So I wanted to write about this lucid dream I had a while back about 2 years now that I experienced my first month in university. I had just stopped smoking weed and started getting into a more stable place in my mind, I was getting pretty explicit dreams at this point.
When I woke up within the dream I had waken up in my bed like it was a normal day and it was just that, as I jumped out of my top bunk I started walking and looked around, immediately I had the intuition that it was a dream. I saw my roommates and tried talking to them but I then woke up again in my bed and this is when I’m like “oh shit” because I knew I was still dreaming. I got out of bed and didn’t feel as anxious as I thought I would I walked out of the door the second time I can’t remember exactly what happened the second time but it went along the lines of my residential filled neighborhood turning into a park with a fountain in the middle I talked with people and It felt as if I was reconnecting with others it was quite beautiful but then I woke up again. And I’m like “fuck it” I walk outside of our duplex again and am greeted with a large forest, but like those story book forests, when I slowly looked to my left I saw an ancient looking temple in the far distance beyond the forest one with the sky. I don’t know if it was Chinese or Indian inspired but it was quite beautiful in front of my duplex I saw stones that continued the temple aesthetic, I followed them through the forest until I arrived at the temple and it was truly aw inspiring. I then walked into the large dark gaping entrance lined with pillars and when I walked in guess what…. I woke up once again. I was stuck there for maybe 5 more wake ups the rest of them weren’t remarkable at all as it was mostly just me waking up getting out of bed and waking up again.
What I found odd about this experience was that I found it beautiful, when I imagined going through any kind of inception I thought it would be terrifying but it wasn’t. I feel like I learned a lot about myself with this dream and I don’t think I could ever forget it even if I tried as it has influenced many of the decisions I make now in terms of people and the beauty I now see and value within this life. it taught me a beauty within life that I never knew was there.