bill for the hospital stay was $1.3 million (but he has good insurance, thank Heaven).

A few days ago, he phoned up, and invited me and my wife to come visit him and his wife, to catch up on things, go out for pizza,etc. Craig lives about 75 miles away. Yesterday, we drove over to visit and spent a pleasant afternoon in his lovely home, then went in to Louisville for pizza. We got home late and went to bed.

I woke up about 4AM and couldn't get back to sleep for a while. I managed to get back to sleep about 6AM. I was awakened by someone rapping knuckles against my sternum. I opened my eyes, and there, standing next to the bed, staring at me, was Craig! He looked at me for a while, apparently to make sure that I saw him; then, he turned, and floated out of the room through the bedroom door!

[Shemaya]

Wow Eddie!!

Thank you for sharing this, I love hearing stories like this. It's affirming for me that something really is happening on planet earth, and people are awakening, and energies are shifting.

Are you going to call him and ask him about it? It could be that he may or may not remember. Let us know what happens!

[Eddie]

Are you going to call him and ask him about it? It could be that he may or may not remember. Let us know what happens!

I'm going to call or e-mail this evening. My first thought was that he'd had a sudden relapse and died, and came by to say goodbye. But as of noon we've heard nothing from his wife, who would have called us had this been the case.

[CircleofOne]

That's so exciting! Does he research the paranormal (for lack of a better word) or he is more of a muggle (also for lack of a better word)? Either way, sounds like he might have picked up a few things while in the hospital!

[Eddie]

That's so exciting! Does he research the paranormal (for lack of a better word) or he is more of a muggle (also for lack of a better word)? Either way, sounds like he might have picked up a few things while in the hospital!

As far as I know he has no interest in the paranormal at all. He's a salesman who likes sports and barbecue.

I was interested to learn that his younger son, who is a football player and, on the surface, a typical high-school jock, has precognitive dreams, and seemed to be interested in the fact that I'd been having a lot of lucid dreams lately ("That's cool!" he said...)

[CircleofOne]

Earlier when I asked, I was thinking if he's learned how to astral travel or is doing it by accident, it might be that he was gauging your reaction to see if it was something he could talk to you about? I mean if he IS aware it's happening, that's a pretty unusual thing to happen if he's not used to those kinds of concepts. I'm looking forward to how your call goes tonight, keep us posted!

[Eddie]

I just talked to Craig and he has no memory of the event, and no explanation. He did say that his wife had had some paranormal experiences, and told me about one. Really interesting story.

[Shemaya]

I just talked to Craig and he has no memory of the event, and no explanation. He did say that his wife had had some paranormal experiences, and told me about one. Really interesting story.

Very interesting, so he was out of body traveling, but doesn't remember.

Maybe this was something for you to nudge you forward, that you can consciously communicate with your loved ones, people close to you, in the astral and etheric (Is that what Ra calls space-time?)

L&L

[Questioner]

I just talked to Craig and he has no memory of the event, and no explanation. He did say that his wife had had some paranormal experiences, and told me about one. Really interesting story.

What was his attitude about your experience, and about your question for him?

[Brittany]

Looks like someone was out of his body visiting friends. We probably all do that stuff in our sleep and don't remember it. Several times in dreams I've felt myself slide out of my body, like it was the skin of a grape, but it was a short experience and I've never left my home when it happened. I wish I could get more control over it so I could go check out Japan or some other pile of awesome. It never happens when I try to get it to happen...just random.

I wonder if you get good enough at it, if you can set up meetings in the dream world? Like tell someone "Hey, I'll meet you on planet X while we're asleep tonight." That would be cool.

[Eddie]

I wonder if you get good enough at it, if you can set up meetings in the dream world? Like tell someone "Hey, I'll meet you on planet X while we're asleep tonight." That would be cool.

That skill is part of a sorcerer's training. Carlos Castaneda treats this issue extensively in his writings.

[Ali Quadir]

And aside from Castaneda, the Sufi's have legends about an entire city where people go in the dream time.. And not just humans too...

[Brittany]

Hmmm...been hearing a lot about this Castaneda guy lately. Maybe I should check him out.

[Eddie]

Hmmm...been hearing a lot about this Castaneda guy lately. Maybe I should check him out.

I studied the Castaneda books intensively for years, re-reading each many times, underlining pertinent passages. I studied them the way I study the LOO and Seth books now. I would not be where I am without them.

I must say, also, that of the 2000+ books that I have read, none was more compelling than the Castaneda books; none held my rapt attention as those did. They are gripping.

[Etude in B Minor]

Castaneda's books are very profound. The idea of moving the assemblage point to affect perception can explain a lot about perception and how the mind acts on the world. Actually, instead of acting on the world, one shifts their perception between different possible worlds, thereby choosing one action over another. This is why I don't buy Unity100's view of "infinity" (it's only mathematics?). In my view, which is very much influenced by Castaneda, the Infinity of the possible is much larger than the Infinity of the actual. The creator (the "Eagle") experiences itself through perceivers who, with free will, choose their perceptions by moving their assemblage point.

In this view I do not "will my arm to move". Rather, I choose a reality in which my arm has moved. It is the choosing of the path which is the willful act, not some firing of a neuron somewhere in the brain.

[unity100]

etude,

the infinity i propose, would be the infinity you are describing.

actuality of infinite existences, is the one im proposing. im proposing the existence of infinite versions of peter pan existing in infinity.

the 'perception' you speak of, would be your focus point in this context. if you move your perception fully to a reality that has peter pan in it, you would be in a reality with peter pan in it.

however, the reality with THAT particular version of peter pan in it, would be that reality. not this one. this reality, is a reality like this. it is created and maintained to be like this, and it is as it is.

you cant force this reality to change, by dubbing it 'illusory' and denouncing it, and forcing another image from your own focus.

you could, with actions, will and intent, change your choices and perception, to pass to another reality line.

naturally, the reality you can pass at any given point would be a reality that you would have the proper formation to pass. you couldnt directly pass to a peter pan universe without becoming compatible with it.

[Etude in B Minor]

Unity, I guess what I am trying to say is that all of these realities exists as you propose, but that the "perception" of these realities, which constitute the creator's experience of itself, depends on the choices made by us "souls". This is admittedly a paradoxical view since it means that there can be realities that are real, and existent, but which are not perceived in their entirety. Perception (by this I mean a "soul's" experience) is limited, although infinite, as it does not exhaust the greater infinity. Perhaps over time and space there could be a constant retracing back over the realities to fill in the gaps, but I would think the time and space would be better spent exploring further into infinity...

[unity100]

holy cow. that post of mine above, is misplaced. what it is doing in this thread, i have no idea. this is the first time i saw this thread. i dont think i could have posted it in it even by mistake.