Chapter 5
Heaven
Now that I wanted to see something happen in Ace’s life, I set my faith the same way I’d set my faith to believe for something long term during life. Believing a miracle would happen for Ace had the positive effect of inspiring me and invigorating me. It also reminded me of my work as a pilot, when I flew missionaries and their supplies into remote parts of the world. I’d done that work in faith. Having faith now for Ace was easy. It energized me and more than ever I wanted to get started.
Ace had been watching me as my thoughts flew around in my mind. No doubt, he was reading me like a book, but it didn’t bother me. I’d learned during life to trust the God whom I put my faith in. From this point on, I’d look forward to the outcome the Lord would bring, regardless of how long it took.
I looked up at Ace and said, “What do we have to do to start?”
Ace nodded approval and said, —I will enter my dream state. You will then see my awareness floating before you. It will be a simply matter of picking you up. Because you are a spirit, I will carry you effortlessly.
That sounded easy enough. “But what about where we’re going? And this into the past stuff . . . how’s all this going to work?”
Ace was unperturbed by my questions. —You must still make certain decisions, but I think you will understand once we are together. The instructions I received were simple. The Lord will have an angel waiting for us to take you where you need to go.
“An angel?”
—That’s right.
An angel . . . I’ve always been curious about angels. I wondered what finally meeting one would be like. The thought of it almost scared me and made me feel like I had butterflies inside, no matter my unique circumstance . . .
I figured there wasn’t any need to stall around. As a matter of fact, it actually felt good to barrel head-on into this. Responding to my enthusiasm, Ace arched his eyebrows.
“Let’s do this!”
Ace dipped his head again, —It will take only a short while for me to enter dragon sleep.
“Whatever it takes, Ace.”
Taking his gaze off of me he put his head down between his front legs. Then, without ceremony, he closed his eyes. As soon as his eyes were shut, I felt different. More alone maybe. My sense of self was definitely more pronounced. I don’t have any idea why. But finally I could do something I had wanted to do since I first encountered the dragon. I could look at him without needing to talk to him!
The thing that most amazed me about him was his size. He was flat out huge. He easily dwarfed any of earth’s current creatures, short of the whales. And just like a bird, he didn’t attain his full stature until his wings were outstretched. The second most prominent thing was his brilliant color. I would have expected only tropical birds or fish to wear so much color. If it wasn’t that it looked right, the amount of color on the dragon would have been overkill.
After that, the next incongruity was the absence of all the dangerous armament dragons were usually adorned with. Ace didn’t have any of the pointy horns and barbs that dragons were depicted with in contemporary art. He only had, considering his size, modest fangs and claws. It kind of made me wonder, ‘where did all the fearsome ideas of dragons come from in the first place?’ Except Ace had already explained that when he revealed how ancient man had reacted.
Without warning, a golden hued bubble appeared over Ace’s head. It floated there for a moment before easing toward me. Even though I could see straight through it, I could tell exactly where it was. It came to within six feet of me and stopped. It had to be close to eight feet in diameter. Unlike a soap bubble, it didn’t have a glossy sheen. I guess you’d have to say it looked dry. That made it seem more substantial, too.
While the bubble approached, I just watched. But when it stopped, an unexpected urge to ‘move’ came over me. It felt childlike in its insistence, but that was innocent enough. Automatically I linked it to the bubble. I walked forward to step into it, but the bubble moved toward me at the same time and enveloped me. There was a quiet ker-plunk, a low frequency vibration and I floated free. I was floating! Somehow, the bubble carried me as if I was weightless. It was definitely a strange feeling, but I liked it.
Right away I tried to look at Ace, because after I entered the bubble it spun away from Ace’s body. At my thought, the bubble turned and aligned perfectly straight ahead.
Ace still looked like he was sleeping. Before I could say anything, he said, —I’m right here.
I heard him inside my mind like before. Except now I could feel his presence. It reminded me of when he revealed all the other dragons and the awe I had for their worship of Father God. Now I felt that nobility up close and personal, along with a sense of age I hadn’t picked up on before. The sheer maturity of Ackseekcelong-Sayessa was impressive all by itself. I stood in the presence of someone who’d transcended levels I had never even reached.
Reassuringly, I felt Ace smile at me.
—I am smiling.
“What’s this feel like to you?”
—With you here, it emphasizes how small you are compared to us. But it’s as easy as looking down your arm to follow where you want to go. Shall we?
“Ready and willing.”
Ace did a quick loop of the cavern, then flew straight over the lake and up the passage I’d come down. Quicker now, we blew past the domed portal and arched up towards the surface. Far above, I could see the surface of the ocean. It looked small and fragile.
Up from the depths we rushed and the surface flashed past like a huge doorway—I felt like a giant that had just stood up. A vast panorama instantly became accessible. We were off the coast of Florida, where I’d sent my last mayday from.
“Whoa . . .” was all I could say.
Higher and higher we flew, the sky quickly turning black as we reached for space. By now I could look down and see practically a whole hemisphere of earth. We were far above the Karman line and Ace kept climbing and accelerating.
I could watch the earth shrinking now, and knew we must be traveling faster than any man had ever gone. And the stars! The bubble
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