EUPHORIA
& New Zealand [Revery]
To
begin with my NZ story,
I have to start with the summer of 2007. When I returned from Calgary
(Canada), where I was studying English and had fun. Let me tell you
about the girl I love. I only spoke to her last 5 days or so. But
Frank actually told me that she liked me. I fell in love with her. On
the airport was the last time I saw my Taiwanese friends. I bid
farewell and we waved goodbye. I was sad because my beloved and I
were parted.I
had this problem with sleeping which I think is called the
acclimatization.Of
course after Canada began my love toward all the people, because I
found out that God is love and that we need to love each other even
as the Lord loves us. Then my interest to learn English had become
very ardent.After
my return from Canada I started to loathe and abhor my country or
maybe even before that. So I planned to re-locate to another country,
where I could use the language, that I love. I read some English
novels. I read James Joyce's "A Portrait Of The Artist As A
Young Man" which I enjoyed a lot and "Ulysses" I read
first in Czech and then in English. And "To the lighthouse"
from Virginia Woolf. Both of which were experimental works, and very
good. Time passed and in beginning of 2008 I bought a precious book -
The Holy Bible in English (Authorized King James Version with
Apocrypha), which I read every day. I sort of vowed that I will read
the books only in English since 2007, inasmuch as I dislike the czech
language.
So
when I returned from Canada I couldn't sleep at night so I had a
conversation with 〃Z
e k i 〃 (黃柏瑞) ;
(she had the same problem) on the messenger. In Calgary I started to
be fond of her and also of my other Taiwanese friends. But I couldn't
tell her directly that I loved her, because I was too timid
and shy.Only
after I returned from New Zealand, I wrote her a letter, proposing
to her, saying I love her and I want to marry her (Was
I foolish?), which
she boldly showed to her boyfriend. And then told me ‘I showed
it to my boyfriend Caris. Am I evil?’ I get it, you don’t love me
in a romantic way…I
was in Paris with my father and some guy asked me to wish something,
while he attached some bracelet to my arm. I wished that one day in
the future me and Zeki would be together. Howbeit this did not come
true, although I saw her once again in New Zealand.I
also sort of vowed
that if it won't happen with Zeki (If
we won't get married), then I shall remain chaste and unmarried ever
after. No gal can possibly want me anyway.
In
process of time, in November she told me that she will be studying in
Dunedin, New Zealand. Then she wrote me her new address and this:
(^.^) I was very glad.At
Christmas I was little bit ill. I listened to the album
"Quadrophenia" by The Who, a lot. It is very good music. I
even sang it when I was snowboarding in the Austrian Alps, where we
were during Christmas. 'Let me flow into the oceans. Let me be stormy
and let me be calm.'("Drowned")After
Christmas she wrote me a beautiful postcard and a letter with merry
Christmas wish. And a postcard of Tapei 101, the tallest Taiwan
skyscraper. It said that she is glad that we still keep in touch (via
Messenger) and that Oh! maybe I could come to New Zealand to study
English and go out together! She didn't like her coloured house and
she said she wanted to go out with me. Sounds promising. The Postcard
was with the picture of Taipei, her home town. Wow! That was the
first time a girl sent me something like this. Never before! I fell
even more in love with her.I
was so glad that she didn't forget to write to me. I told her that I
had a same problem with girls like her that I did not talk to them
(She didn't like the boys). Karen asked her whether she is a lesbian.
To this I replied 'Karen is queer.' ‘Yeah.’ she said.I
really thought she likes me. She said I am funny! We chatted on a
messenger about lots of things. For instance about her family, her
sister, about movies. I like Miyazaki's movies so we talked about
them. His movies made me cry! Especially "Sen to Chihiro no
kamikakushi". She said that she liked that movie, but she didn't
like 'that boy'.So
I began to prepare things to New Zealand. Of course I heard that
Dunedin is very beauteous city and that the great albatrosses are
there. I discovered it from the lectures of Wilder Smith, who had
been in Dunedin many times, to admire the wonderful creatures of God
- the albatrosses and other animals. He died in 1995. So New Zealand
was like a paradise to me. I decided that I would go there and study
there at the university — this was rather a foolish idea. But you
will hear about my New Zealand holiday later.My
hatred towards my school grew greater and greater. Towards the ending
of a school year I was determined to leave that school forever. My
grades were terrible by the end of the school year. And I was
troublesome in the class. One teacher expelled me from the class,
because I was yelling during the lesson. He was very angry with me. I
didn't care. I made a riot and was dangerously playing with a bottle
in my classroom. I was very wild then, let me tell you. My teacher
wondered what is happening to me. 'Is there some girl, Joseph?', she
inquired. You bet there was! I didn't tell her anything, of course.
The truth is that I was in Love with the damsel, who was on the other
hemisphere!When
I told that to my parents they were sad & angry, especially my
father, who when he had heard that I want to stop going to that
school hurled the Bible I had given him against me. Nevertheless he
allowed me to travel to New Zealand, for which I am immensely
grateful.
You
will see that she had another guy named Caris. How could she love me?
Impossible.I
told my friend Jerry from Taiwan (哦...** 哦...**)
that I am going to New Zealand to Zeki, and he asked if I want to
marry her? I said Yes. He said wow, good luck. Never mind.We
talked a lot on messenger, after that as well, that it seemed she
fancied me... And even after my return from NZ I wrote her a love
letter, proposing to her, as I said, I wrote her I will come in the
next year 2009, I think. But the thing is I did not come there.This
was actually not so euphoric, I mean the time before NZ. Because my
dad told me that he has not enough money for me to study in Dunedin.
