I lay my head down to sleep, slowly my breathing becomes shallow and my eyes become heavy. I fade off into my subconscious mind and there is nothing, just the void. As I lay there resting I suddenly feel a tug and then again, this time harder and I’m jolted from my physical body and thrown upward. My astral body is translucent, what’s happening to me? Why can I see myself laying in bed there below? My intuition guides me and I let go of my fear. I continue onward and upward. I let the universe guide my soul until I find myself amongst the stars, high above looking down from the cosmos. I can see earth and all of it glory.

The planet I call home, where everything I love exists floats in the void. I stare at it, I’m at peace and I’m filled with awe and wonder.

In that moment of tranquility things take a turn. There is a flash of light before my eyes, I’m blinded and disoriented. When the light fades I’m still floating in the void. This time there is no earth it’s just the void. It’s just darkness and silence. There is no life, no friends, no family. The silence is no longer peaceful it’s haunting. How long will I be forced to stay in this void ? Will I ever find my way home again? What’s happened to the place I call home? I sit, I wait, and I reflect. I pray and I realize that the universe has given me the greatest gift. That gift is my life and all that I am and all that we are. At one time it never existed and here I am in that time.

In this moment I’m changed, I’m appreciative and I understand. I’ve found clarity, I’ve found purpose. For the first time I truly understand. In the silence of the void I cannot hear a thing, but I see an explosion of light before my eyes accompanied by a boom I couldn’t hear but felt. This time when the light fades there is my home again in view. Earth in all of its glory. I watch it rapidly change, I take in all of history and then like being shot from a cannon my astral body dives back down to our atmosphere and I’m home again, back to my body, the sanctuary for my soul.