User:The Koromo/The Untimely Shadow (work in progress)

Throughout the history of known psychology, philosophers and scientists alike have concluded that there are certain planes of existence that ascend our seemingly "regular" levels of discovered human consciousness. These levels of existence differ from ours in a very large variation of ways - and as a result of humanity being normally restricted to the "real world" per say, it is nearly impossible for the average human being to reach these heights of existence and maintain them for a lengthy period of time. Oftentimes, humans can achieve this same level of blissful enlightenment, but the "standard" man or woman will find it incredibly difficult to maintain this level of delight for any periods of time succeeding mere seconds. The peak of sexual enlightenment - or less innocently worded, orgasming - can be considered one of the many different joyous, higher planes of existence experienced by man for short periods of time. Skilled spiritual practitioners however, for example shamans or monks, have easier access to these delightful spiritual gateways than most of humanity can harbor. This dream-like, enchanted state outside of feeble reality has often been given the title of Nirvana, a term coined by the Asiatic Buddha in ancient India.

There also exists the astral plane, however. This is a level of existence can only be achieved by specific distinctions of mantra or dreaming (most particularly lucid dreaming, which can be a task to conquer even for the fully initiated). According to psychologists and accounts of personal experiences, a lucid dream (for those uninformed, a dream world where the user has the ability to control the regions of space and time within that reality at will) apparently can act as a gateway into the spiritual world, which, on some occasions, leads into the aforementioned astral plane. Supposedly a vast, angelic reality populated by spirits and a rather large majority of non-mortal beings, the astral plane should only be accessed or attempted to be accessed by those who have full preparation or experience of this enchanting dreamscape. If one succumbs to the astral plane, particularly an inexperienced user, there is a large percent chance that the aforementioned achiever of this reality can become trapped in the dream-like plane, be racked with horrendous nightmares, or, at the worst of occasions, become trapped in the above mentioned dream-like plane for eternity, forever wandering betwixt the lonely winds of a nonexistent reality while the body remains in a comatose, vegetative state. As a result of these reasons, it is advised to proceed into the astral plane with great caution, of one truly wishes to achieve it.