Therefore I shut myself in the dark place and prayed and cried unto
the Lord.I
think I started to live more godly in April 2008, as I had
forsaken some evil habits of mine which caused me to sin… I
totally stopped watching pornography, self-indulgence, and
drinking alcohol, and smoking. I
really succeeded to relinquish it. I thought — there's got to be a
way to re-locate to Dunedin and to meet her,
I can manage it somehow.I
call this true story "My encounters with heavenly bliss",
you'll find out why.-
+ - + - + -So
I set off to New Zealand. It was an amazing journey, indeed. The
flight from Prague was all right. I must admit that I fasted all
through my journey and I slept just one night in England, just a
little bit (not really a sleep at all).In
fact, I decided to fast many days, mainly because of my grandfather,
he was dying when I went to NZ. I liked my grandpa, he used to help
me with my Surveying subjects in school, cartography, map-making and
Geodesy because he went to the University of Geodesy, and I was in
the Secondary school for surveying, so he was helping me with my
tasks, and homeworks. I was very fond of my grandpa. He died
when I was in Dunedin, which made me sad. So one of the reason
why I fasted was for him, and for my grandma, who was mute and
disabled. Also for my life situation, and my goal of re-locating to
NZ. I really wanted to stay there.Due
to this maybe God gave me this peculiar feelings of euphoria and so
on. In London I accidentally lost my passport, which was eventually
found by some policemen, fortunately. I had some problems in London.
Because I did not have a visa to Los Angeles so they had to change my
flight to via Hong Kong. I was waiting for the flight all the
afternoon. I listened to my ipod, namely, Tool's Ænima album. Then I
was told that the flight was postponed till next day. We were in the
aircraft and then they sent us away. I waited for the bus that took
me to the hotel. I talked with some guy from the airport saying
'where is the girl?' I really enjoyed talking to that fellow. There
were some guys with a small guitar and they played "Hey Jude"
on the way to the hotel. The driver of the bus thought they were
drunk. I laughed. They handed me the key to my room and I went there.
Now the hotel was very luxurious. I met some Asian girl, that was
looking for her room number. 'The room is supposed to be here.' I
said. 'Enjoy your night' or something like that she said to me. In
the morning I saw some message on the television which was weird, but
never mind. I think it said something about the breakfast, but I did
not eat anything, as I mentioned. I told this to the psychiatrists or
shrink in Dunedin. By that time the eerie feelings had started. I was
a bit timid for the people all around me were talking. I was on my
own, no one spoke to me. I didn't mind too much. So on the morrow we
took off and flew to Hong Kong. On this journey the eerie sensations
and feelings increased. I was given some chocolate-box, but I left it
in my hotel room in Dunedin later. I said to my neighbour on the
plane that it is bad for my teeth. He laughed at this.During
the flight to Hong Kong and to Auckland I had these euphoric feelings
and sensations. I felt almost like dying, but when the flight
attendant came with some water, my soul revived. Also at that time I
was saying within myself some Bible verses, because I thought that
heaven was very near and I need to pray. I thought that I was going
to heaven on that plane. I thought we're going to some black hole,
where time doesn't flow. But it was not the time yet. I
recalled something from Wilder Smith's sermon, wherein he mentioned
that in Black Holes there is no time, and it might be where God and
his kingdom is. Interesting notion, I thought.Now
I know, seeing I had survived, that I have yet some purpose on this
Earth, but my desire is to return to that place.In
Hong Kong the plane did refuel. We had waited there about 2 hours.
Some waiting folks were wallowing on the ground.
As
I was listening to some classical music (the New Zealand orchestra) I
wept and cried. It was very intense. And when I looked around almost
everybody was crying
too! Isn't it strange? As though everyone was praying. I really do
not know what was happening. This
was the most euphoric moment in my entire life! It was utter heaven,
although crying, I witnessed the beauty, through music and I felt
heaven. The most blissful moment in my life, was during listening to
classical music, accompanied by lachrymose emotions. Oh God, it
was so soul-touching, but it was the most intense moment in my life,
utterly Heaven-like.Now
I know that dying (I thought I was dying) isn't at all painful. But
it set you free, it seemed I was being translated to heaven and I was
afraid. Also I had a feeling at that time like I was conceiving a
child in birthpangs. Let me tell you, that these feeling were
far better than mere worldly pleasures. I realised then, something
from the Bible: 'that man doth not live by bread only, but by every
word that proceedeth out of the mouth of the LORD doth man live.' And
some other things from Bible did I realise, mainly Jesus' sayings.
Like 'Ask, and it shall be given you; seek, and ye shall find; knock,
and it shall be opened unto you.' So I had this on my mind and these
God's words kept me alive. By the way, Maynard James Keenan (Tool)
sang about euphoria in the song "Undertow". I was high up
above in the sky so the listening to music was intensified thereby. I
mean, do you realise how much I was in heaven, all the time in New
Zealand? Not only in that plane. Hard to describe these feelings in
the plane, 'The Gates of Delirium' (a song from Yes) comes to mind,
but this was more than delirium, this was pure heavenly bliss.I
also had a glass of wine. I read that In vino veritas (In wine is the
truth.) When I arrived in Auckland I went through immigration
process, where I filled in couple of papers. It took me quite a
while, you know. I wasn't sure about some things. The man thought I
didn't understand it, so he told me something in Russian. There was a
question what is the purpose of my visit — I ticked 'to give
birth.'... I’m not sure why. So they approved me and put a stamp on
it until around the year 2064! Which was kind of weird. However in my
passport there was I have only a visa for 3 months, so I don't know
what the heck the year 2064 mean.In
Auckland I stayed a long time waiting for my flight to Dunedin. I
really thought I am in heaven, so I wrote a message to my parents,
and my dad said what I wrote them was very weird. So what, I thought
I am in heaven, and I wanted to let people know. It
was night and I felt no need to sleep, even though I haven't slept
for a very long time. I think I just bought some hot
chocolate, but nothing more.I
thought: Life must be some kind of a game. Maybe the life is a game.
