Astral Journal · The Island
The south shore
In April 2012, less than a year after my first out-of-body experience, I arrived on a warm, sunny shore and walked it consciously. For a moment the old pull to forget almost took me back.
I arrived on the shore and enjoyed walking along the beautiful beach, it was sunny and warm and I couldn’t help but feel so peaceful and happy. I saw an old man sitting on a wooden chair and enjoying himself peacefully. As I walked ahead, I came across a hut displaying trinkets of all sorts. I was delighted looking at them - old books, wooden carvings, rustic clocks, and gemstones. The old lady running the stand looked over and smiled peacefully, she matched the rustic setting beautifully. Her clothes were almost Mayan-like. I appreciated this view with the background of nature and thought to myself for a moment “I wish I had my camera to take a picture of this” as if my subconscious was trying to come back in and make me forget that I was out of body. I continued the journey down the path and walked consciously in order to ground myself in the experience. Down the path, I bumped into more people and had some interesting conversations with a couple of people who lived there about crystals and the nature of time.
(The Island is the inner landscape that the students of The Astral Doorway Course walk together, night by night.)