During my mediation, I was met by Archangel Metatron, he greeted me with a smile and held his hands out to embrace my hands.

Archangel Metatron: Blessings! We have in store for you something most special. One of the Elders has thought it fitting that you should perhaps experience a different realm and see how life forms there have lived for millions of centuries in peace and harmony.

You will find some things very strange and perhaps beyond your comprehension. But fear not. For once you have experienced this, you will perhaps see a different way of looking at life on your planet and perhaps where things can be greatly improved. Do not be afraid, for there is nothing to fear.

Within a matter of seconds, my surroundings had changed. I was back at The Council of Elder’s meeting place. There stood a lone figure whose face was obscure due to the hood that draped the shape of this person I was to meet. I wasn’t sure what to expect, but knew that Metatron would not do anything to harm or alarm me. I was curious and a little apprehensive of what I may see, but felt safe. From beneath the sleeves of the brown tunic, two gossamer hands reached out to embrace my own. Just like Archangel Metatron, the hands felt warm, but also as though energy was travelling up through my arms, making them feel light and somehow free.

This being spoke to me –

“Do not be afraid my name is Tzu (pronounced tuh-soo). It is indeed an honour to meet with you. I’m delighted to have the pleasure of showing your our homeland in the hope that you can convey perhaps, to your people, new aspects which they can perhaps consider incorporating on your planet.”

Tzu: In my homeland we have no need of transportation. We simply project ourselves using thought. Allow me to show you.

Everything around us began to spin into obscurity; and then in what seemed a matter of seconds, I found myself on a planet very similar to ours, in that it had flowers, trees, lakes. Everything I saw had vibrant rich colours. The various shades of blue in the sky were rich and shimmering. The greens of the grass and plant- life, though varied, again were rich and gave off little hues of green light; like crystals, wherever the sun shone.

The skies had a few clouds dotted around. Not like the big large ones back home. The only way perhaps to describe them is like little stray pieces of white candy floss in an unspoilt, fabulous, blue background.

The people, for want of a better use of a word, were similar to us. Although not very tall; typically between 5’ 3 and 5’ 5 in height. They had two legs, two arms with longer hands than ours, but the same amount of fingers. Even though they wore no clothes, I had no apparent way of knowing whether they were male or female.

None of them had facial hair. Their heads were slightly larger than ours and their mouths were smaller than ours. Their eyes were slightly different to ours: Larger; and they didn’t seem to have pupils. The colour of their eyes, for some, were deep violet, and for others, a dark vivid blue. If you were to draw around our eye sockets; and take away the skin; that would give you a good idea of the size of the elliptical shape of their eyes. Although elliptical, they still protruded with a spherical shaping to their eyes.

Their skin was pale and had a kind of shimmer to it. Sort of glowing, but not in a typically 'science fiction scene' way. It had a very soft, luminous glow. The skin also had different patches of light and dark freckles, but the patches were large and sort of translucent over the skin. They had smaller ears than us. The youngsters all appeared to have dark vivid blue eyes. They wore no clothes, and seemed unbothered that I myself wore clothing. They showed neither shock or fascination with me. It was as though I wasn’t any different. They acknowledged me with a nod of their head and a smile. Others raised their hands to acknowledge me, just as we do.

Tzu began to show me around.

I thought to myself, why did they have legs, if they just used projection to get around?

Tzu: (On hearing my thoughts.) We still need a support structure like yourselves. We use our legs to stand, sit; and also like you we do walk and dance. Walking is for us, a pleasure.

As you can see I am quite different in looks from you, but we have no need of external protection. We use our energies to communicate and manifest for our needs. Everyone here is aware of who and what you are, for we have watched your planet evolve for centuries. This is how we learn, through observing other species.

Jill: Why haven’t you visited us then?

Tzu: We have not visited you, for we feel it would do us more harm than good; which is a pity, but mankind creates many things with the sole purpose to destroy and bring pain. Imagine our arrival on your planet. This would bring chaos and more fear. Instead of choosing to learn from each other, we would be subjected to the most negative energies in your universe. Not to mention being tolerated with wariness and distrust. Your current leaders would only wish to rule over us, not coincide with us in peace.

As you look around you, we have created everything from natural produce around us. We work in harmony with our planet and each other.

As I look around, I see homes made from natural caves and the bases of trees. Some homes are made of wood. Others choose rocks. Carvings and flowers are used to decorate the homes. Those made of trees appear to be interwoven branches of trees, padded with feathers and foliage. The temperature is warm, not too hot and not too cold. To one side, the youngsters are sat holding hands. Although I’m not told so, I believe and sense this to be a school of some sort. Everyone looks happy and they laugh just the same as we do; just seemingly a lot more. There seems to be much fun and enjoyment.

Tzu: Our offspring are taught the importance of taking care of home and each other. We learn our lessons of life by also reviewing other planets and how the species of that planet evolve. Our children are taught life skills and how to work in harmony with nature.

Jill: But unless you experience it, you have no real knowledge.

Tzu: Oh well done! A very good question. But you see our planet was not always like this. We at one time were like yourselves in that we created many things in a very short period of time. But our creations were way in advance of our intellect. By that I mean, we did not use them for the betterment of our species. We did not appreciate the power of the tools we made. Nor whether they were in the best capable hands.

You see, life is a very precious thing. Everything in time eventually crumbles and disappears from the planet. Your history books hold information about different groups of people; but these extraordinary beings are no more. Look at the greatness of your Incas, the Egyptians, the Roman Empire. All gone! As you so say,"Ashes to ashes, dust to dust." The only thing that remains is consciousness. Their consciousness has continued onto new forms of experience.

We realised that the survival of our species required great change. We now look to developing things that will enhance our life span.

Jill: How long do you live?