But what I thought was that it will be over soon, but it appears that
we have still some time. There was many people meeting each other so
happily and hugging. They cried, also. All of a sudden I became so
sad & lonely, because there was nobody there to meet me. I
imagined I would meet there some familiar friends. I wanted to play
with some little kids, but they were too fast for me.I
felt like a conqueror and that I was almost at the end.I
remembered Tool's lyrics: 'they're both totally void of hate.'
("H.") and
indeed, the people were so kind, amiable and friendly.At
the airport I remember there were some guys doing karate or some
martial art, it looked formidable to me, but I was not so afraid. I
trusted God. I was so infatuated that I would do anything just to get
there. I exchanged some money into New Zealand dollars. I gave some
kid a good deal of money to play video games. I just wandered around
inside the airport and I heard someone say 'Fucking airport!'. And
Yes, the airport was a bit of a labyrinth. I
thought that any moment God's intervention will happen.Before
the flight I just sat and waited and read
the Bible. Yea, I was really walking with God then. I think it was
there, when we went through some gate and it seemed like the gate to
heaven. (Genesis 28:17) In my flight to Dunedin there was a strange
odour or perfume in that plane and it set me on fire. This perfume
roused in me a sexual desire. It
went away soon. The guy
beside me with some lass were viewing a laptop. I sat and read the
Bible — The Song of songs and the beginning of Isaiah. As the light
from the window shone upon my Bible, it brought me understanding. I
realised that I am sick of love as it is in Solomon's song. I didn't
know how to express my love. It sufficed that I came to Dunedin. I
thought that I would obtain some consolation, because I made it to
Dunedin, the longest journey possible, if only the hand of my beloved
I would get, but I didn't. In my imagination was that my beloved will
meet me there. I looked out of the window and saw the most beautiful
land. The land that floweth with milk and honey, I thought. The hills
were covered with the snow and I imagined it is like the milk. I saw
sheep and the cattle also. And it just complemented the semblance of
paradise. I
was totally happy, and euphoric at that time. Oh God! I cannot
describe it, but it was utmost beauty that I witnessed, the land was
the paradise itself. And the euphoria persisted my entire stay in
NZ! O I
really thought I was in paradise when I arrived in Dunedin.I
have to mention that the Dunedin hotel's e-mail address, where I
was supposed to lodge in, was containing Paradise in it! In my
reveries it was like arriving in Paradise. The hotel was called
'Chalet Backpackers' and I just read recently that the hotel has
rumours of a Ghost. I didn't know that at that time, I only read it
just in 2015! Now that is really uncanny. A weird coincidence because
what happened to me after I left the hotel, could be described as a
Ghostlike rapture. Perhaps the ghost was me, that they talked about
in the book (The book was written years later after my stay in NZ)
. God, I really felt that a Ghost entered me after I scut from
the hotel. I felt some supernatural power in me, as if I was
invincible.Everyone
was so nice in the Dunedin! I saw the world through rose-coloured
glasses because I was in love, maybe. I put my bags into my room and
went out only in T-shirt.Although
it was winter then, I just didn't feel cold. Anyway, I felt like
running. Moreover I felt like a superman/superhero at that time, I
really did. I ran as fast as I could and found a Celtic cross which
symbolized the eternal life as I examined it. Marvelous. There was
the year 2000 on it. I thought about the millennium, which is spoken
of in the book of revelation chapter 20. — a thousand years of
peace. I thought that it had begun in 2000 and that I got to
Paradise. I figured that I gained immortality. I thought: Did I just
arrive in the city of immortals? I ran past the railway station,
which was a magnificent building. I was awestruck with the beauty of
the edifice. I greeted some people, which were treading around. If I
could describe my happiness and contentment, you would be filled with
amazement. It was like the rapture.And
then I started to run very fast, as I felt the tremendous power in
me, it must have been some energy and strength from God. Too bad I
felt this only during my time in NZ. But I praise God for giving me
this utter bliss, and power. Praying only I will feel this again! I
ended up in a parking lot area with cars. I found an open car, and I
got inside and started the engine (for the keys were inside). There
was a sign saying "for lease".
I
thought then, that I can just take the car. I didn't realise, that I
had actually stolen the car. The
song 'Break on through (to the other side)' by The Doors was playing
in the radio when I started the engine and I put the volume of the
music way
louder
as I was accelerating. and
I thought that the spirit of Jim Morrison was in that car. What a
crazy idea, I admit it. Inside the car were nutshells scattered. I
thought also, that I can drive through that wall and nothing would
happen to me. Game over? I thought I am in a Dream. They
said that my velocity was about 110 Km/h when I crashed into the
wall. I sped up the car more and more and I thought I was invincible.
I didn't realise that the police car was chasing me. So I crashed
into the wall. Why did I do it? I thought I was in some other world.
I was in trance, so I guess I just did not know what I was doing, I
swear I didn't know what I was doing... Revery or a Dream?
I was in a dream paradise, while awake.Furthermore
I was imagining myself as a superhero like Hancock and that I should
do some stunt. Hence, the crushing of the car. I assure you, that I
thought I would just drive through the wall without any harm.Later
the nurse Peter showed me an article about my accident. Those people
wrote that '18-year-old drunken Czech tourist...' I wasn't drunken at
all. I lost that article none the less. But I recently found it on
the internet. So they lied about it, because they cannot explain
spiritual things.-
+ - + - + -When
the ambulance came I shouted the Tool's lyrics, namely "the
grudge", on the way to the hospital. (I
was transported on a gurney, I presume) So
that's why they sent me to Wakari hospital (Mental Hospital).
