Lately I've been watching quite a few videos on YouTube pertaining to camping out in a van. It's a thought that had crossed my mind many times in the past. But after watching these videos I got motivated to actually do something about it and not just think about it.
So I set off to transform my van into a mini-camper and yesterday I set off on my first solo-camping venture.
I took a drive to a nearby marina to see if I could camp out there. But no way Jose. There were signs all over the place prohibiting overnight camping and even overnight parking. So I left the marina and decided to head for the hills. And that's what I did. Up in the hills I found an isolated spot where I parked and camped out for the night.
As I lay there in my van readying myself to go to sleep I began to perform the FARAON mantra as directed by Samael Aun Weor. I performed the mantra until I began to get sleepy. Eventually I fell asleep and went into a dream.
I found myself standing by the rear-most window of our house. The one overlooking the yard. When I peaked out the window I saw two strange animals outside. I looked out and saw they were two large strange birds. I got a really good look out to the yard and I saw a group of about three women who were mud-bathing out in the yard. There were some animals out there also but I couldn't make out what they were.
I stood there and thought how strange it was to see those women mud-bathing out in the yard. It just wasn't expected. I knew we don't have a mud pool in the yard. This was the queue that alerted me that I was dreaming. I was in the astral.
I walked downstairs and headed towards my room.I kept thinking about what had just happened and couldn't come to grips that I was dreaming because everything seemed so real. I remembered to give a little jump as Samael Aun Weor advices and if we float we'll know we're in the astral. So I gave a little jump and indeed I floated. We have a low ceiling downstairs so I worried I'd hit my head on the ceiling. I came back down and continued with my astral travels.
Eventually the scene changed and I found myself in a room with two of my brothers. The three of us walked out and through a walk way. We stepped out of the property onto the sidewalk outside. As we stood out on the sidewalk I looked around and could see that we were in a town very similar to many busy towns in Mexico.
I could see cars out on the street. I could see people going on with there usual routines. I could make out the brightly painted buildings. It was a clear and pleasant day. I turned to my brothers and said to them "This is what the astral is like." I had talked to them in the past about my astral travels and I'm certain they probably think I'm just being some sort of kook. This is the reason that when I saw them in the astral this time I made an attempt to alert them that they were dreaming. That they were in the astral.
But to be honest, I doubt they will even remember the experience if I mention it to them the next time I see them. I have seen nephews and nieces and a cousin of mine while I'm awake in the astral. And when I mention it to them they have no recollection.
That's just the way it is. To be able to travel in the astral a person needs to have their consciousness awake while they're in the dream world. They obviously didn't have their consciousness awake so they had no recollection of the experience.
So that sums up my activity this weekend. Not only did I go out on my first solo-camping trip, as I lay in my van in the Oakland hills I also went on an astral voyage.
This indeed was an awesome trip.
