I’m a journalist who reports on "hard reality." Then my own life glitched.

My career is built on facts, things I can photograph and verify. So, I wasn't looking for ghosts or God (even though I might have been without knowing it). But in January 2020, I had an experience that challenged my skepticism. It started with a sensation of "static" in the background of my life, and culminated in a voice asking a single question:

"Do you trust me?"

When I answered "Yes," I experienced a separation of consciousness. I felt my physical body rotting while simultaneously being bathed in unconditional love.

It wasn't a hallucination; it felt more real than the desk I’m sitting at now.

Over the next few months, I was shown things that terrified me. I saw red dots spreading on a map, a vision of a pandemic I later connected to when the world shut down. I was warned about an "invisible war" of the human spirit. And I was shown the "sea of possibilities," where our choices create branching timelines.

The moment that finally broke my brain? A digital glitch on my screen resolved into the title of a children’s book I’d written years ago about death.

That was the moment the fear broke.

It took me years to process this and as I am still a journalist at heart, I’m treating this like an ongoing investigation. If you’ve experienced that "static" or had a moment where the world felt thin, I’d love to hear about it.

Is the world getting weirder, or are we just finally starting to pay attention?

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Emerson's experience is available in his new book, I See the Light, on Amazon.