It was a strange day. I woke to a gloomy yet frequent mood. This wasn't the strange part of the day. It became strange when something told me to snap out of my usual gloominess and lighten up. I thought why not and convinced myself today would be different. It would be a great day. I counted my blessings although the usual me was more focused on my sorrows. After deciding to refrain from my usual negativity, I weeded through my pain and struggles to find the colors of joy in my life. Once I did, this beautiful harmonious tune filled my ears with melodic chirps and whistles. The birds outside my window, what a sweet sound! I stepped to the window and drew the curtains to catch a glimpse of these beautiful little creatures but as I moved open the curtain, an extremely bright light rolls in blinding me. The sun, how amazing and warm it is! Moments later, I'm outside headed down to woods near my house in attempt to soak up all the magnificence of nature today while my mood lasts. I entered the path which led to a favorite area of mine. Among the densely packed trees and wild life, I was immediately caught off guard and taken aback by the multitude of vibrance that surrounded me. A favorite spot of mine yes, one that I rarely made time to visit anymore which spread out artfully before me but there was something different about it. In each direction for as far as I could see was this sight that was totally mesmerizing. I blinked several times not believing my eyes. It's as if the scene of some fictional storybook had jumped out of it's usual residence among the pages and landed here before me. The colors! My sense of perception was defying it's usually limited capacity. The only word I can think of to attempt to describe what I saw is 'Magical' yet that wasn't sufficient enough to properly do it justice. Every physical bit of matter was it's usual color, such as the trees and plants and soil. But it's like the atmosphere that surrounded the physical properties had suddenly become visible to me, exuberating various colors. I can only assume that I was seeing the energy on this day. But different areas of the forest was illuminated in different colors. Some spots were red, some were blue, most were yellow. Yellow being my favorite color, I decided to travel down the hill a little until I came to a big area of yellow air beside one of my favorite trees. I can not begin to tell you the feelings that consumed me. Nothing negative at all. Just pure joy and total contentment. Not to mention the sense of oneness I felt here among nature. I had a difficult time believing that I wasn't dreaming and I wish I hadn't been so awestruck that I forgot to capture the beauty of this surreal moment by snapping a few photos. But I wanted to enjoy the moment while it lasted. The temperature was perfect. I looked up to the sky and the sun seemed to push the clouds that slightly blocked it to either side of it so it could make it's way through just to shine for me. The rays beaming from it making distinct shapes, took the form of petals of a sunflower. The sun, what a glorious gift! I put my intent on willing it to shine even brighter and it's as if it truly could sense the energy I was radiating which was received in waves of frequencies that were it's native language for means of communication. It seemed to shine a little brighter. I just sat there in astonishment for over an hour, taking in my majestic surroundings. Finally, it occured to me to pull out my phone and snap a selfie with this fairytale resembling backdrop as my background. When I opened my camera, all thoughts of actually snapping the picture were lost because another moment of shock floored me upon initial sight. My reflection, what a beautiful being I appeared to be in this moment. The image of myself in the camera lense was far from what I typically looked like. I almost resembled myself but my eyes were enlarged to about 10 times the size of their normal size and my skin was illuminating. I glistened beneath the sun as if I were truly made up of diamonds. I have no idea what the factor was that allowed me to view the world from this amazing perception that day but I can only guess it was the change in my thought patterns and mood. My positivity must have been allowing my brain waves to vibrate at much higher frequency that usual which temporarily raised my level of consciousness and enabled me to see the world in higher dimension. I can't really be sure that makes sense or is what was going on but I have no other possible explanations because this wasn't a result of any substance induced hallucinations nor was I dreaming. I was completely level headed and wide awake. I don't know if it was just made possible for me to see these things for purposes of revealing some sort of symbolic message or what. But I would certainly like to believe it had a lot to do with my sudden positivity that day. Whatever it was, I loved it and it has really allowed me to develop a thirst for tuning in to my spirituality and to seek answers to life's most mysterious questions. It was the beginnings of my spiritual journey.. My first steps on my path to enlightenment. All too often we take the miracle of life for granted. We let the negatives overtake the positives and it prohibits us from remembering just how fortunate we are to even be a part of this intricately woven existence. I left right before the sun set that evening to go share my experience with a close friend and the second I stepped out of the woods, things returned to normal. If I hadn't known better, I would have been convinced it was merely a dream. But that's not the case and from that moment forward I have experienced all kinds of synchronicities and strange yet magical happenings. My intuition even grew to become very strong which was something I had never even noticed before. It's crazy, this life we live. I find as time passes, that day seems more like a dream and I often forget the magic in those moments. I tend to sometimes forget my overall lesson, too and that is to remain positive and cherish every moment of every hour. The world offers so much more beauty when you choose to stop focusing on the negative aspects. In the moments I catch myself forgetting these things, I do my best to recall that unbelievable day and try to transform my mindset into a more favorable one. For anyone who doesn't believe me, I assure you I am being 100% real and you're definitely missing out if you close your mind to such possibilities because then you have no chance of broadening your perception or being apt to such incredible experiences. You have to be open-minded and have faith.
© Manda H.