I was at Tracker School in New Jersey learning about tracking and wilderness living. During one of the tracking lectures, Tom Brown, the founder, was talking about 'different ways to see' and 'different ways to hear.'

As a long time student of mysticism and alchemy, I asked him later if he was talking about chakras and the supernatural senses that come from developing them. He looked at me for a second and then said, "Why limit yourself to chakras? The Universe is infinite."

My head exploded, and I've never been the same since.