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In March 2014, I was blessed to go on a journey unlike any other journey before me. I had the opportunity to join my friend, William Henry, and go on a journey on the Nile River of Egypt. This was an unbelievable opportunity and an experience of a lifetime. Now as I begin this journey let me state that what I am about to share is my personal experience and is my truth.

We began our journey/tour through Egypt by staying in a compound that was by all accounts at the foot of the pyramids. It was such an amazing feeling and sight to go into the courtyard and look up and see the pyramids sitting there. I remember such a feeling of wonder and mystery all in one ball of energy. We all met up and I found out my roommate from Australia even had my same birthday, what are the odds? We took a flight to meet our boat that would be our home during our journey up the Nile. Little did any of us truly know of what wonders awaited us.

We went to see several temples along this journey. The amazing part was seeing the land and feeling the history and mystery calling us in. You have to understand that when walking around in Egypt around the Nile, you truly get a sense of this is where the Ancients walked and prayed and lived. Very little has changed on the landscape actually. So we started our journey going to the temples and to see the artwork and hieroglyphs was amazing. The architecture as well.

We went to the temples of Isis at sunrise and yes was hard to travel in the wee hours of the morning to get to the temple as I am not an early riser. But seeing this sunrise was so worth it. The Nile river was actually moved by the people when they built this Temple in Philae. Wow. The Temple looked amazing and the artistry was beyond words. So many hidden messages in all the hieroglyphs. The mind just could do nothing but expand at what our ancestors were able to build and why they built it is just wow. We saw the Temple at Karnak, Abydos, the Osirian, Saqqara, and many more. I saw on a beam across the ceiling of a large temple where they had glyphs of a submarine, helicopter and other modern things where no modern person could carve and paint. It does make wonder if they had viewed into the future or did a past civilization have these crafts and was lost to time. Does make one wonder. In the step pyramid in Saqqara we saw an impossibility but yet was in front of our own eyes. We saw sarcophagus that were larger than the doors stacked all over. The workmanship was impeccable. No edge marks or chisel marks that I can recall. They claim some sacred bulls were entombed there. A wonder that I stumbled on was in a digital picture I caught a blue light that could not be matched to anything down underground. It is still a mystery as to what the blue light was. I know in reading this article you think if I am writing about what changed me, I am leaving out a lot of details. Well I have actually not gotten to that day yet. I am just sharing some of what led up to the day that changed my mindset and me. 

By the way we all did have a cart race through the streets to one of our temples on one day which was lots of fun. We did see Queen Hatshepsut temple as well. We even saw inside a temple that had just been discovered and the colors looked as if were applied that day. Was so very inspiring. Very breathtaking. We even got to go to the Valley of the Kings and walk into a couple of tombs. The artistry is truly beyond words and will have to maybe write a whole article just on this part of the journey through Egypt possibly.

Now I am going to start the big day off in a unique way. You see little did I fully realize that this journey was not only seeing sacred sites, seeing sacred lands, traveling up a sacred river but was also affecting my chakras. Each location we went to was a location on the land that equated energetically to the chakras and chi energy of the body. I would do Reiki on all who asked after each adventure and was helping all of us I felt adjust to what was to come.

This day saw us take a bus ride up to the pyramids. I was in amazement to see 9 or more pyramids on Giza Plateau and also to make note that below the pyramids was the Great Sphinx. Seeing the blocks up close of the pyramid, there was no way in my mind any person or group of people could lift and move these over far distances. They were massive. Some longer than others and stacked with a distinct purpose in my mind. How could man build such a structure defies logic to me. And its only the outside.

We found out that we were granted permission to enter the Great Pyramid. What a blessing and opportunity. We started to climb up a very small path up the face of the pyramid and we started to approach the entrance. We were greeted by guardians of the pyramid who had us empty our pockets. We could only take our phones with us as I recall. The door to the pyramid was quickly approaching and the thought of turning around surprisingly did not come into play.

As I walked through the doorway I was struck with a feeling of how few people may have actually stood where I am standing and seen this amazing structure from this view. There were steep steps along the wall and no hand rails at this time. I remember as we walked up thinking this is not a journey that anyone would take inside just to say hello or visit anyone. We went up to the King’s Chamber and at times we had to be on our hands and knees to climb up. The door to the King’s Chamber is very small compared to other doors. I mean so small, you had to lay down and pull yourself through the opening as I recall. There was no room to stand or turn around once entered this pathway. I mention this in detail for what is about to occur. We all who came up entered the King’s Chamber near the top of the pyramid and a sight that defies all sense of reality stood before us.

Before us stood the bottom and four sides of a solid black obsidian sarcophagus that was like 10 times the size of the opening. How in the world was this in this room? How did they get this though the doorway? The doorway was one size cut into the wall. Even more amazing is there was no top. This was a harmonic chamber we were about to find out. Now this next part is where I took part of something that forever changed me.

