The last few months have been "interesting," especially where spirit meets religion meets faith meets unusual occurence that gets one to more than just scratch-the-head wondering about things "unexplainable."

At any rate, the other night, Christmas eve, when i was in a particular state of mind and emotion - moved somehow to take a good, hard look at the state of my state - I had opened my bible up at random (arriving at the book of Job).

(The inclusion of the bible here is meant neither to alienate nor to draw in; I have a lot of books; lately, though -back to these "interesting" past few months - I've been taking a look at that particular book.)

(An aside: Last week I was in a discussion with a self-avowed atheist, a former philosophy student in school. I had mentioned some interesting phenomena I've experienced lately, as well as alluding to the state of my spirit, and that THAT has much of my attention recently. After some give and take, during which it was made clear to me that he didn't actually want to talk, he wanted to argue, debate, prove, disprove, etc. I had to REPEAT that I tend not to discuss religion or politics for reasons being exhibited. I do not aim to persuade or rebut. I was simply (I thought) describing some things on my mind, presented not as ideology or dogma or, for that matter, belief. I was, I thought, discussing my curiosity, my exploration. Still, he wanted to argue. He asked if I believed in the bible, in this form: You don't believe in the bible, do you? You don't actually believe in a book, do you? Tell me you don't really believe that."

I told him I believed the conversation as it was forming was not one I wanted to partake in, and that he seemed to want to debate, while I did not, so I could not be helpful. Someone else interjected and I took my leave of the chat.

End aside.)

So, back to the Christmas eve.

I saw something in the peripheral vision of my right eye, as if something on or near my right shoulder. I believed that it was a floater and wasn't happy, as the small one in my left eye is quite enough. So i was bugged, then alarmed, when I noticed how large and active this new one was. I tried to get a better look at it by NOT looking at it, because when you try to get a look at these things, it's like chasing them away. But this one didn't go away, in fact it changed from the initial brownish, weird-shaped thing to something bluer, like a hazy blue, but the haze was created by something like a limb, an electric blue, thin limb that suddenly was NOT moving away from my attempt to frame it. In fact, I was able to finally get a good look at it and could see that the end of this blue limb-like feature was...waving at me. When it hit me that yes indeed I was being waved at, I "knew" immediately what it was and kind of froze up for a split-second, during which the waving hand and arm of the "angel" disappeared.

An hour later, in the same chair, still ruminating on this, I felt the distinct pressure of a couple fingers gently touch my side. I smiled. Gotta appreciate a sense of humor.