This took place in Salt Lake City Utah, in 2001..
I wake up to find myself in a sweat lodge. I look around and notice small pools of water everywhere. Present are two Native American men, but I don't look directly at them. I can feel them looking at me. As I'm gazing around I see my Mother, waist deep in one of the pools of water. Suddenly, in the blink of an eye I am beside her at the pool when a crocodile, comes thrashing towards her! I reach in and pull her out. It was a really strange sensation because as that happened it was like she merged with me, or went through me. (Her eyes were pure black) At that point the dream scene vanished and I went into a void for a moment. Then I 'woke up' again, I was completely aware and yet very disoriented. I realized I was standing somewhere I had never been before, as I had been training myself- I brought my hands to the level of my eyes -and had the astonishing realization that I was fully indeed 100% awake in my dreams for the first time. Fear struck me but suddenly I had the urge to turn to my left and behind me I saw a Native American man sitting on a beautiful white horse. He had jet black eyes, and was wearing a headband. When our eyes met I suddenly knew deep within my being that I was going to be okay. The panic in me subsided and I felt an ease wash over me.
I decided to go for a walk. For a second it felt like riding a bike for the first time.. Legs were a little wobbly lol I was trying to walk like I do in the daily world. Dreaming body doesn't work that way! I couldn't believe the overwhelming sense of exhilaration I was feeling!! I looked around and I was in a truly marvelous place.. the ground was soft red dirt almost chalky, and all over there were giant crystal shards coming out of the ground like trees. The sky was a perfect blue and bright and beautiful. I marveled at the beauty I was witnessing as I walked for a good while just taking it all in, and then suddenly I felt like I was running out of (dream) time. I came to a small castle like structure, with a large set of steps leading up to large wooden doors. As soon as I looked over to the steps I was beside them. (Now THAT's how the dreaming body moves) What happened next was the most realistic and trippy part of the dream.. There was a cat sitting on the steps. I knelt down. The cat jumped into my lap. He was a large black male cat, with big yellow eyes. He looked right into my eyes and I knew he was trying to tell me something, but I couldn't understand what. Then he started purring and I pet him for a moment, I remember thinking, 'Wow I can feel him breathing!" It was truly surreal. Then without warning I knew I only had a brief moment of dream time left the kitty jumped out of my lap -and I went through the large doors before me. As I stepped through it was like walking into a cloud. Then in the distance I noticed something coming towards me, and it did at a very fast pace! As it got closer it became clear what it was ... it was every single person I had ever met in my lifetime all together, coming at me at once! I panicked! I turned to my right, opened another door and went through it and fell into blackness.. After a few seconds of falling, I woke up, again, in my physical body and sat up in my bed with a start.
The Art Of Dreaming by Carlos Castaneda
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