Posada Pacifica

[jub jub]

I feel the vibrations and feed them so they become stronger. I hear a screeching noise, quite shrilling as I progress down what appears to be a spiral decent. I notice skulls as I'm descending and they're yelling at me as I pass by!  I imagine there is a stick in my hand and I just clobber them out of the way, I don't have time for no stinking skulls!  I come to rest in what appears to be a dimly lit basement. There is one tiny window, about 4 inches high and 2 feet long. I go over and have a look outside but I can't see anything except light. I think to myself, "I've waited a long time for another OBE so I need some light and I need it now!" Yes, I demanded light and I got it, after all, I'm creating this environment!

I'm in what appears to be an office building of some type, standing in a hallway with office doors on each side. At the end of the hallway there is a large glass window. I walk over to have a look outside. I notice I'm on the second or third story and as I look down at the street I see a lot of commotion. There are several police cars and a couple of officers are interviewing what are evidently eyewitnesses to a crime. I observe for awhile what's going on but what I'm really noticing is the clarity of the scene. It is as if it is absolutely real! I notice little details such as the color of people's hair, the clothes they are wearing and if they match. Can you imagine the folks in this world seem to have a little fashion sense as well! I see people on bicycles, people walking carrying shopping bags and parcels. It's like watching a movie scene it's so real!

I don't want to miss out on anything and desire to take in as much as possible so I need to get outside. I think to myself, I'm still lucid and still here, amazing, let's get on with it! (This is the longest I have ever been out BTW.) I come to a stairwell and start climbing down the steps. For some reason, the stairs look farther up than two stories so I find a pole to slide down much like a Fireman does when he gets a call. I land on the bottom floor and stop and observe a women. She is walking towards me at the same time fumbling through her purse for keys. She walks over to me and we chat for a second and then she ask me if I would be interested in sex. Of course I say yes.    We walk outside with the women in the lead and I follow. I notice there is a lot of traffic! She decides to cut across the street before we get to a regular crosswalk, making traffic stop and wait for us. I notice on my right there was large double decker bus like you would see in New York City that is used to haul the tourists around. The top deck was open and people were looking at us as if we were stupid for "J" walking. I could see the disgust in the driver's eyes as well for having to stop for these "crazy people".

When I got to the other side of the street I saw a Mexican man and I asked him where I was at. He said with a heavy Mexican accent, "Posada.....Pacifica!" I then started to fade and woke up.

I quickly wrote all this down in my journal and when finished I Googled the two words the man told me. Translated from Spanish to English, Posada means "Inn" and Pacifica is an institute which specializes in psychology and mythology. I thought it rather amazing!

Here is an excerpt from Pacifica's web site. I don't know if there is any coorelation or if any of this means anything but it's neat nonetheless.

Pacifica Graduate Institute's degree program in Humanities with an Emphasis in Mythology and Depth Psychology prepares students to make a difference in our world. Students connect with the world's great stories through the perspectives of depth psychology and the humanities, and learn to apply the timeless wisdom stories contain through a cutting-edge skill set focused on cooperation, compassion, and sustainability. By combining modern skills with multicultural understandings of consciousness, this program gives students the means to manifest their vision of a better world. Areas of study include:

Mythology and the Humanities

Myths have the capacity to awaken our deepest values, disclose the fundamental interconnectedness of all life, and reveal inequities in those relationships. By drawing upon the world's stories and beliefs, students take the first step toward authentic empathy, meaningful dialog, reconciliation, and tolerance.
Depth Psychology and the Humanities
The psyches of individuals, community, and nature all arise together as expressions of the World Psyche. As students learn to understand their own deeper, universal aspects, they find themselves resonating with the inner lives of other humans and the planet.
Process and Praxis:
Personal Transformation and Social Engagement in the Humanities
Mythology and depth psychology kindle endless passion for the world around us. By channeling the energy of wisdom traditions into an array of creative and practical skills, students learn to embody leadership in service of environmental stewardship, sustainability, biodiversity, and philanthropy.

[Novice]

Very interesting (said in my best Freud voice).

Seriously, sounds pretty cool jj.

One of my first trips to the astral I met a man I knew I met with regularly, although I had no physical memory retention of him prior to this. I asked him where we were and he said "the Bardo." I had never heard of it before. I woke up and did some research. In the Tibetan Book of the Dead, they call what I equate to a level in the astral the bardo.

This is an article on a Buddhist concept. For other meanings of the word Bardo, see: Bardo (disambiguation)
Bardo

The Tibetan word Bardo means literally "intermediate state" - also translated as "transitional state" or "in-between state". In Sanskrit the concept has the name antarabhāva.

Used somewhat loosely, the term "bardo" refers to the state of existence intermediate between two lives on earth. According to Tibetan tradition, after death and before one's next birth, when one's consciousness is not connected with a physical body, one experiences a variety of phenomena. These usually follow a particular sequence of degeneration from, just after death, the clearest experiences of reality of which one is spiritually capable, to, later on, terrifying hallucinations arising from the impulses of one's previous unskillful actions. For the spiritually advanced the bardo offers a state of great opportunity for liberation, since transcendental insight may arise with the direct experience of reality, while for others it can become a place of danger as the karmically created hallucinations can impel one into a less than desirable rebirth.

In the West, the term bardo may also refer to times when our usual way of life becomes suspended, as, for example, when we are on retreat. Such times can prove fruitful for spiritual progress, as external constraints diminish, although they offer challenges because our unskillful impulses can come to the fore, just as in the sidpa bardo.

I was pretty intrigued! 

[jub jub]

Hi Novice, thanks for that enlightening bit of information.

I've often wondered if we would experience "hellish" realms upon death if we were not spiritually attuned to a certain belief system. It would seem that is likely in the Tibetan belief.

It sure would be nice if there was a way to confirm or deny such ideas! In the mean time, I'm going on a quest to learn more.