The Spinout

By Leslie Mathis

Driving home from work late one night Leslie Mathis lost control of her vehicle and had a life altering experience that impacted her spirituality in a powerful and unforgettable way. It was during this incident that she received a message from a higher power that seemed to be spoken directly into her soul. This experience led to a deeper and more profound examination of not only herself but those around her. The message imparted to her was confirmation that her giving and compassion towards others had been recognized and that she should not only continue down that path but inspire others to do so as well.

This book starts with the true story of the events that happened on that fateful night and follows up with a series of chapters that were developed from the knowledge she gained as she pursued a deeper understanding of her spirituality and the ideas behind heightened spiritual awareness. Citing influences such as Deepak Chopra, Eckhart Tolle, and others she gracefully explores subjects that are of great importance to those seeking a better way of life. These subjects include unconditional love, compassion, patience, mindfulness, oneness, meditation and even third eye awakening to name a few. It is in many ways intended to be a guide to help you reach a higher level of existence and awareness as a human being, or at the very least lead you to the correct path to start your journey in that direction.

• Language: English
• Publisher: Leslie Mathis
• Release date: Apr 19, 2016
• ISBN: 9781310209932

Book preview

Prologue

When I decided to write this book I had one main goal in mind. I wanted to share a powerful experience that happened to me and relay to anyone interested enough to read through the chapters how it had affected my life. The first chapter of this book is the story of that experience, which was actually quite terrifying. I had lost control of my vehicle at a high rate of speed surrounded by oncoming traffic, concrete walls, and sloping dirt hills on my way home from work late one night. During this incident I received a message from a higher power and I believe that same higher power determined it was not my time to depart from this world guiding my vehicle safely onto a sloping dirt hill between the concrete walls. I could have easily wound up careening into one of those concrete walls, or for that matter the oncoming traffic. It was the act of something much greater than myself that carried me to safety that night and relayed an unforgettable message to me.

As you can imagine this experience had a major impact on my life and caused me to begin a deeper reflection of myself and the people around me. As I began to more deeply explore the meaning of the message itself, and my own spiritual awakening, it became clear to me that sharing the experience of the spinout was not enough. I felt I needed to impart some of the knowledge gained from my exploration into the many different subjects my quest for spiritual enlightenment had led me to. These included compassion, unconditional love, oneness, acceptance, and even third eye awakening just to name a few. The chapters following the first chapter each discuss a different subject directly tied to my experience. They include my thoughts and opinions on how you can personally implement this knowledge and in turn live your life in a more spiritually awakened state.

During the course of reading this book you will also come across multiple mentions of the Highway Patrol officer that was dispatched to the scene during the incident. Many of these could be conceived as having a negative connotation due to my frustration with his lack of empathy for my situation. That being said I want to be clear with you, the reader, that I do in fact have great respect for the Highway Patrol. Each day that they go to work they take great risks with the single idea in mind of upholding the law. That is commendable and I am grateful that there are individuals willing to step up to the challenge and take those risks to ensure that public safety continues to be a reality. The mentions of him throughout the text are simply used to illustrate and highlight the importance of each subject focused on in each chapter.

As you read through this book please remember to keep an open mind as well. This is far more than just a story about a woman that lost control of her car and had a spinout leaving her stranded on the side of a busy highway late at night. It is the story of a woman that was saved through an act of divine intervention and given a message that was imprinted on her so strongly she felt she had to share it with as many people as possible.

It is also a guide that can help you reach a higher level of existence and awareness as a human being if you are willing to open yourself to that possibility. If you take the time to read each chapter and truly consider the concepts and ideas presented in it you may very well find yourself experiencing a life you didn’t know was possible. An open mind is a gateway to spiritual enlightenment and well-being. If even one person takes the time to flip through these pages and gains a nugget of wisdom that helps them on their daily journey through life than it was well worth the time spent writing this.

Chapter 1

The Spinout

It was a clear, cold night on April 19, 2002 and I was driving back from a lengthy three day trip working out of town in Lancaster, which is about an hour and a half from my home in Glendale. An hour and a half can seem like an eternity after three grueling days of clinical patient testing. I love my job and the fact that I get to help people who are genuinely in need makes all that effort more than worth it, but I had definitely pushed myself over those three days to the very edges of what I could accomplish. I have always given more than I needed to, especially when it comes to anything I’m passionate about, and helping others is one of those passions.

I was driving home in the car of my dreams, a car I had wanted to own since I can remember ever wanting to own a car. It was a brand new 2002 white Jaguar X-Type and I had just recently purchased it. The body was so light it seemed to just float down the freeway as I made my way home nestled into the comfy leather beige interior. As I cruised down the southbound I-5 my thoughts wandered to all that had happened over those three days and then to my anticipation of getting home to my husband. I was well on my way there when the unthinkable happened.

As I approached Sunland Boulevard the freeway began to turn gradually and curve left. Going into the turn I realized too late that I was coming into it faster than I should have been and my dream car began to lose its grip on the road. I turned the wheel, hoping this wasn’t the situation I had a terrifying feeling it had become. Turning the wheel only seemed to make matters go from questionably bad to extremely bad. The tires started to screech as they struggled to gain traction on the road and the vehicle swung out of control. My mind started to race and I could feel my heart beating so hard in my chest that it seemed like it could explode at any moment. Adrenaline surged through my body as I desperately struggled to regain control of my car, spinning the wheel in any way I thought might help. I helplessly watched as my Jaguar careened across the 4 lane freeway veering dangerously close to the concrete median separating I-5 south from I-5 north, much like a roller coaster gone off the tracks at an amusement park with all the panic stricken riders staring in wide-eyed terror knowing what was sure to come next.

Finally responding to my seemingly pointless attempt at steering back into my lane the car changed directions, fishtailing. Instead of getting back into the lane and righting itself though it began to slide diagonally towards the shoulder. I could hear my heart beating in my ears now and it became apparent to me that my car was on the path to destruction and I was trapped inside, along for the ride whether I liked it or not. I was certain at that moment that I was going to have a serious accident, my brain struggled to comprehend the sheer insanity of my situation as the tires continued shrieking on the pavement while I loomed closer to the concrete wall on the shoulder, narrowly passing it by at the very last possible moment.

Fortunately the shoulder was not all concrete wall, being separated by low lying shrubbery that gradually sloped up into dirt hills in certain spots. There was also the occasional off ramp whipping past me as I continued my trek into uncertainty across the 4 lane freeway, still horrifyingly incapable of regaining any modicum of control over my vehicle. Seeing the breaks between the concrete walls and the off ramps gave me a fleeting moment of hope, maybe with a little luck I could survive this after all, maybe I wouldn’t crash headlong into a concrete wall, maybe I could actually get through this ordeal. The vehicle swung back towards the median and at that moment all the hope I had felt melted away. Images of my Jaguar smashing through the median and into the northbound traffic became all too real in my mind. I could see car after car piling up as the first few connected with me, my bones breaking as the body was crushed by the onslaught of oncoming traffic, snuffing out my life long before I had a chance to fully live it. I looked into the review mirror remembering that traffic behind me could also come crashing into me, pushing me further into the jaws of certain death. Again I struggled with the reality of my situation as I could see all the traffic that had been behind me had come to a complete stop, no one daring to risk coming near my out of control vehicle as it skidded down the freeway. It was surreal looking up into the mirror and seeing that all those cars had stopped, they could all see the grave situation I was in for what it truly was and they didn’t want to get anywhere near it. Thoughts of passing on from this world were already at the forefront of my mind