".....and BAM...another energy wave..."

Another great session, another set of great results! Thank you, Reggi!

  This story might seem sort of weird and “out there” to some folks, but I feel I must write about this, because of the things I’ve learned from it. Some of my friends might even think I’m nuts……but, here goes…..

Not long ago, I had the opportunity to get a small glimpse of  this type of  “skill” (for lack of a better term) of “seeing with other eyes”. A good friend of mine, Reggi, (an energy worker and clairvoyant) asked me one night, if I would be interested in a “walk in the park” to “experience all sorts of cool stuff”. "Sure thing”, I said. Little did I know that this walk in the park would be at night…in the dark! “This is weird”, I thought. She mentioned that this particular area carried a lot of energy, and although I was a little taken a back, I trusted her and did what I tell my martial arts students never to do…..to walk alone in a dark area.

  This park was, from what I would guess, a lot of old-growth forest. When we walked in, it was obvious that the trees would mask any type of moonlight or surrounding lights. It was PITCH black in there, not even 30 steps into the area. I lost my sight, but I was pretty confident that my eyes would adjust. So we walked, and I stumbled a bit because my equilibrium was a bit off due to not being able to see anything. After a bit, I became a little concerned when my eyes did not adjust. I was walking into pitch black, and I vehemently voiced my concern. But, after another little bit, I began to notice that in the pitch black, I saw a smoky, almost milky haze……I tried to reach out, wondering what it was. That’s when Reggi said “Here we go…we’re in…”. Funny, I didn’t say anything about the haze…..but from I could gather, we were stepping into another space. I started to breathe a little faster….imagine that….the “big bad black belt”, afraid of the dark.

  It was still pitch black, and as I looked toward the ground for some hint as to where I was stepping, I saw what appeared to be faintly lit “puddles”. It looked as if someone had broken a bunch of glow-sticks in random places on the ground, and the luminescent liquid was just about ready to die out. It was faint, but I could see them. There were little tendrils of very faint luminescence that flowed out of each “puddle”. Silently, I freaked out inside, not knowing what to say. “You see those?” Reggi asked. “Um, yeah. What the hell are those?” I asked (I tried really hard to sound inquisitive instead of scared out of my wits).  “Those are just places where energy gathers and sits. It doesn’t do any harm….the energy just gathers there”.

  We walked a little farther, and I started to feel my heart beating faster….the “fight or flight” stage was beginning to set in, and although I was trying to keep calm on the outside, I was ready to run like hell on the inside. Something felt weird, and I didn’t like it. It was exactly the feeling as if someone was standing right there in your face in the dark…you can’t see them but you know they’re there. The only thing that kept me from freaking out at being in a creepy pitch dark forest, was that Reggi was walking beside me.  I listened for her footsteps, and followed the sound. My eyes kept darting around, trying to see in the darkness. I tripped on a few tree roots, walking in zig-zags, almost walking into a few trees because I didn’t turn onto the path like I should have….. and felt dumb that all the coordination that I thought I had, went right out the window.

  “You have to not see with your physical eyes”,  Reggi said in an amused tone. “Allow your other eyes to see for you…” I giggled , because I knew what she meant…..but I think I was afraid to do so.

  Just then, I felt as if I walked through a “heaviness”…..as I walked through what felt like “heavy air” I felt like something walked through me…something passed through me. I had no idea what it was, but as happened I felt myself draw in a sharp breath and I stopped in my tracks. I grabbed Reggi’s arm, trying to breathe, saying “What the F***??” She answered “Something walked right through us”. She mumbled something about trying to figure out what this “entity” was all about, and she said “Its powerful….”.   “No duh”, I thought. “I think its just wondering what we’re all about too”, she said.  “Great…” I thought….”No ‘Hi, how ya doing? What brings you here?’…..just walk right through me…what a way to get to know me!” My sarcasm tried to hide the fact that I was truly starting to get scared.

  A bit farther into the woods, in my peripheral vision (if you could call it that, because it was still really pitch dark), I saw a large glowing object off to my right. I didn’t look over to see it directly because I was too afraid to. But, for a good number of steps, the object stayed with me, matching my pace. From what I could estimate, it might have been about 6 feet off to my right side. By listening to her footsteps, I could sense that Reggi was now walking a bit ahead of me, and I walked a little faster, wondering if I should say anything about this thing that was following me.  I picked my pace up to a jog, and I shouted “What the F** is that?” as I turned around to look at it. Reggi must have turned around too, and just then, it went away. “It blipped out….it’s gone” Reggi said.  “So, you DID see it??” I asked.  “Yeah, but when we turned around, it blipped out…gone”.

  Okay, you can imagine what I was thinking at this point. I wanted out of the creepy forest and wanted no more to do with the other wordly dimensions or spirit junk. I was done. But, Reggi assured me that everything will be fine. She had no problem at all seeing in the inky darkness….in fact there were many times during our walk that she had to tell me to walk right to follow a curve in the path, or tell me to stay on the path (I guess I was going to walk right off the path a few times)……from the way I heard her walking, it was as if the forest path was lit up for her. Me….I’m stumbling around in the dark, almost walking into trees. It felt as if we had been walking for over 2 hours, but Reggi assured me we hadn’t been walking all that long.

