A Visit From The Star Man - 1998

In the beautiful Hill Country of East Central Texas, there's a town called San Marcos, which has an amazing spring (Aquarena Springs) from which pours the beautiful pure clear San Marcos River. That makes San Marcos a special place on this earth - a place that might attract angels and saints and other holy beings.

I was present for such a visitation a few years ago. I was staying in a house with two amazing cats, Syl E. Vester and Allie Cat, and their human. Syl E. and Allie did not get along, as a matter of course. In fact, they often hissed and spat at each other in passing. One day, however, something was different. Sherry, the human companion of these cats, came out to the garden where I was working with some new transplants. She said, "You've got to come inside and see the cats - something is really different."

On the way inside, we passed the garage, where the light was on. That light could not be turned on. No one could turn it on. But it was on now. Later we understood that whenever that light came on, it meant we had a certain starry visitor. That particular day I went in the house and saw, to my great amazement, that Syl E. and Allie were lying side by side, perfectly harmonious and peaceful, and they were gazing at a chair which, to all appearances, was empty.

As soon as I came into the room, Syl E. telepathed to me, "We've been speaking with the Star Man." Both cats then began telling me what the Star Man had said. They were deeply and totally inspired by the message. It was about catnip. The Star Man had told the cats that as human beings begin to vibrate higher and higher, they'll become mentally more like cats, and then catnip will become a very important plant for them. He told them that there will be whole catnip farms devoted to raising special varieties of catnip for all sorts of human needs. The Star Man also told Syl E. and Allie to speak with us about getting a catnip garden started there right away.

The thing about divine inspiration is, it's highly contagious. As the cats revealed the Star Man's message, the energy in the room was amazing! The inspiration passed from Star Man to cats, and from the cats into the humans. We decided to go to "It's About Thyme," a wonderful garden store in the Hill Country - we were all set to buy catnip and build a special garden for it. That's what happened, too.

When the garden was completed later that day, Syl E. was disappointed to see the fencing which kept the catnip safe from visits by wildly rolling drunken cats. I explained to him that the catnip would soon grow right through the fencing, and he could nip off any of it he'd a mind to taste, if it poked through the fence. Syl E., who had a huge imagination, was also disappointed that the garden was just a little patch instead of the acres and acres of catnip the Star Man had inspired a vision of. I let Syl E. know that this was enough catnip for now!

So - the catnip grew and grew. In the end, Syl E. Vester had plenty to get drunk on, although he was still not satisfied with what he considered a puny plot. He had been mightily inspired, and truly yearned for those acres and acres of catnip.

The Star Man dropped by fairly frequently, always invisible to humans - but definitely a strong energetic presence. We always knew when he was around, because of the garage light. Anyone could turn it off, but nobody except the Star Man could make it come on!

There was a community of seekers who grew to love the Star Man because he loved to go on "Joy Rides." We'd pile into a van and follow the Star Man's telepathic/intuitive directions, like "Turn left in 10 miles." Things happened. The Star Man taught us many things about the past and future of the area; he sometimes had us stop and sing or send positive thoughts to a neighborhood or a part of nature. Every time we went on a joy ride - turn here, stop there, turn again here - we would suddenly end up at an I-Hop. Laughing, we'd all go in for pancakes - we and our invisible Star Man. I always thought that perhaps it was the I-Hop design containing all the flags of this world that caused the Star Man to bring us there.

There are endless magical adventures and occurences in life on this planet. There are sacred places all over this earth. There are beings we can touch, beings we see with our inner eyes, beings we can only hear, and those we can sense in other ways. The key to all this exploration is to keep a simple, clear, devoted mind and a pure heart; and to "tune" the inner-hearing / inner-seeing abilities to the highest vibrations, so that the most profound Truth can be experienced.

There's a wisdom-teaching that goes something like this: Pay attention to a little mystery each day and you will always be happy.