In the early morning
just before dawn
I had a lucid dream.
My body still asleep,
my mind became alert
that the reality I was experiencing
was, in fact, a dream.
I was facing a dark parking lot
standing on a narrow path
with the woods behind me,
and it struck me how creepy it was
to be there, just standing there
in the dark night alone.
And then I dropped something
(was it my keys??)
and I began searching in the plants
beside the path for whatever it was
I thought I had lost.
Suddenly, I realized,
I’m dreaming! There is no reason
for me to be here in a dark parking lot
at night by myself.
And then came the feeling of excitement
and the exhilaration that rises up
whenever I realize I’m awake
within my dream,
because now I’m capable of anything,
I can go anywhere,
I can have anything,
I can see everything,
the only limit is my imagination.
At such times
I usually choose to fly
just to verify
that I am in fact dreaming.
So I felt my body rising up
toward the sky.
And I had this felt sense
that I had tried so many times
to be in control of this sort of experience,
wanting to master the art of flying,
to be strong and capable,
taking myself wherever I wanted,
but now…
Now I wanted to surrender.
I wanted to surrender to God.
And so I let myself be buoyed up,
up, up, up,
until I was high in the sky
close to the stars,
and it was this feeling of being held
softly, gently,
of floating in this vast ocean of stars
and it felt so good and so right
to just let myself be held.
I awoke then,
but the feeling has stayed with me,
and this image of being held
by a gentle, unseen, immense force—
floating in an ocean of stars.
Sep2
Oh what a joy beyond joy, Lorien! Truth! A fadable “feeling” only to the story-laden ghosts we less and less identify with, finding our purpose here more and more, TRUSTING my friend, KNOWING we are held, honoring and quietly standing by the ones who don’t yet feel embraced by the gentle immensity of this force, or are wiggling away because of their own battles. Here’s to surrendering our identities to the ocean and honoring every fellow drop and wave! Hugs on hugs, Leon 🌞
(Feel free to not reply to my previous comment; no reason for heaviness.)
Thank you for the kind and energetic comment! And here is to both of us allowing ourselves to be held, to trust, and to know that it is all unfolding in the perfect way…big hugs to you from an open sky heart. ❤
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Beautiful dream. 😍
Yes, it was…and reassuring somehow. ❤️