  I actually felt as if the temperature was getting warmer, but I thought it was just because I was nervous. “Hmm, its gotten warmer”, Reggi said.  “Okay, so maybe its not just me” I thought.  But, what does it mean when it gets a little warmer in this crisp cold weather?

  A little later, the overpowering smell of sweetness filled our nostrils…..a sickly sweet odor. It smelled alot like "Pikake" (a type of flower found in Hawaii). My mother was a healer in the Philippines, and she used to say that odors sometimes accompanied things from the "other side" or other spaces. So, when we flowery odor came upon us, I wondered "is there something here?" Reggi assured me that everything was okay.

We were getting close to the water (a lake), and I asked "how much farther to the lake?" "Oh, just a little ways" she answered. Then, the distinct odor of marijuana filled the air. Reggi put her hand my shoulder, saying “Oh my God, we’re turning around.”. I immediately stopped walking, and asked “What’s up? What’s going on?” She interrupted me, "There must be people smoking pot here...let's go". I wasn’t going to argue with that. If the confident clairvoyant and energy worker says “let’s get out of here”, I’m following her lead!!  Besides, even in the event that people were hanging out in the woods smoking pot, if they decided to freak out and start a fight with us, I sure was in no mood to do any butt-kicking. However, at that point, I wouldn't have minded dealing with "real" physical people. Ha ha! We turned right around and walked briskly down the path. 

  Suddenly, it got cold again. It felt just like if you walked into a walk-in refrigerator after coming inside on a summer day.  The wierd feeling came up me again, but I felt myself starting to let go of my fear. And you know what? I actually started to see in the dark a little. I could make out the trees, and see the forest path a little bit. I didn’t feel all that “blind” anymore. However, Reggi kept checking behind us, and that got me worried. What’s behind us?  Is something following us?

  As we quickly walked, she grabbed my arm and motioned for me to stop. We stood there in silence… I felt her “listening and putting out her feelers”. It was silent….too silent. Just then….tap tap tap tap tap. It sounded as if someone was rapping a stick against a tree not far from us. Tap tap tap tap …..tap tap tap tap…..tap tap tap tap. A slow tap tap tap. The rythym was too regular to be a woodpecker. I listened intently, yet not as scared at this point. At this time, the tap tap tap noise was intriguing.  After a little while, the tapping stopped. We listened intently some more….and it was back to silence.

  I felt a little better that I could see a little better on the walk back. Was it because I chose to let go of my physical sense of sight? I don’t know. As we came out of the forest, I took a deep breath and tried to process what just happened.

  I learned a lot about myself that night. Do I believe in other dimensions or other spaces? Yes. For us to say that our dimension is the only "real" dimension, is like saying we're the only intelligent life in the universe.......what a stuck-up, egotistical thing for us to think.  I learned that my physical skills have no bearing in these other spaces. I felt helpless going into the forest, knowing that if that 1^st entity we encountered decided to do any harm, I was powerless against it. No amount of my kicking, striking, or fighting skill would be of any effect against something that is not physical. This feeling of powerlessness scared me. As confident as I am of my physical skills, I can’t fight something I can’t touch. This was the biggest reason of my fear during my time in the forest.  Luckily, since Reggi is no stranger to these types of experiences, her confidence and skill are what allowed me to keep walking in the creepy forest.

  I learned that I can look calm on the outside even though my knees are knocking on the inside. Ha ha ha!

    I learned that deep down inside, no matter how I might try to deny it….I’m a little bit of a control freak. Anything that messes with my sense of total control over my body, my physical senses, my skills…..angers me a little. The first time Reggi did energy work on me, my body just went limp during the shifts and changes happening in my body…I had no control of my ability to stand, and as I fell over I felt myself trying to regain control and it wasn’t happening. As Reggi helped me to the floor, she told me “It’s okay…just let go”…but I was mad as a wet hen that I couldn’t control my physical movments.  To this day, when Reggi does energy work on me, she sometimes reminds me to “let go” when she tries to release stress from my neck.

  I learned that letting go and allowing myself to be sensitive, might allow me to think more clearly through fear. To not think of all the “coulda-shoulda-woulda’s”, or the “what-ifs”…and just be.

  Even though I had previously experienced Reggi’s energy healing work, it was great to see her ultra sensitive and clairvoyant abilities in the forest. I’ve heard the term “See with other eyes” before, and it was a good thing that she reminded me of this. This experience greatly changed the way I see the world every day, and how I interact in the world. I’ve experienced “dimensional” stuff since then (that’s a different story, but Reggi helped me out with that problem).

  Our playful nickname for that place we were, is “Haunted trails”….

  Would I go again? You bet. Now that I have a tiny idea of using “other eyes”, I want to learn to see better. I think that learning to not depend on my physical skills, will only enhance my physical skills….its kind of hard to explain……

   I know it might seem to some people, that all this is far fetched. I know some of you out there are skeptical.....the type of people that won't believe in anything unless they can put it in a test tube, hold it, taste it, or prove it.  That's fine.

  I'd go back to "Haunted trails"…..bring it on!

  Reggi…you name the day…..back to the trails we go…..

    For more information about energy work and intuitive counseling services, contact Reggi Shelley through  http://alchemywisdom.com