My ENLIGHTENMENT

I was enlightened in a cornfield at the age of 22yo...  I arose from a nap at the age of 16 with the uncontrolled urge to learn/find something that i knew was missing in my life. I woke and went into my basement and found two dusty books burried in the bottom of an old box. One was a Time Life UFO book. The other, Carlos Castenada's The Teachings Of Don juan, a Yaqi way of knowledge. That book led to my first death of realizing there was much more in the world than material. A sort of majik if you will. Long story short i read the whole series and progressed into an unquenchable thirst for knowledge through, Buddhism, Hinduism, Taoism, Christanity and everything i could get my hands on.. Followed the dead on their last tour etc. Many a shamanic journey if you follow. At the age of 22, three friends and myself were on a late night "journey", and we walked into the local ball field adjacent to a very large cornfield. My friends walked toward the ballfield bleachers and i walked towards the cornfield. Now for some reason i thought in my head that i was going to see a ufo as one of our towns local "kooks"  (not my label), had proclaimed the existance of ufos and aliens in this particular cornfield.  As i walked into the field SOMETHING MADE ME DROP TO MY KNEES AND PUT MY HANDS ON THE EARTH. I THOUGHT IN MY HEAD WITH THE MOST SINCERE STATMENT IVE EVER THOUGHT, "THANK YOU FATHER FOR MY LIFE I LOVE YOU"...    The next thing i knew, I WAS IN THIS GREAT EXPANSE OF DARK SPACE... I WAS NO LONGER MASON... I NO LONGER FELT ALONE OR SEPERATE FROM THE UNIVERSE... I WAS EVERYTHING, AND EVERYTHING WAS IN ME... as i floated there I saw THREE HUGE, I MEAN HUGE, INFINITE!!! Beams of LIGHT extending from INFINITY to my right, FLOWING INTO. ..ONE... BEAM OF LIGHT MOVING PAST ME INTO INFINITY TO MY LEFT... NOW I KNEW THESE BEAMS TO HAVE NO BEGINNING AND NO END... THEY WERE.... AWE .... And the only ONE THOUGHT/EMOTION I HEARD/KNEW/THOUGHT/FELT WAS, LOVE... BEAUTIFUL LOVE... That emotion, state seemed to go on forever. However, there was no time in this place... Eventually i came back to mason with his hands and knees in the mud of the corn field... I was different. Lighter. I arose and walked (seemed like floating) to the edge of the field. I looked at my friends who were aproximately 200 yards away and i THOUGHT to them, "ok its time to go..." they arose (200yards away) and we all walked towards each other, met in the middle of the ball field. And, without saying a word all left the area... The next time someone said anything, it was my good friend cory when we reached town. (Cory has since taken his own life.) " Hey guys, wasn't it raining?" " How come none of us are wet?"  none of us had an answer.. I HAVE NEVER BEEN THE SAME AFTER THAT I STARTED TO SEE THE TRUTH IN BETWEEN THE CRACKS OF EVERYTHING... I KNOW I CAN SAY THAT I KNOW. ONLY CAUSE I REALIZE I KNOW ...NOTHING...  I SAW GOD... I SAW LOVE... I LOVE YOU BEAUTIFUL ONE... how lucky am i to have been enlightened in a cornfield at the age of 22?  Thank you for taking the time to read my story and for all that you do for ALL OF US IN THIS MIXED UP WORLD...