So This Was Interesting...
Oct. 23rd, 2007 09:48 pm![[personal profile]](https://www.dreamwidth.org/img/silk/identity/user.png){kind=small}
badstarThis morning when I got home from work and went to bed, I somehow ended up laying on my back- all I can think of was that I had some sort of intent for meditation because I can't fall asleep on my back. But I guess I did, at least briefly, this morning. I remember becoming conscious of my field of vision being black, and then suddenly it was bright white, and then, in my mind, I was standing in a wide creek, about ankle-deep in the water. I was going to cross it. This creek twisted through land that was flat on one side, and on the other there was a stretch of flat land, and just off to one side, a very steep hill rose up from the creek bank off to my left. The hill was somewhat densely wooded with oaks and poplars, the flat land on that side was wooded off to the right, and open directly in front of me. The land behind me had occasional trees, but was mostly open. Someone else was standing in the creek, also roughly ankle-deep, nearly at the bank on the other side. I was wearing a long skirt, but had the hemline tucked up into the waistband so that it wouldn't get soaked. The sky was overcast but not very dark.
I had been there before, in the recent past. That is, I think I've had a dream like this not too long ago, at least once though at the time, I felt like I had remembered this same scene at least five or six times. In truth, I can't remember ever having a dream like this but once in a while I don't remember my dreams so maybe it was one of those.
All of a sudden, there came a giant wave down the creek- like two-story-house-high. This makes no sense, the creek was no more than knee-deep all the way across, and was too far inland to be receiving such waves from the ocean...and the wave came from upstream. At some point, I realized that the other person was no longer there.
The wave broke and crashed over me, forcing me under. I didn't have time to take a deep breath and hold it...in fact, I kept breathing. it occurred to me that I didn't seem to be getting any water in my lungs, I was breathing normally. Despite the fact that I was sure I was under about 20 feet of water, the sun was suddenly shining brilliantly through water that was clear with a slight greenish tint. The fact that my eyes were open under water did not bother them in the least bit, when it usually does. I was floating under water on my back, and rushing upwards, this must have lasted for several minutes, though it always looked like I was just below the surface, though at one point I glanced sideways and saw that the trees and hill were under water too...so I guess the area was totally flooded and I was simply rising with the water level. I was so calm and it felt so peaceful. Everything was silent. And then my sight went dark and kinda murky, and I could just barely make out images.
Keep in mind that I was conscious all this time. I could hear conversations outside my house, I could wiggle my fingers and toes. I could have moved more but I didn't want to break whatever frame of mind I was in.
A few minutes after my vision went murky, I sat up and that was that.
I had been there before, in the recent past. That is, I think I've had a dream like this not too long ago, at least once though at the time, I felt like I had remembered this same scene at least five or six times. In truth, I can't remember ever having a dream like this but once in a while I don't remember my dreams so maybe it was one of those.
All of a sudden, there came a giant wave down the creek- like two-story-house-high. This makes no sense, the creek was no more than knee-deep all the way across, and was too far inland to be receiving such waves from the ocean...and the wave came from upstream. At some point, I realized that the other person was no longer there.
The wave broke and crashed over me, forcing me under. I didn't have time to take a deep breath and hold it...in fact, I kept breathing. it occurred to me that I didn't seem to be getting any water in my lungs, I was breathing normally. Despite the fact that I was sure I was under about 20 feet of water, the sun was suddenly shining brilliantly through water that was clear with a slight greenish tint. The fact that my eyes were open under water did not bother them in the least bit, when it usually does. I was floating under water on my back, and rushing upwards, this must have lasted for several minutes, though it always looked like I was just below the surface, though at one point I glanced sideways and saw that the trees and hill were under water too...so I guess the area was totally flooded and I was simply rising with the water level. I was so calm and it felt so peaceful. Everything was silent. And then my sight went dark and kinda murky, and I could just barely make out images.
Keep in mind that I was conscious all this time. I could hear conversations outside my house, I could wiggle my fingers and toes. I could have moved more but I didn't want to break whatever frame of mind I was in.
A few minutes after my vision went murky, I sat up and that was that.
