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The original was posted on /r/highstrangeness by /u/archeolog108 on 2026-08-14 01:02:02+00:00.

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This one became so strange that I kept expecting some huge cosmic revelation.

Instead the mantis told him to get his life together lol.

A subject I'll call Daniel was in deep guided trance. Earlier in the journey he encountered a large reptilian-looking being wearing boots, gloves and a red cape. He gave the name Xavier.

The experience then moved through what Daniel described as a circular portal into a large spacecraft.

He saw a big room with a large window looking into space, control panels and greyish beings operating them. He described the scale as something like one of the big ships from Star Wars.

Then someone came to welcome him.

He looked at it and said it resembled a praying mantis.

Large. Nonhuman. But welcoming.

The name he received for it was "Max," which I'm assuming is consciousness translating something into a name human brain can work with rather than alien birth certificate 😅

I asked what the connection was.

The response was about preparing him for a mission, helping him develop, become more loving and eventually help other people.

Then came the part I liked most.

What does he need to remember?

You're safe.

Be present.

Follow your schedule.

Do what you love.

Later, when we explored what was keeping him stagnant, the answers weren't intergalactic enemies. It was being lost in his head, fantasies, distraction, old habits, sitting around instead of moving and creating.

Near the end, guidance returned again to normal things: learn about subjects you genuinely love, spend time in nature, meditate, work toward something meaningful.

So after reptilian in cape, multidimensional portal, greys, giant spacecraft and praying mantis...

the homework was basically stop wasting your day inside your head.

I have no way to demonstrate that this was literal external contact. It happened in a deep altered state, and people can reasonably interpret such material in several ways.

But I am curious about one specific part: has anyone else encountered mantis-like beings acting more like mentors/teachers rather than frightening or clinical figures?