They said that I ranted something about the position of Saturn, but
that's just a part of the Tool's lyrics...'Saturn
comes back around to show you everythingLet's
you choose what you will not see and thenDrags
you down like a stone or lifts you up againSpits
you out like a child, light and innocent.''Saturn
ascends, the one, the ten. Ignorant to the damage done. 'I
think I was shouting something from these lyrics, as TOOL was my most
favorite band.I
was saying something about the serpent and Jesus Christ. Basically
I was shouting about salvation, the snake being a symbol for Satan,
and that Jesus defeated him, I think I was shouting this from my
dazed and comatose state, because I thought I was being translated
into Heaven. But
the basis was from the aforementioned song ‘H.’ from TOOL band.I
mentioned later the song "H.". This song was very essential
for me, and I said that I was "H." just for fun on
facebook. You can call me "H.". My communication with the
nurses was good. I answered all their questions. First thing after I
awoke from coma was that I realised
a peculiar New Zealand accent. i.e. they pronounced head as "heed".
Pretty funny, I thought. I needed to piss so bad, but I wasn't
permitted to go, as they thought that I broke my back or neck, so I
pissed into some bottle they gave me. What a relief! They told me to
rest my hand on something. I then recalled some Tool's lyrics: 'Rest
your trigger on my finger',("Pushit") because I listened to
Tool very frequently. This felt so good, just to hear my favorite
language gives me a real pleasure! No kidding I was in heaven. Then
they put me into some machine, which I don't know for what it was,
but they said something like die. It was some kind of a tunnel. I
said Noooo, I
don't wanna die! I was so confused, that I thought they want to kill
me. But in fact they saved my life! At first they thought that my
both legs were broken. It was indeed a miracle, that I did not kill
myself. I was merely bruised a bit. As
I put my hand on my hair a few tufts of mine hair were cut off,
because I banged my head against the glass windshield of the car and
the glass splinters were underneath my skin. And
I think even several years after my accident I was “shedding”
glass from beneath my skin on forehead and my elbow, because the
doctors did not manage to remove the glass splinters from
underneath my skin.Then
I talked with some doctor or psychiatrist and I was very hungry then.
He gave me some food, but when I tasted it, just one morsel, I felt
like vomiting, because I haven't eaten food for a long time. So
I went to the toilet and I retched only, without emetic
discharge. I was not ready to eat at that moment. I
told him about the Tool band that they were like a gospel to me. He
knew about the album 10000 days. Also the doctors wrote in their
report that I mentioned that famous Tool's sentence: 'All this pain
is an illusion.' from "Parabola". Which
at that time sounded so real to me, as I did not feel any
pain back then, only bliss! Then
I mentioned Jim Morrison (In that car break on through was playing in
the radio) he said 'Yes Jim Morrison has done a lot of things'. Then
someone brought me to another hospital called Wakari Hospital. They
gave me a cup of water and I bit the foam cup into pieces, perhaps
because I was nervous. I mean I thought I am in Heaven itself,
and this is welcome to Heaven, so I was like what’s next?‘’Being
crazy in Paradise is easy’’ as in one W.A.S.P. song lyrics, was
actually true in my case!'This
is the ward' said the nurse. And
I felt like she
introduced me to the Paradise when she said that and showed me around
the ward. I
was in ward 9B for some three/four weeks I think. And
I always anticipated that the date on the paper will take me to some
even more amazing place, or something great will happen. First
days on the ward I had meetings with doctors fairly often. I was
lying on my bed and just waited for the nurse to show up. I felt
again the bliss as I lay there.
I was thirsty, yet I knew that someone will bring a cup of water
soon, so
I waited while the bliss lingered on. Yea I felt very good all the
time in Dunedin, NZ. The bliss was amazing. The warmth rushed into my
body as I lay there, waiting for someone to come and bring me water
or take me to some Psychiatrist appointment. I
lay there again with the state of libido and some loony woman was
banging into the wall right beside my ‘cell’. Although
it was more like a hotel room – it was very luxurious in the ward
9B, my room had its
own
water supply, I could drink water by pushing the button on the wall.The
nurse gave me something through the needle into my finger and said:
'Suck it.' I wouldn't. Then they would bring me some lovely cake into
my room, which I relished.Then
they changed my room, in the new room I had my own toilet. It was
very good. I remember there was one beautiful and luxurious bathtub.
