I had just turned 30 when I had a profound dream that changed my perception of the world forever. I've spent the past two decades trying to fully grasp this experience. I've always been a person who has had vivid dreams and can easily recall them upon waking. I make it a point to review them as part of my morning routine, and jotting things down. However, this dream left me questioning everything about our existence and all of my beliefs.

The dream started as most dreams do. The mind simply working through things I've taken in during the day in abstract ways. As I moved through this dream it suddenly stopped and my mind went from vivid colored images to complete darkness. In an instant I panicked and was stricken with fear. I remember becoming aware of the dream state and feeling as if something went wrong. It felt like someone hit a switch and shut everything down. In this panicked state, I began yelling out for God again and again. Within seconds I saw a pinpoint of light off in the distance and suddenly I was pulled inside the light.

I yelled out "I am afraid" repeatedly until I finally heard a voice which sounded amused by my reaction to this experience say, "it's all right, most people are afraid, everything is going to be all right." My fear quickly turned to a deep feeling of shame when he told me to "open your eyes to see." I did for a brief moment and saw light, then closed them and began to sob uncontrollably. I yelled out "I'm not worthy, I don't deserve this" and that's when he began to explain to me how this all works.

He started by explaining that I was hearing a male voice because of my conditioning. He said "I am neither male nor female. I am formless" he also helped me understand that if I opened my eyes, I would start to see what ever my mind was conditioned to believe. He could manifest into all forms.

My feeling of fear subsided into a deep sense of peace. I could feel his joy in me being there when he spoke. It was as if I could hear his smile. The light was pleasant on the eyes for the brief moment I opened them. It had a misty quality that enveloped you.

He then started to explain how the universe works in regards to my emotions. My feeling of shame was a burden I was carrying that had already been worked out on an energy level, but I was still stuck in the feeling on a mind level. I began to understand that the moment my heart felt remorse for the things I believed to be wrong, the universe started working on my behalf based on my feelings not the words (mind). Many people say one thing and their hearts are saying another. It's the heart energy (feelings) that the universe responds to. The words are heard and understood, but they have to be inline with the heart energy other wise it's not a clear message.

As I moved through this understanding it was made clear our minds have been conditioned away from our truth. He used images to help me understand concepts my mind had a difficult time grasping. I saw a book pressed against my head as he tried to help me understand how everything is energy and is in constant motion. If I were without conditioning, I could actually know the content of the book simply by imbibing it's energy.

Then he used an image of an old projector to explain how we work. We have a light source within us just like the projector. The film would be our thoughts moving in front of the light to project our reality. Our eyes work like a camera capturing images. Our minds are the store house of all the information. With all of this, we are pulling our reality together and sustain everything we are experiencing. He said "it's all happening inside out." Also, there is a reflective exchange we all experience with each other and everything around us. This part I still struggle to grasp, but over the years have learned that whatever I see in another is a reflection of myself. If I see negative things, I am seeing what I need to work on. It's not about them it's about me. We need this reflective aspect of each other to sustain it all!

Then the experience shifted. I didn't have the feeling of being in the light anymore, but it was still with me. I was inside something that resembled an iridescent bubble and in this bubble were smaller ones. Seeing sea foam that washes up with a wave has a similar feeling to this experience for me. I thought I was moving, but realized I was centered and the bubble was moving around me. As it spun, I moved through pockets of energy and would take in information. Much of the information had to do with our DNA. At one point I even thought I was in our DNA. I understood that everything in the entire universe is within us. There is no answer that can not be found from within. It's all encoded here. It's layers and layers and as it shifts and moves it becomes more layers (expanding). Every language, every memory, every star, every person, every experience, the entire universe, the entire system is stored within each of us.

We are created in the image of the creator which means we are the reflection of the creator. This means everything that is the creator is also us. There are the family genetics that create the individuals, but within the layers is the entire set of blueprints for everything!

I understood that It's all here, now; working to shift our perception inward and guiding us to tune in. We don't need scientific instruments to do this, we are the instrument. We have everything we need! We have to be vigilant in this awareness to strengthen it. Just like working a muscle, the more you work it the stronger it gets. It involves using senses we have been distracted away from in modern times. Dreams are one of the tools, as are intuitive senses and gut feelings. That knowing voice that always whispers to us, the one we constantly dismiss, or second guess is always working toward pulling us inward, guiding us and using us to do its work. (Help each other) These are all things we can cultivate and strengthen.

Over the years I've had things cross my path that have helped me to gain more clarity on this experience. This dream felt more real to me than our waking reality. I have also tried hypnosis to see if I can be guided back to this moment without any success. I've finally decided to let the understanding of this experience unfold naturally. Before I woke from the dream that evening, the last thing he said to me was "I am always with you, you are never alone." Then I felt the sensation of someone touching my head and had a tingling feeling in this area for days.

This dream deeply changed me and helped me to understand why we are all so drawn to the night sky. Why we ache to lie down under the stars. Why we feel this persistent longing that calls each of us to sit under its majesty in awe. We are going home and recognizing the truth of who we are. We are seeing our own reflection. Our energy that is moving and swirling is one and the same. We are a universe within a universe within a universe...