I took (along with everyone else) a turn and laid down inside the sarcophagus. You lay on your back and head towards the entrance of the room and pyramid. I chose to take the position of Pharoah and cross my arms as such. I closed my eyes and awaited what was to come. William took a tuning fork and tapped the bottom left corner of the sarcophagus (by my left foot) and then walked clockwise to the upper right corner (by my right shoulder) and tapped again. I could hear the harmonic resonance inside the sarcophagus for what I thought was a short time. All of the sudden everything got quiet.

I then recall seeing a light at my feet and feeling pulled into another dimension or time. I found myself in a room full of blueish white light. I could hear voices but none I recognized. I did notice though I was able to understand them. I came into the room with all my senses finally attuned to the room and saw before me the Gods and Goddesses of Egypt. All of them. They were standing around talking as if having a meeting. I walk towards them and notice they do not seem aware of me. I keep walking towards them and finally standing in their space and they all look at me. I said hello to them. They welcomed me in and offered me space to ask a question. I simply could not think of anything but one questions in my mind. I asked them, “Seeing the world as it has become, why do they not return to help set things right? The people are suffering?” They stood there puzzled by my question and I think they were about to answer me or perhaps they did and the answer eluded me. I say this because at this moment I felt myself pop back into the King’s Chamber and into my body still in the sarcophagus. This was an experience I still feel the affects of to this day. We all shared some of what we could recall and no one had the same experience. This to me validated what happened was real. We then went to the Queen’s Chamber which I could not describe as I have no visual memory of ever stepping foot in the room. I am sure I went in but processing what had just happened may have overclouded what I saw. I am ever so grateful for this day and was even more blessed because this all happened on my birthday.

This entire journey has led me to discover a whole new perspective and abilities that I did not know I had. I would highly suggest that if you are ever called to visit somewhere, then take the call because you never know what adventure and/or experience is waiting for you there.

I would like to start out by saying this article is purely my opinions and learnings. With that being said I am going to attempt an article that I have never written before. Please understand that somethings are hard to express and put into words. Well enough stalling so here we go.

Growing up was not as easy at it would seem. Lots of my past have been blocked from my memory so I could move on with the present and future. I cannot say why today, January 17, 2024, I have decided to open some of my past and heal it. I am not sure if this will help or may open pandora’s box so to speak. Well they say life is worth risking so here we go. I knew about hardship from a very young age, elementary school to be exact. I was raised by two loving and great parents. I had one set of grandparents I looked forward to spending time with and one set of grandparents I dreaded being around sometimes (more often than not). I knew deep down somewhere in their hearts that they loved me but could not show it. The grandparents that I dreaded to see would give us gifts for our birthdays and Christmas time that were hand me downs. Not let me take a moment before you say I seem ungrateful about getting a hand me down to explain what I mean by that. I was giving a coloring book one year with over half the pages colored and was told my other cousins were done with it and did not want it anymore. I grew up thinking I was not important enough to acknowledge from them. This happened a lot. I would hear they could not attend an event of mine but would travel to my cousins in the same state I am in regularly for their events. It was apparent that I did not exist to them. In my teenage years I came to peace with this fact and just started to enjoy traveling and doing school activities like any ordinary child. In my late teens though I was plunged into learning one of the hardest lessons I would ever image.

