well beyond what could be seen with her physical eyes — and she felt she could gaze upon it forever.
Turning her attention back towards terra firma, she spied a shimmering silver weathervane perched on the crest of the main house's roof, which beckoned her closer. Consisting of a series of spiral rings encircling a figure rising within, she found her attention fully absorbed in the intricacy and detail of it, and the entire object appeared alive with movement. Reluctantly, she willed her focus away, only to find herself entranced once again, this time by a single green roof shingle. She marveled at the texture, focusing on each minute glass and asphalt particle, which sparkled as if they were also each unique, living entities.
A bothersome droning sound interrupted her shingle-gazing, and focusing her attention, she determined it was a voice, though she couldn't discern the words. Turning, she headed back towards the dome, and caught a glimpse of the red light above the outside door, which was now lit. Closing the distance, her speed increased as though being pulled, and the last thirty feet were a blur as she snapped back into place. A few moments later she heard the click of the speaker above her head.
"The excursion is now complete, please return and re-integrate," announced Terry softly.
Pulling herself up slowly, Jess felt more energized than drained. But before she could arise fully, Terry was already rapping at the door.
"Come on in," she said brightly.
"How did it go?" he asked, entering the small space and sitting cross-legged on the floor.
"Nice paintings! I like the Einstein one, I had that poster in my dorm room. A classic," she replied.
"You saw them! Wonderful, wonderful. So you went up. How many were you able to make out?"
"What do you mean? All six of them."
"All six! Well that's great, in fact that's pretty rare — people usually come back with one or two images at most. Fabulous!"
"When I got to the house though, it seemed like I was hyper-focusing on things, like kinda spaced-out. Everything seemed so...enchanting. It was strange — kinda like being high — but I was also
there,
fully, at the same time, if you know what I mean. I've never felt that way before."
"Hold on sweetheart, you exited the chamber? With full awareness?"
"Uh, yeah. It was sort of tough getting through it, but yeah. I made my way to the house and started getting distracted by things."
"Wow, that's phenomenal Jess. Super-rare. Oh, hey, did you notice the picture up top?"
"Yeah, it was a Sun."
Pausing to take this in, it was clear Terry was impressed.
"Amazing, Jess, really. For most people, it's like a dream state where you can sense certain things, but it's hard to have full awareness, or if you have full awareness, then you can't bring it all back when you return. Even then, they only bring back one or two pictures, never all five. And getting outside is a big effort too. So you started 'spacing out' near the house?"
"Yeah, it was like I was just
amazed
at every little detail of everything, like I could see each little molecule and they were all alive...it was pretty incredible, actually."
"See, that's more typical of a spiritual experience, which some people get right off the bat, but they never get any further than that. It sounds like you got the ego consciousness, with all the recall, until you get further away from your physical, then it starts to degrade. Let's do some distance work tomorrow, if you're up for it?"
"Sure, I feel great," she replied, but she felt more than great: her suspicions about this special ability of hers were confirmed, and she had a way forward now — a way to develop this into something. Having a calling, or purpose, energized her; this was why she knew she had to come here.
Terry lowered his voice. "In the meantime, you wanna help me finish dinner prep?"
Smiling, Jess nodded and followed him out. She was famished.
~ 18 ~
A s they walked up the drive in the early evening
Turning her attention back towards terra firma, she spied a shimmering silver weathervane perched on the crest of the main house's roof, which beckoned her closer. Consisting of a series of spiral rings encircling a figure rising within, she found her attention fully absorbed in the intricacy and detail of it, and the entire object appeared alive with movement. Reluctantly, she willed her focus away, only to find herself entranced once again, this time by a single green roof shingle. She marveled at the texture, focusing on each minute glass and asphalt particle, which sparkled as if they were also each unique, living entities.
A bothersome droning sound interrupted her shingle-gazing, and focusing her attention, she determined it was a voice, though she couldn't discern the words. Turning, she headed back towards the dome, and caught a glimpse of the red light above the outside door, which was now lit. Closing the distance, her speed increased as though being pulled, and the last thirty feet were a blur as she snapped back into place. A few moments later she heard the click of the speaker above her head.
"The excursion is now complete, please return and re-integrate," announced Terry softly.
Pulling herself up slowly, Jess felt more energized than drained. But before she could arise fully, Terry was already rapping at the door.
"Come on in," she said brightly.
"How did it go?" he asked, entering the small space and sitting cross-legged on the floor.
"Nice paintings! I like the Einstein one, I had that poster in my dorm room. A classic," she replied.
"You saw them! Wonderful, wonderful. So you went up. How many were you able to make out?"
"What do you mean? All six of them."
"All six! Well that's great, in fact that's pretty rare — people usually come back with one or two images at most. Fabulous!"
"When I got to the house though, it seemed like I was hyper-focusing on things, like kinda spaced-out. Everything seemed so...enchanting. It was strange — kinda like being high — but I was also
there,
fully, at the same time, if you know what I mean. I've never felt that way before."
"Hold on sweetheart, you exited the chamber? With full awareness?"
"Uh, yeah. It was sort of tough getting through it, but yeah. I made my way to the house and started getting distracted by things."
"Wow, that's phenomenal Jess. Super-rare. Oh, hey, did you notice the picture up top?"
"Yeah, it was a Sun."
Pausing to take this in, it was clear Terry was impressed.
"Amazing, Jess, really. For most people, it's like a dream state where you can sense certain things, but it's hard to have full awareness, or if you have full awareness, then you can't bring it all back when you return. Even then, they only bring back one or two pictures, never all five. And getting outside is a big effort too. So you started 'spacing out' near the house?"
"Yeah, it was like I was just
amazed
at every little detail of everything, like I could see each little molecule and they were all alive...it was pretty incredible, actually."
"See, that's more typical of a spiritual experience, which some people get right off the bat, but they never get any further than that. It sounds like you got the ego consciousness, with all the recall, until you get further away from your physical, then it starts to degrade. Let's do some distance work tomorrow, if you're up for it?"
"Sure, I feel great," she replied, but she felt more than great: her suspicions about this special ability of hers were confirmed, and she had a way forward now — a way to develop this into something. Having a calling, or purpose, energized her; this was why she knew she had to come here.
Terry lowered his voice. "In the meantime, you wanna help me finish dinner prep?"
Smiling, Jess nodded and followed him out. She was famished.
~ 18 ~
A s they walked up the drive in the early evening
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