They said I should take a bath and I had many bandages on my wounds
and they said just soak it off and after the bath they put new
bandages on my wounds. The bathing in this cool big bathtub felt
great. I felt like a king, because even in the ward of the mental
hospital everything was so luxurious and modern and clean.Self-denial
in a certain extent was necessary. Yet I ate a lot there. I must say
that the food in NZ was delicious. I tasted peanut butter for the
first time and it was great. The fish and chips, which I could buy
nearby the hospital, was very good as well. And I also tried and
relished sushi. The food in the ward — I loved it, I began to eat
more due to my medication, probably. Something was like ambrosia for
me. Even buns tasted great. A native nurse recommended me to eat
marmite, because it is a "brain food". At first I didn't
like it, but than I ate it with toast and with cheese for supper and
like it the same as with ketchup.An
inmate named Jesse said to me 'Welcome.' He prayed before eating. I
heard afterwards that he escaped from the ward. The nurses had a
problems with him. Once
I saw a scene where he was kind of fighting with the nurse Peter,
saying something about a “Fucking toilet”. And
I am sure that he smoked grass with some girls. I can tell by the way
they laughed. Those girls were somewhat foul-mouthed. "Fuck"
was a common word. Once I attended a meeting. Funny thing was that a
guy said: 'Thou shalt not smoke in the ward.' Pretty
funny! You know that I enjoy this kind of English.I
passed the days. One social worker charged me the iPod (I forgot to
bring the charger). So I was very glad to listen to music again, the
Bible and some lectures.I
met there one lady, who had also the car accident some time ago. And
surprisingly she had a similar scar on her forehead, just like me. I
thought it must be some kind of a sign from God. She
said she was shouting something from Megadeth. So it was similar to
me. When you awake from coma you have the need to tell something the
world, I guess. The lady's name was Meredith I think and I was very
sad after she left the ward, she was very kind
to me. She took my sweatshirt from the laundry and wore it. I said
'Keep it.' But when she knew it was mine, she insisted and I took it
back. Short time afterwards I listened to Megadeth — "Rust in
peace", which is very good album. I really like this kind of
music. Especially the guitar solos. I met Dominic, who was a cool
guy. He played the
drums. I didn't
understand everything he said to me, but I practiced
spoken English good with him and with
other inmates. He played the pool with the staff guy. The inmate
called Rocky cleaned the kitchen. When he left they would say:—Where
is Rocky when we need him.One
day I had an opportunity to see the outside world. Me and some other
patients went out for a van trip. It was very nice. I admired the
beautiful scenery and we saw sheep, kine and other cattle. 'There are
kine.' They were not familiar with this word. 'It is in my language.'
I said jocularly. It is an archaic word for cows. Apparently, my zeal
for old English is rare. I saw a junk yard and wondered whether the
car I had destroyed was there. We stopped to have a look at the sea.
I really adore the sea, so I was very happy and excited and I soaked
my shoes in the water.As
I thought I was in Paradise, needless to say, I thought that the scar
on my forehead was the seal of God. Anyway, I desperately wanted to
see Zeki. I even said to the nurse that I loved her. But she loved me
only as a friend not as a lover/beau. I was still thinking that we
can get married some day. The same nurse from Philippines asked me if
I was a believer in God (Seeing me reading the Bible.). I said that I
was. I wanted out of the hospital so bad. I told the Filipino nurse:
‘I really want to see this girl, can you let me out of the
hospital?’ She replied negatively, I am not allowed to be out until
my court session, I suppose. I told her ‘But I love her!’ I don’t
remember what she replied.There
were some good people there though. One day we were watching the
Simpsons and Homer said 'assimilate' and we laughed. When we watched
a Bruce Willis' movie "16 Blocks", I broke into a peal of
laughter, so they stared at me and said: 'Hey, Joseph is laughing'.
The black guy had a funny accent. We watched Liar Liar with Jim
Carrey which was fun. One patient asked: 'Somebody is deaf or what?
Are you deaf?' She didn't understand that I needed the subtitles for
better comprehension. They laughed when Jim said 'Enjoy my
wife!' Also
I heard about the movie 'Liar Liar' before when I was watching
certain Christian video on Youtube, and there was a picture of that
movie after some bible verses. It was appropriate, I thought, since
it was about telling the truth. In a hella funny way, though!Some
student would come almost every day to have an interview with me and
examine my case. He asked me bunch of questions. I kind of liked
him. To look mysterious, when asked about the voices, I said I heard
'Kill Mary', but that was from the band Queensryche, very good song
"Suite Sister Mary". I was making fun of those
supposed ‘voices’ thing, which some people hear. I said I heard
only voice from my ipod songs. Ha! He
printed the lyrics and I was surprised by
his effort. We
also discussed my passion for Tool. We talked about "Lateralus",
he explained something to me, expounding this song's meaning. He
explained something to me, expounding this song's meaning. 'Black and
white are all I see in my infancy, Red and yellow then came to be,
reaching out to me. Lets me see.' He said that when you are child
everything is black and white and then it changes later in
life. Anyway,
it was good talking to him... And some mysterious guy
with black suitcase came unto me when I was yet in 9B, and spoke to
me. Everybody seemed to be interested in my case.One
day some patient walked naked in the corridor and Peter came to him
and said: 'It's alright, they might get bashful.' I have to mention
also Michael who borrowed from me the Bible. He is a vegetarian and
said that the meat might be poisoned. I thought it unlikely. He
showed me something from the Bible — from Deuteronomy. Interesting,
I said. Then I told him about the ten commandments: 'Thou shalt not
covet' and he said he broke it in desiring his friend's cigarette...
He told me: 'TV drains you.' I believe that and I don't watch TV. He
sort of believe in God, too, but I think he experimented with New
Age. When I asked him why was he in the hospital, he said he had some
accident and something with aliens. Weird, huh? He gave me advice
about my spiritual life and stuff like that. One
thing I was not sure what he meant was that he told me after being
asked what should I do :
'Worship angels.' He said, that the shower is very cleansing. And he
saith after going out for a smoke: 'In this world you can be addicted
to all things. Even food or music.' I replied that I was addicted to
food and music, then. (I did not smoke at that time) For
I even invaded the other floor in ward eleven just to
devour some sandwich from the kitchen.
I
trow that 'Devour to survive' is actually true. [Tool's "Vicarious"
sentence] I admired him when he went outside only in T-shirt, and it
was winter in there. But the most sagacious saying of his was:
'Speaking — that's what keeps us alive.' I spoke with him every now
and then, and I tried to understand him, though it was hard. Also
we were watching TV in ward 9B and
Michael said: 'This is adultery!' and plunged his head into the
pillows. That was from the movie Blades of Glory, wherein the
character was living a promiscuous life, that's why Michael said this
about the adultery.Then
they moved me to Ward 11. I met so many patients and nurses on
9B and Eleven.