I grew up with two sisters and we were close. I could always talk with them no matter what. All that came to a screeching halt in my teenage years. I had to deal with my sisters pulling away and starting to cause a family drama. This drama would end up tearing the family apart. I have to say for timing that this would be the 1990s. I was hit hard in 1995 when my grandmother that I loved to visit and talk with passed away. I cried for a few days and I knew she was worried about my schooling in my heart. I always wanted her to be proud of me and so I made a pledge to myself that my senior year of school was going to be different and I would graduate with a grade she would be proud of. I took and achieved that goal and went straight to college. I worked full time and went to college full time and it was hard but I knew I could do it. Some courses caused me issue but I would either overcome or find a way around it. I got my associates degree and my grandfather came to visit and be there for my big day. I extended an olive branch to my other pair of grandparents thinking graduating with a degree from college was worthy of their attention. Their response was that I could skip walking the stage and see them at the airport as they would have a layover in my area on the way to another location, like Vegas. I was shocked inside and hurt to think that graduating with a degree was not worthy of their attention. I chose to walk the stage instead and I almost did not make it to my graduation as I had finals from another college that week. I finished my degree you see in December but the college only does graduations in May/June so I had to come back to walk the stage. I was so blessed and happy to walk and go through the ceremony even though my degree was hanging on my wall with my grandfather and parents present. My grandfather even came to my High School graduation. He would tell me stories of growing up and how he would trade eggs for money to help during the depression from Al Capone. Yes that Al Capone. I also knew that my grandfather was upset he could not serve during World War II because he was the youngest son. I heard my other grandfather talk about being an Admiral’s Yeoman at Pearl Harbor and later found out from his service record, that never happened. Why would that surprise me but I had always hoped for peace and something that could bring us together. My grandfather passed away very close to the day when my best friend had their first child, a daughter. I started to see how the world and universe is in balance. I walked away from trying to attain a love from my other grandparents and chose instead to make a true family. For me family became a word to mean you are closer to me than blood. Blood does not make family. We are free to choose our family no mater what life puts in our path. I tried to reconcile with my middle sister and that was a lesson learned. She was mistreating me and there was many big storms that year. I remember talking to my guides in a channeling session and asking why is there so many storms and why I always feel better after the storm though. They said my emotional energy was so bottled up that it released into the storm (or symbolically was the storm). I took that to heart and realized a divine truth in that moment. I realized I was the storm. From that time on my sister would not push me around or take advantage of me. I with my parents help and an attorney got her and her boyfriend/soon to be husband out of the house. I only regret that my niece and nephew got caught up in it. I was able to see my niece and nephew a few times after that but not all was as it seemed. I went through a process of facing starting to face my shadows with the help of the Mankind Project. I did find some inner strength and my inner voice with them but also realized that I could do this work on a different level. I grew a lot over these years and I ended up losing my grandfather. I went to see him before he passed away and my own sister did not recognize me. I was the only representative of our direct family to attend her wedding and I was an usher. There is a lot of pain to overcome in this dynamic of family and it is still just beginning. While visiting my grandfather literally on his deathbed, he leaned over and I will never forget what he said to me. He looked at me and asked if I was still working for my dad and I said yes. He said good and rolled over. That was his dying words for me. At first I was devastated and thought I had lost a chance at peace and love. I thought what an ass for saying that and no I am sorry. I know today though look at his words again and realize a new meaning. I had achieved his being proud of me. I look at his message now as a statement that he was glad I was in a good job and with family. A few years after my grandfather passed away I was given a gift from him. He explained to me in a message from the other side that seeing me reminded him of a past life we shared where I made to ultimate sacrifice to save his life and every time he saw me, it would remind him of that lifetime. He could not measure up so pushed me away because of it. I thanked him for that and will admit that he is someone I turn to sometimes for guidance now. You just never know where and what will bring your guides to you. I have currently only my mom and a couple of cousins who speak with me. I have an aunt who is trying to make amends I think but taking it slowly. I also have to admit my oldest sister my be trying to mend the bridge as well. Time it seem does heal all wounds. I have been bullied and seen death and near civil war in family (yes my perception of it and did feel like it most times) growing up. I always saw the world differently. I never saw skin color, gender, status or any of those growing up. I saw a person. I made friends easily if I chose to and yes I was the child who did not like to get dirty growing up. That has not changed that much either today lol. I was bullied as a child for not fighting back. I chose though not to fight back to honor my mother who told me fighting was not the answer but subconsciously I also felt if I did fight back, I would be in more danger and was too dangerous because I had not fully trained myself yet. I never did share that last part with anyone. I also recently lost my father. That was unexpected and a severe blow that I am coming to terms with. I am saddened that my father never got to meet one of his granddaughters and grandsons. That was an opportunity lost on her part for keeping them from us. I have no idea if my niece and nephew truly know who we are. My other niece and nephew said they tried to talk about us but is hard when never seen. Today I am who I am because of what I have overcome and what I have learned in life. I do see the world differently. I see a world of opportunity and going beyond our limits. I have always been drawn to science fiction like Doctor Who, Battlestar Galactica, Star Trek, Star Wars, Dune and others. I used to think of myself as like the Highlander, that there can only be one, because of how I saw the world and felt inside. My hopes is that in reading this, someone may truly find a voice and understanding that no matter how hard life gets, it is still worth experiencing. Life is forever in an ebb and flow motion…..full of high points and low points. The beauty is seeing the low points and knowing a high point is around the corner just waiting for me to discover it. I found peace in two metaphysical principles growing up….. “This too shall pass” and “I am here living a human experience”. I am happy to say that I am in my forties now knowing what I know now, would not have changed a thing. I truly love the man I have become, ever learning and ever growing. I chose this and I take great pride in knowing I chose this and I would not put myself through anything I could not overcome.

Thank you all for reading this and I have to admit that I do feel lighter and better for voicing this. My hope as I said is that anyone feeling low may find inspiration or the courage to lift themselves up and start a new. Perhaps no accident this article is written in the month of a new year and new outlooks. Love and blessings to you all and may you always find your inner voice.