#116 Cosmic Confessions: Real Life Glitches In The Matrix (You pick the winner!)

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Tanya Dahl (0:59)

Welcome to the first ever Acid For Squares Cosmic Confessional Competition.

Cody Blue Snider (1:05)

All of you from around the world submitted your stories of your paranormal, supernatural, metaphysical, psychedelic and far out experiences that changed your life.

Tanya Dahl (1:15)

And now we are putting them on this episode.

Cody Blue Snider (1:19)

We were overwhelmed by the amount of video submissions we received.

Tanya Dahl (1:25)

This is, for a lot of you, the first time that you've ever told this story and told this story publicly. It really was cool to see the courage that all of you had.

Cody Blue Snider (1:35)

These are some of the craziest stories we've ever heard. And watching them completely changed the way we view this phenomenon.

Tanya Dahl (1:44)

As you're listening to these stories, make sure to let us know in the comments who your favorite story is.

Cody Blue Snider (1:51)

And whoever has the most comments from this episode and the Halloween special, by the end of 2026, they will be invited to be a guest on Acid For Squares. So without further ado, sit back, relax, and enjoy the first ever Acid For Squares Cosmic Confessional.

Tanya Dahl (2:36)

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Tanya Dahl (2:46)

Sit back and enjoy as we drop in to this first Cosmic Confessional.

Caleb the Burnt (3:05)

Hi, guys, I am Caleb the Burnt. I'm very honored that you're even listening to this story. I hope it's crazy and weird enough for you.

It's gonna take a lot to cover all the details in 10 minutes, but I'll try to hit the highlights. A year ago, October 17th I was, performing as a fire breather at a regional Burning Man festival called Alchemy. And my face caught on fire and I nearly died. I had a near death experience. My face was on fire for around 20 seconds before they got the fire put out. And there were minor burns in my throat, which means it was seconds away from getting into my lungs, which is how fire breathers die. So it was very intense situation. And in the short version of the story is that a little bit after this happened, I went to my tent and I began to do energy work on myself and started speaking in light language. And I saw my DNA in my third eye.

I was on some medicines, which is also why the near death experience even happened. Don't play with fire and medicines at the same time, kids. It was incredible. Like I felt really amazing.

I didn't know that anything changed besides just feeling a little more energetically better. But by the next morning, my burns were completely healed. Yeah, third degree burns, second degree, first degree. I should have looked like a shit show the next day, and the next day I looked like I had been sun-kissed. But I was out of my tent and talking to some friends, making sure everyone knew I was okay, even though I still had some rough burns.

My friend was holding an LED flow staff, and I've been around Circus Arts for 15 years, and I've spun poi and fire breathed, and I'd never touched a flow staff. I'd almost had an aversion to it. And my friend was holding his, and I was drawn to it, and I was like, hey man, could I flow with your staff? And he was like, yeah, sure, and he turns the LEDs on. And I walked towards the sound stage, and I began to spin, and I closed my eyes, and I left this dimension. All of a sudden, I was in what looked like a garden in China and a martial arts uniform underneath a full moon. For about 15 to 20 minutes, I watched myself flow doing kung fu, but I was doing the same flow. I went to a flow state remembering kung fu.