These stories are amazing and validating for my own weird ones. I've spent many years leaving my body most nights. I'd wake up inside a dream, sometimes there were entities and sometimes I'd just go flying... ahh flying is damn nice. Anyway, I met a few gods that seemed interested in me for some reason.
Mithrais was one I met in a magical garden setting. He was surrounded by brightly coloured birds singing their hearts out, and then a voice that I get sometimes said, "it's the God Mithrais," and then repeated it. The second time the word Mithrais was spelled out in smoke in the air so I could read it.
Then in front of me appeared a man with shoulder-length black hair and shortish black beard, about my height and wearing a blue, nicely decorated one-piece gown that men wear in Arabian countries. I now know he was an Iranian god and appeared in traditional Iranian dress.
I was a bit taken aback but the energy around us was lovely, flowers in the garden and joyous birds, everything was so peaceful and uplifting. He looked at me and said, "You will die on Sunday, prepare for it on Friday." Thus ended my peaceful joyfulness.
I thought, "WTF? What does that mean?"
He then leaned forward and kissed me on the lips which made me collapse to the ground, I was now in a coma. I found myself in a hospital bed surrounded by friends and family all crying and upset. Apparently, I was dying but I could clearly see them and I felt fine. Next thing I know I could see people from the 'other side'. These people had died and they were acting in the complete opposite way, they were all smiles and happy. I tried to convey this to the people in the outer world but I couldn't speak or anything. I felt so frustrated that I couldn't tell them I was fine, I was happy and couldn't wait to go with the 'dead' people.
A minute or so later I woke up in a state of puzzlement. Then I remembered that my father had a brain hemorrhage and went into a coma before he died. Was this what it was all about? If so, why the circus performance then? Actually, I saw my father in spirit form before he died too, he looked young and full of life.
This three day thing and dying sounds like an initiation, like part of many spiritual cults, like Jesus did and other religious persons who died and came back to life. But why me? Ha, what sort of joke was Mithrais playing on me?
I had no idea who 'Mithrais' was, this was before the internet and so the next few days I spent at the local library studying Mithrais, Mitra, Mithris, there were lots of spellings different to what I was shown. Mithrais was a pre-christian god, originally Zarathustrian of Iran. He was the Roman soldier's favourite god and was basically all that Jesus was, a saviour figure.
That was 30 yrs or so ago and I've only met him once, briefly, since. I know he is still around. Fortunately I didn't die on Sunday and I can only suppose that it was an initiation into what it's like to die - lovely. But the questions I still have about that meeting continue.
Thanks for reading.
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