THE REAL DIGGITY DOGGONE DIGGITY: STRANGE ACTUAL WORDS & EVENTS

Okay. The two experiences I'll describe here may be scary in that hair-raising, goose bump, teary-eyed way. Returning home in the wee hours of one March morning in 1997, after attending a festival where I had several drinks, I saw a goose in a neighbor's lawn. Later that morning I was jolted awake by a voice shouting "Wake up!" in my room. I hope that was the Doors front man Jim Morrison, who shouts that in one Doors song--"An American Prayer," I think. One morning in January 1998 I was jolted awake by a guttural growl that seemed to come from my pillow. One morning the following January I heard a birdlike shriek from my pillow. I know that none of these sounds came from the others in my household--and that much defies logical or scientific explanation. Maybe that was the message: not to be bound by logic or science. They can understand only a small part of reality. The "Wake up!" call could have been to remind me to remain receptive, open, to the intangible reality that logic and science ignore. Logic and science tend to crowd out spirituality, especially when people place all faith in them. People who do so cannot believe in anything spiritual. They can believe only in what's tangible through the five senses. They are hopelessly world-bound, lacking a sense of Higher Purpose, and don't hear the Voice Within from Beyond. I now consider the aforementioned incidents a reminder that reality is so much more than our bodies and our worldly concerns and responsibilities. So, when I recall the aforementioned incidents now I rejoice.