Tzu: We do not measure time. How long is not important to us. More important is self development and that of our homeland; our planet. Our planet is known as Sahnoma (sar nom ay).

When I am told names, I see a vision of mathematical numbers with squiggles; and then, it's as though they translate them for me, into how 'we' would view the words.

Tzu: The whole way of our life revolves around self-awareness and self-advancement. But do not confuse the word self for selfish. What we mean by this is, through self-awareness we are conscious of how our actions and thoughts impact on others. By having self-awareness we can experience self-advancement.

As you can see, we have no use for words. Our conversation is through thought transference. Through transference we are able to feel the emotions and expressions of each thought, so there is no way of miscommunication. The only use for our mouths is to enable us to obtain nutrition and share laughter. As you can see, our head sizes are different. My head is slightly larger than yours, but it is only because we have developed the full capacity of using our brain to function. The human brain uses relatively little of its capacity.

Jill: I’m feeling lost.

Tzu: Do not feel lost. You are not lost. You are where you want to be. You see where we are, but because what you see is new to you, your fear of the unknown is trying to steer you back to something that is familiar. But look around you, and feel the energy around you. Become aware of your surroundings. Do we pose a threat to you?

Jill: No I feel acceptance. A wish to meet on common ground to share knowledge for deeper understanding; and I also feel warmth and love.

Tzu: We have long since worked out that chaos only creates the same: more chaos. As I mentioned, at one time our planet was like yours, in so much as we created a planet that reflected our inner selves. You see, when you lie to someone, you create an illusion. You lie for many different reasons, but regardless of the reason, a lie is just that; a lie. On your planet, it has become the norm to lie. So much so, that it’s very hard for you all to see reality. When you take another being's life, you set a course of action that the injured parties will plot, plan and transpire to do the same to you and yours. So you end up in a never ending loop.

Once our planet was at a very low level, but we realised our actions were not bringing fulfillment. As you can see now, our planet is blossoming. Our species are happy and fulfilled and we have everything we need. Some would call our planet Utopia or perhaps in your terms heaven. But your planet could also become the same.

We realised that the one constant thing we all need to exist is love. Love is what brings connectedness, fulfillment and harmony. We realised that by using love, we were able to cut through the negative energy that was destroying us and our planet.

Those beings who conspired against us, were put into solitude, to reflect on their actions. They were given basic rights so that they realised the difference between pleasure and pain. After a period of isolation, they were then re-educated on how their actions brought about their own misery. In turn they were then put back into areas where they could begin to re-establish themselves.

The key to the success was communication. Although our ways of communication are different from yours, you still have the ability to convey your emotions and feelings through words. We changed the way we taught our offspring. They were taught to value the self. We teach them to see themselves as seeds, full of potential; but also strong. We are blessed that we can control our consciousness. It is through our will that we can move different objects, transport ourselves and work with the vast amount of energies that are pulsating around us.

It is our self-awareness that makes us feel another’s pain. Most beings would not harm themselves intentionally. So because we are self-aware and can through thought-transference 'feel', we are less inclined to project harm to another. Once you are self-aware, your consciousness will illuminate everything.

Jill: What is your purpose then on this planet?

Tzu: Why does there have to be a purpose? To have a purpose, means there is a beginning and an end. To us, life is eternal. We go through difference stages, just like a butterfly; but each brings with it new experiences. You see when you experience self-awareness, you are also experiencing self-advancement. You become aware of all outer creations and your inner emotions. You become connected to the supreme energy; which is the foundation of all living creations. On your planet, many would relate to this as God.

Our lives are fulfilled by seeing beautiful forms. Gaining pleasure through our senses; and the ability to experience harmony as one. We see each other as an extension of ourselves. When we look at others, we see a different aspect of ourselves that we need to know and become aware of. We do not envy another’s achievements but look to gaining experience of that achievement. Through our own endeavours, we work with each other on how to experience the euphorism of that particular achievement. We do this by sharing knowledge. Through sharing experiences we become aware.

We look upon learning and sharing our experiences as the greatest gift we can give to each other. Our life goals are simple. We love and respect each other. We see ourselves as one, and we strive to be the best we can be.

Jill: Surely you must have arguments?

Tzu: Not really. If you’re asking whether or not we exchange different viewpoints; then yes we do. But we commune firstly with the self. We ask ourselves if our actions would bring about betterment for others. Or whether just self-satisfaction. For we are just like you, we too have egos; but our egos do not control us, as on your planet.

We then look at different planets and species to see if anything similar has been experienced and what the outcomes were. We then collectively try to ensure that we agree on the mutual points and how we can work with those mutual points to bring fulfillment. You see, when you’re self aware, instead of just pushing for those things you want, you’re aware of the impact on others, and how you’d feel if you were in their position. We have learnt that it’s important we don’t lose sight of our real goals in life.

Jill: That’s all well and good, but we don’t have the ability to just pop to, or conjure up planets. Not being negative, but I know what others will be thinking.

Tzu: Ah, true yes. But Mankind cannot experience for themselves what they don’t understand. In comparison to the numbers of beings on your planet, there are very few with the ability to ask the right questions; to see that everything you yearn for, you already have. In other words; you have the key; you just don’t see the lock to open the door.

We are running out of time, which is sad, but we will share thoughts again very soon. I’d like to leave you with a little thought to ponder on. Your world is created through your thoughts. You have become what you thought. If you learn self-awareness and err towards self-advancement, undying happiness will be yours. For the key you hold in your hand is that of the self. Find the self and you’ll find the lock.

Suddenly, I was back at The Council of Elders. Metatron smiled and nodded, and then here I was; back on planet earth, thinking, "Okay, here we go, this is where Glenn rings for the van to come and take me to the lunatic asylum."