Soul travel can be a general expansion of awareness and

When Bob Hayes declared, “Soul travel can be a general expansion of awareness and knowingness or conscious experience of the heavenly worlds,” he was unveiling a truth spoken of by mystics and seekers since the dawn of civilization. His words are not merely a definition, but a torch passed down through the ages: the understanding that the soul is not bound by flesh alone, nor confined by time or place, but is capable of rising into realms unseen, of drinking from the fountain of eternity, and of returning enriched with wisdom.

The meaning is profound. Soul travel is not necessarily the lifting of the body into the skies, but the awakening of perception beyond the ordinary senses. It is the opening of the inner eye, the widening of the heart, the recognition that man is more than bone and blood. Hayes points to two paths: one is the expansion of awareness here on earth, a deepening of consciousness in everyday life; the other is the conscious experience of the heavenly worlds, those luminous states of being that prophets, sages, and visionaries have glimpsed and sought to describe in stumbling words. Both paths are one in essence: the journey of the soul beyond its limits.

History bears witness to such journeys. Consider Saint Teresa of Ávila, whose visions of the heavenly spheres shook Christendom. In her writings, she describes her soul lifted beyond herself, beholding light that could not be contained in earthly speech. Though her body remained still, her inner being soared, and from those journeys she brought back not pride but humility, not boastful tales but teachings of prayer, surrender, and love. Her soul travel was not fantasy, but transformation—it expanded her awareness and gave her the courage to live fully her calling on earth.

Even in ancient times, the Egyptians spoke of the ba, the winged aspect of the soul that could leave the body and roam the stars, returning at will. The shamans of Siberia and the mystics of India, too, taught that the spirit could journey beyond the body to commune with ancestors, deities, or realms of light. Though the languages differ, the essence is the same: mankind has always sensed that within him lies the power to travel beyond the material, to know the heavenly worlds, and to return with wisdom for the tribe, the family, the self.

The lesson is clear: do not mistake yourself for a creature bound only to the ground. Though your feet tread the earth, your inner being was born for vastness. To expand your awareness is to begin your own soul travel—whether by meditation, by prayer, by silence, or by awe before the mysteries of life. You may not behold visions of blazing heavens, but you may feel the widening of compassion, the deepening of understanding, the clarity of knowing yourself as more than your fears and desires. This, too, is the journey of the soul.

And what, then, should you do in your daily life? Begin with stillness. Sit in quiet, breathe, and allow your awareness to stretch beyond the immediate noise. Seek beauty in the world around you: the sky at dawn, the laughter of a child, the whisper of wind through trees. These are doorways to greater knowingness. Read the words of sages, practice gratitude, and open yourself to moments when you feel lifted beyond yourself. In those moments, you are already walking the path Hayes described.

Thus, Bob Hayes reminds us that soul travel is not a distant miracle reserved for mystics—it is the destiny of every human spirit. Whether through small expansions of awareness in daily life or profound glimpses of the heavenly worlds, the soul was made to journey, to grow, to remember its true nature. Embrace this calling, and your life will no longer be a prison of minutes and hours, but a voyage of eternity unfolding within you.