Many years ago, I was high out of my mind. Yes, I know the beginning of this makes it sound unreliable, but I will keep writing anyway. I was high out of my mind with a group of friends, and we decided to go outside for a walk. This was about 11 years ago, but I still remember exactly where I was and how I felt physically.

At that time, I could use cannabis without any issues. My physical state would not change much, aside from the usual psychoactive effects of the plant. However, on this particular day, I felt extremely nauseous from it. Being the proud person I was, and still am, I decided I would rather endure the nausea than vomit to feel better. In my mind, people who vomit from cannabis are weaklings, and I was used to smoking and handling grams at a time with no problem. Yet, on this occasion, I just felt ill.

As I held everything in, I remember gazing at the moon and admiring its beauty. It was a blood moon that night, which is a total lunar eclipse. Looking back, I realize the last blood moon occurred in September 2015. As I stared at the red-tinted moon in awe, I decided to take a picture of it with whatever phone I had at the time, possibly an Android device.

When I reviewed the picture, I noticed something strange. Alongside the moon, there was a semi-massive red configuration in the image. It resembled a ghost of sorts, with distinct facial features that included a mouth, eyes, and a distorted nose. There were no ears or other extremities, just the ghostly face and a vague body shape. It reminded me of Casper the Ghost, but far more distorted and unattractive.

I was weirded out for a while but oddly felt okay. At the time, I was just beginning my spiritual practice, and I took this as one of my first signs of a life beyond this realm. This was before I started practicing astral projection and meditating under the guidance of a spiritual teacher.

When I sobered up and looked at the image again, it still seemed authentic and unsettling. I showed it to others, including my mother, and her reaction struck me. Despite being a devout Christian and skeptical about ghosts or spirits, even she could not dismiss the image outright. She said, "Yes, that looks like some devilish stuff," which surprised me because it challenged her core beliefs.

Since then, I have felt the presence of spirits and had many mystical experiences, but I have never encountered anything like that red ghost again. That blood moon in 2015 was unique. Whether the figure in the photo was real or not, it certainly felt like I had captured something otherworldly, an astral image of a ghost in the physical plane. I am convinced it was not just a distortion of the moon or my phone.

Maybe one day, as I deepen my spiritual practice, I will truly understand what I saw. But honestly, seeing ghosts is not high on my spiritual bucket list, the Darshan of Christ, Nanak, My Guru, and God is.

Thank you for reading, Yogi