The Immaculate Conception 263me in my mind, and I felt they understood me. They
seemed very sympathetic to my feelings of uneasiness
and managed to convey to me that they were peaceful
and meant no harm.
Rama came back to the spot where we had been sitting
on our blankets and sat next to me while the men sat by
themselves some distance from us. They were doing
their spiritual practice, Rama said.
Rama wanted to continue our session, which was to
prepare for another out of body trip, but I couldn't
concentrate. I was still too freaked out from the realiza
tion that only a few hundred yards away sat strange
looking creatures from other worlds. Despite all my
studies, my ananas and anionites were vibrating at an
extremely uneven frequency. I wasn't in the mood for
astral travel at that moment. While Rama went in and
out of her body, I sat up, keeping an eye on the creatures,
who, after a while, got up and walked away, disappear
ing behind the hill.
About a minute later I saw a flying disc ra ise from
behind the hill, then va nish into space. Rama said,
matter of factly, that it was her transportation making a
routine check.
That night we went to the movies, had our nightly
swim and laid down to rest. Tomorrow I was going to
find out about one of the greatest nations on earth.
After we returned to Acaya, Rama said there wa s rio
reason to be fearful of beings from outer space, because
their mission on this planet was peaceful.
Still, it had been kind of scary to see them and actually
exchange thoughts with them. Despite all I had read and
that Rama said, I was still afraid to get close to them.
Somehow they reminded me of all the associations I'd
had before now to awesome monsters, invasions, and
interplanetary wars.
Rama said the reason she had not taken me to meet