There was one black guy who had extremely long hair and one huge
dread-lock he had. I met him once in the corridor, myself wearing a
Tool t-shirt, and he said 'Tool, huh? Cool band...' So people are
familiar with this great band. Oftentimes he would take two cups of
coffee and went outside for a smoke. Life
was good there!There
I also met Garry. I played ping pong with Michael and with Garry. I
still miss them a lot. He prayed for me aloud in Jesus’ name. I
said could you pray that I can get in touch with the girl I love and
tell her that I love her, I am afraid.He
was a bit loony, yet I liked him. He kept saying 'I am Garry!I am
Garry!' And he would stand up during dinner and nurse told him to sit
down and eat and shut up. 'Shush Garry.', She said. He also asked me
if I look into the mirror.There
was one guy named Jonathan. He had a goatee. He kept asking me
questions about my accident and so on. He called me Josh instead of
Joseph. He was hanging around with Dominic. They smoked. I was a bit
afraid of him. He said to me: 'You must have lost all your fucking
memory.' Maybe he was right. At least I lost some of it. A
patient named Aleister said to me “Oh that guy who likes to grow
his hair on his chin instead on his head.
I don't like him bothering you with those questions.' I see that God
is really protecting me everywhere I am located, and this patient was
defending me, which was cool. Like in the Czech hospital one guy was
also protecting me kind of, even though I didn't need it. There are
some nice people out there. I
met Jonathan in
the city one day. He greeted me ‘Hey Josh!’
All
fears went away.It
was also in 2008 that I downloaded the audio Bible spoken by Stephen
Johnston, and it was pretty good stuff. (King James Version) I
listened to the Isaiah in ward 11 and I recall it was very funny.One
day there was a cool nurse guy, (For almost every day they changed
nurses, who looked after me.) How I love talking in English, folks.
This guy and Garry and me were in the parlour where the piano was.
Now Garry played the piano pretty good. I joked with that guy about
"Smoke on the water". Moreover he mentioned that Garry has
the electric guitar, notwithstanding I saw it not. What a shame.One
evening I tried to run in the corridor in 11, and I almost ran
properly, even though the bruises on my knee and below it was still
healing.I
also met Aleister (I am not sure about the spelling.) in 9B and he
was transferred to 11,
too. He
was Sort of peevish, he kept on complaining about not much food, no
personal TV and stuff... This
man recommended me one shop near the hospital, where I bought some
chocolate biscuit, which was delicious. After some time I became
weary of my life in the ward and felt a strong need to do something,
because I did nothing there. I said, like Garry, I want some job. I
tried at least to clean the kitchen.One
crazy thing was that in the car half-dead I threw away my spectacles
saying that they are my wife's. (Albeit I didn't have a wife) So I
was without glasses for about 2 weeks and my eyesight was and still
is very bad. Then Peter found them in the destroyed car, fixed them
and brought them to me. One day was a memorable day for me. I pissed
into cups because I didn't want to go to the toilet. Sweated. Felt so
good. Afterwards I was listening to the Tool, namely "Ticks and
leeches" and I was so wild that I shook myself tremendously on
the bed and moved violently and waved my hands. It was very delirious
and euphoric feeling. God, I liked it so much. I thank God for he
gave me such a wonderful time in New Zealand. I will never forget
this holiday in Dunedin. The best holidays ever! Almost everything
else in my life was miserable.I
don't remember which day it was, but I took a cold shower. Because I
tried to set warm water, but the cold water issued instead. Howbeit I
endured it, and it felt good, eventually. Very
cleansing and refreshing. Heaven...Then
one day we went with one of the patient and a nurse into the city. I
wanted to buy some Tool's cds, which I didn't have. I bought "Opiate"
and then later with my dad I bought "Undertow". I printed
the lyrics and I listened to the cds. Of course I liked them. I asked
the nurse about Tool, and she told me that her son played her
something. Possibly the song "Disgustipated" because she
said something about the cries of the carrots.I
really loved the city Dunedin. It was like Elysium for me. I liked
particularly the first Church and the railway station. So I admired
these buildings.The
hole which I made by that four-wheel drive was in some chocolate
factory. I saw that gap again with my dad. In Tool's song "Pushit"
he sings 'saw that gap again today' is that a coincidence? (indeed, I
found personal messages for me in some songs) Also in the song
"Jimmy" he sings about Eleven and about coming home. I was
coming home (sadly, to Czech, the country that I detest) and was in
the Ward 11!
I
wasn't so crazy about the idea that my dad is coming for me to
Dunedin. For I wanted to stay there, and somehow get out of the
hospital. I should also mention that I've been taking pills
(anti-psychotic), since my accident happened and am taking similar
pills until now.Nonetheless
I didn't take my pills on the day I met 〃Z
e k i 〃,
because when I was pilled I was so damned lethargic and without
vitality and energy.
The
only day spent with her was also very good. We had some Chinese food,
had some chat and then we went to the place called the Unipol, where
we played ping pong. O I wanted to say how much I love her, but I was
too shy to say that. Nevertheless she had Caris with her, who was her
boyfriend. Never mind. I didn't know he was her boyfriend. She's not
with him anymore. I could speak to her well, but to express my love
towards her was unattainable for me. I am such a loser. But to see
her after 1 year of waiting, was a comfort enough.One
day I talked with a nurse called Linda, which was very nice and
amicable to me. I was talking about my dad and I said 'his wife'
referring to my mom. She smiled. I explained: 'I am a bit baffled.'
