Holding Cell

As usual, I'm just sitting here watching the news. A story is on about a woman who was left alone to give birth in a cell in Santa Rita Jail. According to the reporter, and the woman's attorney, the woman was initially misdiagnosed as having some type of false labor issues. And when she began to yell some doors were simply closed to muffle her screams. Later she gave birth.

Her attorney said that her client was basically just put away in a concrete box where the deputies didn't have to deal with her and she gave birth.

Hm? Reminds me of my stay in Santa Rita. I remember being put into a holding cell after going to court. Several hours went by before a deputy finally came to my cell and said, "There you are, I've been looking for you. You can go back to your housing unit."

Hm? Where else could I have been? I got put in this place and I've been waiting here patiently to go back to my housing unit. And now, several hours later you found me. I wonder where I could have gone. Lemme see, concrete floor, concrete walls, concrete ceiling, a steel door and absolutely no furniture. I'm still wondering where I could have gone or hid for a deputy to not find me.

But I was eventually found and I went back to my housing unit.

Well, Santa Rita Jail is a place of many rooms, units, and doors. Don't be surprised if you go there, get put away somewhere for safe-keeping, and then be forgotten about or lost. You may have to do some door kicking and screaming for them to find you, that's if they don't close a door to muffle your screams.

But alas, you're not always so fortunate (or unfortunate) to be placed in holing cell by yourself. Most of the time you will have guests. If you wonder what a holding a cell looks like, here's one:

Astral Projection II

It's an awakening. That's what it is.

When our inner consciousness awakens we experience the higher worlds. We live in them, not just observe them nor simply remember them as we do during a normal dream. When our consciousness awakens we find ourselves there, in the astral world. Awake and fully conscious of where we are and what we do.

Some time ago I read a thread on a social site. A young lady asked if astral projection was just a dream.

The answer is yes and no. In a sense astral projection is a dream and in a sense it is not.

Samael Aun Weor wrote extensively on the subject. And from all the books on the subject I do believe he gives the most clear explanation of what it is. He wrote that we all astral project when we sleep. But to the great majority of us, our consciousness is asleep. So our consciousness is asleep while we astral project in our sleep. When we awaken the next morning we may remember some of our experiences in the astral world. We call them dreams. They are just dreams because we were not awake.

Dr. R.S. Clymer also wrote on the subject. He wrote extensively on "awakening the Christos." When asked to elaborate on the subject he answered that just as we "know" when we have awakened from a night of slumber, we will know when the "Christos" has awakened. I agree with him completely. Yes, just as we know we have awakened in the morning after a night of sleep, when we awaken in the astral world we will also know that we have awakened and that we are not in the physical world.

It's an awakening.

Here's how I describe astral projection.

When we go to sleep we leave our bodies and travel the astral world. But most of us have our consciousness asleep. So when we travel through the astral world we do it like a zombie. Completely asleep, completely unconscious. Some of us will remember some of our dreams (astral travels) but the majority of people do not even remember their dreams because their consciousness is thoroughly asleep.

A few of us sometimes awaken in the astral. When we do, the first thing that comes to our mind is "I am dreaming. I'm in a dream." Yes, you are dreaming. Yes, you are in your dream. Yes, you have awakened! You are now in the astral world. And you're fully awake and conscious of it!

So, is astral projection just a dream? Yes and no. It's just a dream when our consciousness is asleep and we merely remember our astral travels as a dream. It's not just a dream when we awaken and discover that we are in it.

Astral projection is an awakening.

A Golden Dawn

In all sincerity, may you awaken and know for yourself that the higher worlds are indeed real.

Coctel and Michelada

Well, another Friday is here. I have the weekend to myself. Right after work I went to a local spot for a coctel de camaron y pulpo. Damn! It was awesome. It had some of the biggest pieces of octopus I have had and it had plenty of shrimp. It was so fuck'n delicious!

I also had a couple of cold micheladas.

I have these on a regular basis.


BTW, the chick who took my order is a hottie.

Jury Duty Day

I had to report for jury duty this past Monday. I sat there as names were called. They were the people selected to go to the next step.

I was excited to discover that I wasn't selected. Since I had already taken the day off from work I had the rest of the day to myself.

I went to the estuary. The estuary used to be my backyard when I was growing up. Not literally, just figuratively. Actually, my entire neighborhood was my backyard. But anyway, I went to the estuary for a walk. I saw the boats and enjoyed the beautiful sunny day. There's a lighthouse restaurant there so I went in and sat at the bar. It's actually a restaurant and pub. I had a serving of fish-n-chips. Fish-n-chips go good with beer. So I had a large beer too. Me being Mexican-"American." I ate my chips with ketchup and not vinegar.

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From there I went home. The rest of the day was uneventful. Pleasant but uneventful.