Although it's still in January, it already felt like Spring in Vancouver. Steph wanted to go snowshoeing and now she's worried she might have to do it soon or else there would be no snow left! She heard on the radio that some of the snowshoe trails on Mount Seymour were closed due to heavy rain condition.

About two months ago, I had a very strange dream. In this dream, I became a member of a military special task force. I remembered walking with my team in a palace like building with big and long balconies. Then we were on board a military transport plane. The plane was doing a low altitude terrain-following flying in a mountainous area. Avoiding the Radar detection? The dream felt so real. I could see the GREEN colored trees on the hill tops from the plane. This is rare, I seldom remember color in my dreams. Whenever the plane cleared a mountain top and flew downwards, I had this weightless feeling in my stomach. I had quite a few out-of-body flying experience before, but this experience is so different from others.

I dreamed a lot. Most of my dreams are insignificant and forgettable. Not this one, this one felt so real and unforgettable. What is this? Was this dream showing me a part of my future? Not likely. I'm a military nerd and a gun nut, but I'm more intellectual than action oriented. I'm too old and weak to be a special agent fighting on the front line or behind the enemy lines:-) What is my sub consciousness trying to tell me?

It was a cloudy day in September. Steph and I were quietly walking in the Stanley Park, enjoying the cold breeze, fresh air and the nature. Rather uneventful Saturday afternoon. We walked along the trail right outside the Vancouver Aquarium. Then suddenly we saw a raccoon family right ahead of us on the trail. One big raccoon and two small ones. I guess it was a raccoon mother and her two children. They were searching for food.

They jumped on the bench beside the trail. Then the mother jumped on the garbage can beside the bench. The two baby raccoons followed. They tried to open the garbage can. It was interesting. We stopped to observe them.

After a while, the raccoon family had done playing with the garbage can. The two baby raccoons jumped off the garbage can onto the ground and disappeared under the thick bushes nearby. The raccoon mother stayed behind on the bench. Strange. How come the raccoon mother didn't go with her two kids?

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It's getting stranger. Last night, I had a scary experience. As usual, I was awaken by the full body vibration at night. But this time I saw one or two human like beings standing by the bed. The one on the left side of my bed seemed to be operating on my body. I didn't like it. I tried to get up, but I couldn't move.

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I began practicing meditation and yoga since high school years. I meditated half an hour every morning after getting up. I meditated every night before going to sleep. Why did I do this? Well, at that age, I believed meditation can bring me super powers. For example, to improve my learning capability and grades. Did it work? No, it didn't. At the beginning, there's no change in my physical and mental conditions.

After half a year of serious meditation practice, some strange things happened. One night, I was awaken by a strange sensation in my body. I felt there was a strong electric current passing through my body, centered around my spine. My whole body was vibrating. Then I felt I was teleported to some strange place, where people walked around on some street, caring about their own business. Then instantly, I was back to normal, in my bedroom. No vibration, no nothing. I was awake, in my bed, confused, scared.

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