Two Very Astral Experiences

 During my Santa Cruz years, when I was around 32, I was sleeping wherever I could. In the woods, in my car, or with a friend. One night a friend invited me to stay at his place. He was also following that crazy guru so we were friends because of that. 

In the middle of the night I wake up and he's chanting while holding a belt. There is this strong pink light all around him. I think that's the first time I actually SAW energy. After getting over the shock of the pink light, I ask him what he's doing. He tells me he bought this belt at a thrift shop and it had bad energy and he is chanting to exorcise the bad energy. Now some people would write him off as crazy, but there is that pink energy. And it's all around him. You can see that in paintings of Krishna and the Gods.

Another time I was at someone's house and he had his little shrine area, he was a seeker and there were photos of saints there. Ramana Maharshi, Baba Hari Dass and a couple others. And there was this strong distinct shakti energy coming from the photos. Now at the time, some of these people in the photos were long deceased. Like Paramahansa Yogananda. He died in the 1950s. So I concluded that this was an astral event and there is no time or space on the Astral Plane. And that proved it for me.