—I understand, said she. 'Why are you in your room so in dark? It
is rather too early to go to bed.' I listened to classical music in
the evenings. They would come to say that: 'The supper's ready.'
around 8 PM. Toasts or some biscuits were usually for supper. I
really liked Linda. I said that I will come back and visit her and
the others. I wish I could fulfill that.I
met some good nursing students from Otago university. They were
really nice and all. I had a lengthy conversation with a nurse from
Korea. We talked about movies. For example a Korean movie called
Oldboy, which was pretty violent. Her boyfriend liked movies, such as
"Howl's moving castle", which I loved as well, from
Hayao Myiazaki, which I loved as well. I said I Love all his movies.
Princess Mononoke, Kiki's delivery service, Spirited away, My
neighbour Totoro, Castle in the sky Laputa and Nausicaä of the
Valley of the Wind- these all made me cry. Absolutely best
animations, awesome movies. I loved it. Supposedly
he downloaded every day some Asian movie. It was a good practice
of English for me.
There
was a guitar and I played and one nurse sang! My fingers were
injured, with glass
splinters in them, but
I could still jam a bit. I played "Stairway to heaven" from
Led Zeppelin and "Tears in heaven", from
Clapton.. similar,
isn't it? I had a really good time with those girls. I was seeing
that particular nursing student fairly often. We had a good chat
then. She would come to me in the morning while I was reading the
book of Samuel. She advised me that I should get some work for some
time and then maybe try some school. I didn't do that, though. As for
the guitar — they let me play it in the evenings, so I enjoyed it.
I bought a pick and I played in the evenings, while one woman played
cacophony on the piano in the adjacent room.I
should mention that my dad arrived in Dunedin, NZ in the beginning of
August, so roughly 1 month after I arrived there. One
day we were in the internet café and I nearly pissed myself
laughing, when one guy showed my the video of the man blowing
raspberries. It was such a good feeling. My belly hurt with laughing.
When
we were and Mccafe my dad was writing some email
to my mother and I knew exactly what he was going to write! It was
the telepathy, it was by all means. It's a shame though I had this
ability of telepathy just once in Dunedin. I
had some absolutely awesome powers at that time. Also
I met Zuzana who
spoke Czech and she acted as my interpreter and my dad's, even though
I spoke English well. I forbad her talking, because I spoke English
well enough. The doctor insisted.We
were at Zuzana's house with my dad. She had two babies and I played
with one of them. They were really sweet. I was laughing so much that
my stomach hurt. It is such a good feeling. When I was about to break
into a peal of laughter, the child was playing. I also couldn't
endure her husband Peter — he was so funny!(It was he who made my
stomach hurt by saying
some funny words.)
Bring it back, please! Also
she let us use her computer to call my mom, and we could both see her
and speak to her. That was great, I said this is my mom. And Zuzana
said 'Your heavenly mother.' That made me smile, she was so
nice. Wow.
Back in Prague I had this belly laughter feeling twice
more. Once when I was in the office. And again when I was listening
to the bible — Ezekiel chapter 7.I
have to mention also Peter, who was like a daddy to me. He was taking
care of me all the time in 9B! He gave advice 'Later you will learn
to take a shower every day is better.'
He
told me also about my pills that it is called anti-psychotic. I
looked it up in my big dictionary my grandfather gave me. I was fond
of Peter very much. I will never forget him!Besides,
he did give me a book called "An Heart of gold", with
pretty pictures. It was about Otago district, and boy, was it
beautiful! Unfortunately I lost it.I
was also on the Monarch boat with my dad. We saw great creatures:
Albatrosses, penguins and the first New Zealand seal, which I have
never seen before. I had scratched glasses, yet I saw clearly the
beautiful creatures and the sea and the lighthouse.Why
was my faith so strong in NZ? But why was it only in there? Weird.
For instance, by waving my hand or simply one nod the pedestrian
signal turned to green. Another kind of odd example is when we ate a
good meal (I had fish.) and an English tea, I wished so much that the
credit car payment would not work for some reason. I clenched my guts
and it obeyed me. So we paid in cash.
Everyone
was so helpful there. Another day, we went to the beach to see the
sea. When we got there it was beautiful and it looked like Antarctica
to me, but it was probably just clouds. Then one day we went to the
Railway station, and we went for a ride on a train. There were many
Kelp Gulls which were almost everywhere in Dunedin. I admired them.
There was beautiful landscape, I was astounded by the beauty.And
one more incident happened. We were in the cinema with my dad on
‘’The Dark Knight’’. It was sort of humid weather and I
licked the drops which were on the lamps, for I was thirsty. During
the movie, I had a feeling that I saw like unto a reflection of
myself. (I said that to the doctor) I was so terrified that I ran out
of the cinema in the middle of the movie, and I slid upon the wet
ground numerous times. (The people were watching and perhaps
smiling.) I was feeling eternal and invincible and immortal at that
time (I felt impassible as well). I was inspired by the song
"Lateralus" by Tool. 'To swing on the spiral of our
divinity and still be a human.' Because when I banged my head upon
the ground I felt no pain! There is also a TOOL lyrics ‘bang my
head upon the fault line.’ which might relate to my banging my head
on the ground on the Octagon square while sliding on the wet,
probably a bit frozen ground. But contrariwise I felt pleasure. It
was like in movies, I really slid many meters on ground. That was a
great feeling. I felt like a superhero again. I guess I wanted to do
some stunt again. During that movie I saw that some actors were
hypocritical and over-serious. On the other hand there was the joker
(Heath Ledger), who was kind of funny. I liked him. The pencil trick
was cool. But I was horrified that the actors in that movie were like
myself! I was afraid, so I ran away. Then we took a taxi back to the
hospital. I recently found lyrics of the band Between the buried and
Me ‘Walking in my own movie’ Well if what I did and what happened
to me in New Zealand was filmed, it could most definitely be a good
movie!The
day I had my court session, I was very nervous so that I couldn't
sleep after 5 AM. However, they kept postponing it. When I finally
appeared in the court they said I looked like an innocent lamb.
