I think the first time I became aware of  the idea of opening portals was probably somewhere in the early 1960’s, glued to the old black and white TV watching “The Time Tunnel”, “Star Trek” and “Dr Who”. The process of opening portals was something that was initiated by some high tech device that one slipped through, usually arriving in another place or time… I couldn’t get enough of it: I wanted to be Dr Who (Patrick Troughton), Spock and  Dr. Tony Newman (James Darren from “The Time Tunnel”) all rolled into one. Then one day when I was 7, I slipped into another reality without the aid of TV or any high tech. I was sick at the time and was lifted out of my body, up above my bed, by an engulfing light which was accompanied by a soothing voice that reassured me that everything was OK. I was gently placed back on my bed feeling better. In retrospect, I could say it was a fever dream – but since then I have had this experience, and heard the same calming voice, on numerous occasions quite often during meditation. I have had a lot ‘high strangeness’ in myPortals Opening – by Stephen Fearnley