Luckily my dad just needed to pay some money for the car and the
building. Actually I covered the expenses because I inherited some
money from my grandfather when he died. I wasn't even expelled from
the New Zealand. So that was really lucky. God bless all the people
there!One
strange thing was when we were at the police station to receive my
passport, which was confiscated after my accident, so that I won't
leave the country until my trial was finished. I filled in some paper
there about myself. When I started to write that I am single, they
crossed it and wrote something different, which I don't know what it
was.Also
I had these weird dreams. For instance I and the patients from the
hospital went from Dunedin to the 'Earth' and performed some stunts
to convert the people. Something like Matrix, you know. I felt like I
was in Matrix. I remembered the lyrics from Tool, to wit, "The
grudge", where he sings 'Let go' I thought I knew what he meant.
It's a shame I had these feelings only in Dunedin...Now
the day before I left ward 11 I went into my room, and I noticed a
lovely star which was on the window. It made me think about the book
of Revelation, to wit ,' And I will give him the morning star.'
(Revelation 2:28) Another sign from God!Now
when I moved to the hotel, where my dad was sojourning, I was much
relieved, because of the constant supervision of the hospital staff.
In those last days in NZ I had a wonderful emotions and perception of
the scripture and of the songs. For instance "Hemispheres"
from Rush, or "Father to son" from Queen. I felt during
these songs as if God was speaking through those bands. I slept in my
The Who t-shirt. I thought that the kingdom of God should immediately
appear. Everything was so perfect. The nuts and raisins, the New
Zealand apples (the best apple ever.), music and so on. And the good
thing was that in restaurants there was a bottle of water on every
table for free.Last
of all we bought some flowers and delivered them to the wards. In 9B
we met Peter and my dad was on the verge of tears. Peter said that
when I came first to the ward I was like a puppy.The
last moments were at the airport in Auckland. We waited for a long
time there. I listened to my Ipod for like 6 hours until the battery
was dead. I was sitting there and there was coke spilt on the floor.
The man said: 'Frozen cookie, man.' or something like that. Last
funny thing in New Zealand, I guess. In the plane I had a great
feeling whilst listening to the music again, but not as good as on my
Journey there.More?
I think I ran out of my New Zealand experiences but If I think of
some more I will tell it to the world. Somebody has to know that
Heaven can be felt on Earth.I
also remember some puns or funny sayings of mine, during my stay
there. For instance, I said one evening, when the power was shut:
'That's fucked up.' A nurse said: 'Hey, that's rude!' Or when someone
asked me whether I was cold, I reacted: 'I am cold and ugly.'
(Another Tool song.) And I replied to some nurse 'It's like blood to
a vampire' ("Vicarious" Tool song), just for the heck of
it.In
addition, I was told by my classmate that I am the living legend,
before my trip to NZ. I don't know why, but I don't consider myself a
legend. I mean I could have died in New Zealand but I didn't. Maybe
If I died I would have been a legend. But I’ll leave it up to you
and to God to determine whether I am the Living Legend. :)I
may write some reports from doctors in Dunedin. It goes:Josef
Machon was admitted to Wakari Hospital on the 6th July 2008. He had
been referred by the New Zealand Police after illegally taking and
crashing a car. He complains of auditory hallucinations and
preoccupation with good and evil on top of a year of feeling things
were 'strange', with increased religious thoughts and listening to
particular band (Tool).ED
note states: "Ranting on way to hospital about the Devil/Serpent
and Jesus Christ."… -
Seems like I knew that God and Jesus is real in my subconsciousness,
because I was in a shock or coma.Josef
sustained mild bruising and superficial lacerations in the crash, but
these were treated at the Emergency Department.Alcohol
and Drugs—Weekly
alcohol from about fifteen, but little or none over the previous
year. Never any illicit substances.Anyway,
I was so confused and baffled during the meetings with doctors that I
answered erroneously. Therefore I won't write that, since it is
false. But they
wrote it, and some of it is the truth, as I say I always try to tell
the truth. But I might have said some “overstatements”.So
it ended. But I am still in awe because I had so great feelings there
of immortality and utter bliss, and not many people felt what I did,
I think. Not sure why I had to suffer after I left New Zealand,
in unspeakable depressions and sorrow of heart.~NZ
story was written in Prague, and around the time I visited Taiwan in
2009.~And
in the following years I added things that I discovered, or that
re-emerged in my memory.A
little addition to the New Zealand / Dunedin complex.I
just found a quote on the internet from Mark Twain.After
a visit to Dunedin in the mid-1890s, the American writer Mark Twain
said: "The people here are Scots. They stopped here on their way
to heaven, thinking they had arrived."So
the Scots thought that they arrived to Heaven, when they arrived in
Dunedin, New Zealand.I
felt exactly the same when I arrived in Dunedin, NZ. I thought I am
in Heaven/Paradise itself. So even Mark Twain said that Dunedin was
like Heaven to the people who arrived there. This only confirms my
belief that that place really is Heaven!And
also there is a prophet from New Zealand also in Dunedin, who said‘’Dunedin
is a gateway city. It was New Zealand's first city. Dun-edin is
called to be a garden of Eden. Genesis chapter 2 reveals that the
garden of Eden was a place of connection between heavenly and earthly
realms. It was a gateway through which the whole earth was blessed.
‘’